| __ Reader: bimonthly alternative magazine | 41 |
| __ Reader: alternative media digest | 35 |
| __ Reader: alternative media anthology | 38 |
| __ Reader | 9 |
| __ reactor | 10 |
| __ reaction | 11 |
| __ rchin | 8 |
| __ régime: pre-1789 French government | 40 |
| __ razor: principle of logic | 28 |
| __ razor: logical simplicity rule | 33 |
| __ Razberi: flavored vodka | 26 |
| __ Ray Joel, daughter of Billy and Christie | 43 |
| __ ray | 6 |
| __ Raton, Florida | 17 |
| __ Raton, FL | 12 |
| __ Ration: pet food | 19 |
| __ Ration: dog food | 19 |
| __ Ration | 9 |
| __ rasa: clean slate | 20 |
| __ rasa | 7 |
| __ rap (unjust accusation) | 26 |
| __ Range (part of the Rockies) | 30 |
| __ Range (iron-rich region) | 27 |
| __ rancheros (Mexican breakfast) | 32 |
| __ ranch | 8 |
| __ Ramon, CA | 12 |
| __ rally | 8 |
| __ rain | 7 |
| __ Raiders: consumer advocates | 30 |
| __ Radziwill, sister of Jackie O | 32 |
| __ Radio | 8 |
| __ Raceway: Pennsylvania NASCAR track | 37 |
| __ Raceway (Pennsylvania auto track) | 36 |
| __ race | 7 |
| __ Rabbit (Joel Chandler Harris character) | 42 |
| __ Rabbit (Harris character) | 28 |
| __ Rabbit | 9 |
| __ Quincy Adams | 15 |
| __ question | 11 |
| __ Queen's Mystery Magazine | 31 |
| __ queen | 8 |
| __ quarter: refuse mercy | 24 |
| __ quandary | 11 |
| __ quam videri: North Carolina motto | 36 |
| __ qua non | 10 |
| __ Q.T. (secretly) | 18 |
| __ Q (snack cake) | 17 |
| __ Python | 9 |
| __ puttanesca: with a spicy tomato sauce | 40 |
| __ puppet | 9 |
| __ pump: waste disposal device | 30 |
| __ Puffs | 8 |
| __ Public | 9 |
| __ psychology | 13 |
| __ Provinces | 12 |
| __ Provençale | 16 |
| __ Protocol: UN global-warming treaty amendment | 47 |
| __ proprietor | 13 |
| __ promotion (do well at work) | 30 |
| __ projection | 13 |
| __ profundo: very low voice | 27 |
| __ profundo: low voice | 22 |
| __ profit | 9 |
| __ prof. | 8 |
| __ pro quo: substitute | 22 |
| __ pro quo | 10 |
| __ pro nobis: pray for us | 25 |
| __ pro nobis | 12 |
| __ prize (unenviable award) | 27 |
| __ Prize (prestigious mathematics award) | 40 |
| __ Prize | 8 |
| __ preview | 10 |
| __ premium | 10 |
| __ precedent | 12 |
| __ powder | 9 |
| __ Post, first pilot to fly solo around the world | 49 |
| __ Possible: toon secret agent | 30 |
| __ pork: Chinese dish with pancakes | 35 |
| __ pork: Chinese dish served with thin pancakes | 47 |
| __ populi: popular opinion | 26 |
| __ populi (public opinion) | 26 |
| __ populi (popular opinion) | 27 |
| __ populi | 9 |
| __ Popular: financial inst. | 27 |
| __ pop: Weezer genre | 20 |
| __ pool | 7 |
| __ poodle | 9 |
| __ Ponce de León | 19 |
| __ Poly: San Luis Obispo sch. | 29 |
| __ Polo | 7 |
| __ polloi | 9 |
| __ poll | 7 |
| __ Politti (pop-music group) | 28 |
| __ pole | 7 |
| __ poker (bar game) | 19 |
| __ poker | 8 |
| __ Poke: old candy | 18 |
| __ Poke (caramel candy) | 23 |
| __ poisoning | 12 |
| __ points | 9 |