| ''Sack'' lead-in | 32 |
| ''Sack Look'' designer Christian | 48 |
| ''S.O.S.'' group | 32 |
| ''S Is for Silence'' author | 43 |
| ''Ryan's Daughter'' director | 48 |
| ''Ryan's Daughter'' actress | 47 |
| ''Rush Hour'' star | 34 |
| ''Rush Hour III'' is full of them | 49 |
| ''Runaway'' singer Shannon | 42 |
| ''Runaway Bride'' co-star | 41 |
| ''Runaround Sue'' singer | 40 |
| ''Rumor ___ It'' | 32 |
| ''Rumor ___ it . . .'' | 38 |
| ''Rumor __ it . . .'' | 37 |
| ''Rumble in the Jungle'' winner | 47 |
| ''Rumble in the Jungle'' victor | 47 |
| ''Rules of Order'' guy | 38 |
| ''Rule, Britannia'' writer | 42 |
| ''Rule, Britannia'' composer | 44 |
| ''Rugrats'' father | 34 |
| ''Rugrats'' brat | 32 |
| ''Rugby Chapel'' poet | 37 |
| ''Rubber Duckie'' singer | 40 |
| ''Rubaiyat'' poet Khayyam | 41 |
| ''Rubaiyat'' poet | 33 |
| ''Rubaiyat of ___ Khayyam'' | 43 |
| ''Roxanne'' singer | 34 |
| ''Roxana'' novelist | 35 |
| ''Route 66'' car, briefly | 41 |
| ''Rounders'' star Damon | 39 |
| ''Rosmersholm'' playwright | 42 |
| ''Roses __ red . . .'' | 38 |
| ''Rosemary's Baby'' author | 46 |
| ''Rosebud'' utterer | 35 |
| ''Roseanne'' hubby | 34 |
| ''Roseanne'' actress Gilbert | 44 |
| ''Rope-a-dope'' creator | 39 |
| ''Rope-a-dope'' boxer | 37 |
| ''Roots,'' for one | 34 |
| ''Roots'' surname | 33 |
| ''Roots'' Emmy winner | 37 |
| ''Roots'' character | 35 |
| ''Roots'' author | 32 |
| ''Romeo Is Bleeding'' star | 42 |
| ''Romeo and Juliet'' character | 46 |
| ''Romanza'' tenor Andrea | 40 |
| ''Romanian Rhapsody'' composer | 46 |
| ''Roll Over Beethoven'' rock grp. | 49 |
| ''Roll Over Beethoven'' grp. | 44 |
| ''Roll 'em!'' followers | 43 |
| ''Roger,'' at sea | 33 |
| ''Roger, ___ and out'' | 38 |
| ''Roger and Me'' director | 41 |
| ''Rocky'' Oscar nominee | 39 |
| ''Rocky'' actress Shire | 39 |
| ''Rocky ___'' (1982) | 36 |
| ''Rocky Mountain High'' singer | 46 |
| ''Rocky III'' heavy | 35 |
| ''Rocky III'' foe | 33 |
| ''Rocky III'' fighter | 37 |
| ''Rocket Man'' singer __ John | 45 |
| ''Rocket Man'' performer | 40 |
| ''Rockaria!'' band | 34 |
| ''Rock-em sock-em'' | 35 |
| ''Rock-a-Bye Baby'' locale | 42 |
| ''Rock'' word form | 34 |
| ''Rock Me Amadeus'' singer | 42 |
| ''Rock Around the Clock,'' e.g. | 47 |
| ''Robinson Crusoe'' setting | 43 |
| ''Robinson Crusoe'' locale | 42 |
| ''Robinson Crusoe'' author | 42 |
| ''Rob Roy'' writer | 34 |
| ''Rob Roy'' author | 34 |
| ''Roadshow'' item | 33 |
| ''Road'' picture destination | 44 |
| ''Rise and __!'' | 32 |
| ''Rise and shine!'' | 35 |
| ''Rio __'' (John Wayne film) | 44 |
| ''Ring'' creator | 32 |
| ''Ring of Fire'' singer | 39 |
| ''Ring Around the Rosie'' flower | 48 |
| ''Rikki-Tikki-___'' | 35 |
| ''Rikki-Tikki-Tavi'' villain | 44 |
| ''Rigoletto'', for one | 38 |
| ''Rigoletto'' solo | 34 |
| ''Rigoletto'' composer | 38 |
| ''Right you ___!'' | 34 |
| ''Right this instant!'' | 39 |
| ''Right in the kisser!'' preceder | 49 |
| ''Right back ___!'' | 35 |
| ''Riders to the Sea'' playwright | 48 |
| ''Riders to the Sea'' dramatist | 47 |
| ''Richard ___'' (Shakespeare) | 45 |
| ''Rich Man, Poor Man'' author | 45 |
| ''Rhinoceros'' playwright Eugene | 48 |
| ''Rhinestone Cowboy'' singer | 44 |
| ''Rhapsody in ___'' | 35 |
| ''Rhapsody in Blue'' star | 41 |
| ''Rey de Espana'' is written here | 49 |
| ''Reversible Errors'' author | 44 |