| ___ Protocol (climate change treaty) | 36 |
| ___ provencale (with garlic or onions) | 38 |
| ___ Provencale (with garlic, onions, etc.) | 42 |
| ___ pudding (nursery rhyme dish) | 32 |
| ___ Pueblo (Unesco World Heritage site) | 39 |
| ___ Puffs (General Mills cereal) | 32 |
| ___ punk (Mighty Mighty Bosstones genre) | 40 |
| ___ punk (The Mighty Mighty Bosstones' genre) | 49 |
| ___ Purchase (1853 land acquisition) | 36 |
| ___ quam videri (N.C.'s motto) | 34 |
| ___ quam videri (North Carolina motto) | 38 |
| ___ quam videri (North Carolina state motto) | 44 |
| ___ quam videri (North Carolina's motto) | 44 |
| ___ quam videri (to be rather than to seem) | 43 |
| ___ quarter ( refuse to seek leniency) | 38 |
| ___ Québécois (political party) | 37 |
| ___ quel (such as it is, in Tours) | 34 |
| ___ quenelle (Pa. poached dumpling?) | 36 |
| ___ Quested, "A Passage to India" woman | 49 |
| ___ question (drills the lecturer) | 34 |
| ___ Quijano (Don Quixote's real name) | 41 |
| ___ Quimby (Beverly Cleary heroine) | 35 |
| ___ Quimby of children's books | 34 |
| ___ Quimby of children's lit | 32 |
| ___ Quimby, girl of children's lit | 38 |
| ___ Quinn, formerly of "S.N.L." | 41 |
| ___ Quivira National Monument, N.M. | 35 |
| ___ Rabbit from "Song of the South" | 45 |
| ___ Rachins plays Douglas Brackman | 34 |
| ___ Racing (insurance sponsored NASCAR team) | 44 |
| ___ Rae (Sally Field title role) | 32 |
| ___ rage (anger experienced by doped-up athletes) | 49 |
| ___ rage (bodybuilder's aggression) | 39 |
| ___ rage (certain bodybuilder's feeling) | 44 |
| ___ rage (cheating bodybuilder's problem) | 45 |
| ___ rage (problem for some athletes) | 36 |
| ___ Raiders (consumer advocates) | 32 |
| ___ Raiders (consumers' group) | 34 |
| ___ Ramsay ("The Black Stallion" hero) | 48 |
| ___ Ramsey, R. Boone TV role: 1972–74 | 44 |
| ___ Ranch (former Western White House) | 38 |
| ___ Rancho (suburb of Albuquerque) | 34 |
| ___ Rand Institute (California think tank) | 42 |
| ___ Rand, developer of Objectivism | 34 |
| ___ rating (chess skill-level measure) | 38 |
| ___ rating system (world chess standard) | 40 |
| ___ ratio (film conversion spec) | 32 |
| ___ ratio (TVs' 16:9 or 4:3) | 32 |
| ___ Ration (bygone dog food brand) | 34 |
| ___ Raymond Cobb of baseball fame | 33 |
| ___ Razberi (flavored vodka brand) | 34 |
| ___ razz and soda lime (vodka drink) | 36 |
| ___ régime (pre-1789 French government) | 42 |
| ___ RÃos (Paraná's province) | 38 |
| ___ Reader (alternative magazine) | 33 |
| ___ Reader (alternative media bimonthly) | 40 |
| ___ Reader (alternative media digest) | 37 |
| ___ Reader (alternative press digest) | 37 |
| ___ reader (elementary school book) | 35 |
| ___ Reader (former magazine name) | 33 |
| ___ Reader (magazine since 1984) | 32 |
| ___ Rebellion (1676 Jamestown uprising) | 39 |
| ___ Rebellion (1739 slave uprising) | 35 |
| ___ Rebellion (1786 insurrection) | 33 |
| ___ Rebellion in India: 1857–58 | 38 |
| ___ Rebellion, Canadian uprising | 32 |
| ___ record (break an old standard) | 34 |
| ___ red pepper (pizza condiment) | 32 |
| ___ Red Seal (classical music label) | 36 |
| ___ Region, famed for horse farms | 33 |
| ___ regni (in the year of the reign) | 36 |
| ___ Relaxo (one-time getaway for Marge Simpson) | 47 |
| ___ Relays (annual sporting event) | 34 |
| ___ release (message targeted to the media) | 43 |
| ___ Report (high-end lifestyle mag) | 35 |
| ___ Report (luxury lifestyle magazine) | 38 |
| ___ Research Center (NASA lab in Silicon Valley) | 48 |
| ___ Research Center (think tank) | 32 |
| ___ Revolution (2005 Lebanese uprising) | 39 |
| ___ Rico (Spanish name for Scrooge McDuck) | 42 |
| ___ Rida ("Low" performer with T-Pain) | 48 |
| ___ Rida ("Right Round" rapper) | 41 |
| ___ Ridge ('72 Belmont winner) | 34 |
| ___ Ridge (1972 Kentucky Derby winner) | 38 |
| ___ Ridge, Kentucky Derby winner, 1972 | 38 |
| ___ Ridge: 1972 Kentucky Derby winner | 37 |
| ___ rigueur (to the fullest extent) | 35 |
| ___ riot act (reprimand severely) | 33 |
| ___ River (seat of New Jersey's Ocean County) | 49 |
| ___ River (what the Brooklyn Bridge crosses over) | 49 |
| ___ River (what the Brooklyn Bridge spans) | 42 |
| ___ Rivoli (arcaded Paris street) | 33 |
| ___ Rizzo of "Midnight Cowboy" | 40 |
| ___ Rizzo, "Midnight Cowboy" role | 43 |
| ___ Road (W.W. II Asian highway) | 32 |
| ___ Rock (Australian tourist site) | 34 |
| ___ rock (category for Yes and Genesis) | 39 |
| ___ Rock (landmark also called Uluru) | 37 |
| ___ rock (some George Harrison music) | 37 |
| ___ Rock (war-themed DC Comics character) | 41 |