| ___ Royale National Park | 24 |
| ___ royal, highest rear deck | 28 |
| ___ Royal (Louvre neighbor) | 27 |
| ___ Roy (Scottish hero) | 23 |
| ___ Rote of football fame | 25 |
| ___ Rosita, city in Mexico | 26 |
| ___ Root, 1912 Nobel winner | 27 |
| ___ root (math quantity) | 24 |
| ___ room: place for fun | 23 |
| ___ room (place for tots) | 25 |
| ___ room (place for play) | 25 |
| ___ room (dorm facility) | 24 |
| ___ Romeo (sporty import) | 25 |
| ___ Romeo (sports car) | 22 |
| ___ Romeo (Italian sportscar) | 29 |
| ___ Romeo (Italian car) | 23 |
| ___ Romeo (Italian auto) | 24 |
| ___ Romeo (imported auto) | 25 |
| ___ Romeo (foreign ride) | 24 |
| ___ Romeo (foreign make) | 24 |
| ___ Romeo (foreign car) | 23 |
| ___ Romana (state of peace) | 27 |
| ___ roll (sushi selection) | 26 |
| ___ roll (sushi offering) | 25 |
| ___ roll (having luck) | 22 |
| ___ roll (having great luck) | 28 |
| ___ Roll (arcade game) | 22 |
| ___ Rojo, town in Puerto Rico | 29 |
| ___ rod (tall-stemmed plant) | 28 |
| ___ rod (flowering plant) | 25 |
| ___ Rocks hair metalsters | 25 |
| ___ rock (radio format) | 23 |
| ___ rock (music genre) | 22 |
| ___ rock (David Bowie style) | 28 |
| ___ rock (David Bowie genre) | 28 |
| ___ Rock (Australian site) | 26 |
| ___ Rock (Aussie landmark) | 26 |
| ___ Robins, city in Ga. | 23 |
| ___ robin (perennial herb) | 26 |
| ___ Roberts University | 22 |
| ___ Road of W.W. II fame | 24 |
| ___ Road (WWII supply route) | 28 |
| ___ Rizzo, Hoffman role | 23 |
| ___ Rivera, suburb of L.A. | 26 |
| ___ River, Lizzie's home | 28 |
| ___ Ritz (cracker brand) | 24 |
| ___ riot (very funny skit) | 26 |
| ___ riot (comedy review) | 24 |
| ___ Rios, Jamaican resort | 25 |
| ___ Rios de Minas, Brazil | 25 |
| ___ Rios (Jamaican resort) | 26 |
| ___ Rio of silent films | 23 |
| ___ rings (fried side) | 22 |
| ___ ring (have a ball) | 22 |
| ___ Rijn, Netherlands river | 27 |
| ___ rigueur (literally) | 23 |
| ___ rights (red-handed) | 23 |
| ___ ridgeback (hunting dog) | 27 |
| ___ Ridge, great race horse | 27 |
| ___ Ridge, famed race horse | 27 |
| ___ Ridge, famed horse | 22 |
| ___ Ridge, 1972 Derby winner | 28 |
| ___ Ridge National Laboratory | 29 |
| ___ Ridge (race horse) | 22 |
| ___ Ridge (famed race horse) | 28 |
| ___ Ridge (1972 Derby winner) | 29 |
| ___ riches (poets' ploys) | 29 |
| ___ Richard of Almanack fame | 28 |
| ___ Rhin (French department) | 28 |
| ___ Revenge (Atari classic) | 27 |
| ___ Reuters, media giant | 24 |
| ___ retreat (withdraws) | 23 |
| ___ retreat (retire in haste) | 29 |
| ___ retreat (hightail it) | 25 |
| ___ retreat (fall back) | 23 |
| ___ resistance (roll easily) | 28 |
| ___ resemblance to (unlike) | 27 |
| ___ Republic, toppled in 1933 | 29 |
| ___ Report of the 1990s | 23 |
| ___ Report (luxury magazine) | 28 |
| ___ Reid (the Green Hornet) | 27 |
| ___ regia (corrosive liquid) | 28 |
| ___ Reekie (Edinburgh) | 22 |
| ___ Red (apple variety) | 23 |
| ___ Records (old music label) | 29 |
| ___ Records (comedy label) | 26 |
| ___ record (makes history) | 26 |
| ___ record (make history) | 25 |
| ___ Rebellion: 1786–87 | 29 |
| ___ Rebellion of 1857-59 | 24 |
| ___ Rebellion in R.I.: 1842 | 27 |
| ___ reason (was logical) | 24 |
| ___ reason (make sense) | 23 |
| ___ reason (be logical) | 23 |
| ___ Reader (bimonthly digest) | 29 |
| ___ rea (criminal intent) | 25 |
| ___ razor (philosophic rule) | 28 |
| ___ Ray of the Indigo Girls | 27 |
| ___ rattling (militarism) | 25 |
| ___ Ration (dog food brand) | 27 |