| The puzzle for Nov. 5, 1996 is in two parts: Republican and Democrat. | 69 |
| The puzzle theme | 16 |
| The Pyramid in Memphis, e.g. | 28 |
| The Pyramid of Cheops, for one | 30 |
| The pyramids of Giza, e.g. | 26 |
| The Pyramids, e.g. | 18 |
| The Pyramids, essentially | 25 |
| The pyramids, for pharaohs | 26 |
| The QE2, e.g. | 13 |
| The QE2, for one | 16 |
| The quagga was one | 18 |
| The Quakers of the Ivy L. | 25 |
| The Quakers of the Ivy League | 29 |
| The Quakers' school | 23 |
| The quality of being offensive | 30 |
| The quality of having no practical function | 43 |
| The Quebec City Bridge______, 1907 | 34 |
| The Quechua, e.g. | 17 |
| The queen as a subject? | 23 |
| The Queen City | 14 |
| The Queen City of the Rockies | 29 |
| The Queen of Disco | 18 |
| The Queen of Hearts' output | 31 |
| The Queen of Hearts's output, in a nursery rhyme | 52 |
| The Queen of Latin Pop | 22 |
| The queen of Norway | 19 |
| The Queen of Soul | 17 |
| The Queen of Soul, familiarly | 29 |
| The queen of spades, in hearts | 30 |
| The Queen of ___ | 16 |
| The queen ___ | 13 |
| The Queen's fruitcakes | 26 |
| The queen's grub in the parlor | 34 |
| The Queen's pilots | 22 |
| The queen's salon? | 22 |
| The Queen's ___ | 19 |
| The Queen: Abbr. | 16 |
| The question | 12 |
| THE question I need to ask you | 30 |
| The quicker picker upper? | 25 |
| The quicker picker-upper? | 25 |
| The Quiet Man star | 21 |
| The quiet side | 14 |
| The Quilts of ___ Bend | 22 |
| The quip (Part 2) | 17 |
| The quip (Part 3) | 17 |
| The quiz-grading machine ... | 28 |
| The R in AARP | 13 |
| The R in APR | 12 |
| The R in LARP | 13 |
| The R in NPR | 12 |
| The R in piR^2 | 14 |
| The R in R.C.M.P. | 17 |
| The R in RPM | 12 |
| The R of CORE | 13 |
| The R of Roy G. Biv | 19 |
| The R of TRMS on MSNBC | 22 |
| The R's of education | 24 |
| The Rabbi's helpmeet | 24 |
| The rabble | 10 |
| The Racer's Edge | 20 |
| The racer's edge, commercially | 34 |
| The racing Unsers | 17 |
| The Racquet State? | 18 |
| The radius extends from it | 26 |
| The Raelians, e.g. | 18 |
| The Raelians, for one | 21 |
| The RAF, to Churchill | 21 |
| The Raffaello, for one | 22 |
| The rage | 8 |
| The Rail Splitter | 17 |
| The rain goes ___ | 17 |
| The rain here falls mainly on the plain | 39 |
| The rain in Spain | 17 |
| The rain in Spain, mainly? | 26 |
| The rain in Spain? | 18 |
| The rain, in Spain | 18 |
| The rainbow fish | 16 |
| The rainbow's ___ gold | 26 |
| The Ram | 7 |
| The ram in "A ram walks into a bar ..."? | 50 |
| The Ram in the skies | 20 |
| The Ram of the zodiac | 21 |
| The Ramblers of the N.C.A.A. | 28 |
| The Ramones were "Too Tough to" do this | 49 |
| The Ramones' "Blitzkrieg ___" | 43 |
| The Ramones' "The KKK ___ My Baby Away" | 53 |
| The Ramones' "___ Is a Punk Rocker" | 49 |
| The Ramones' label | 22 |
| The Ramones' music | 22 |
| The Rams of the A-10 Conf. | 26 |
| The Rams of the Atlantic 10 Conf. | 33 |
| The Rams of the Atlantic 10: Abbr. | 34 |
| The Rams of the N.C.A.A. | 24 |
| The Rams of the NCAA's Atlantic 10 Conf. | 44 |
| The Rams' division in the NFC | 33 |
| The Rams' sch. | 18 |
| The Rams, on sports tickers | 27 |
| The Rams, on the scoreboard | 27 |
| The ranch in ''Giant'' | 38 |