| Early radio receiver | 20 |
| Early radio transmitter | 23 |
| Early radio's "___ and Abner" | 43 |
| Early railroad tycoon | 21 |
| Early reading desk | 18 |
| Early Reagan associate | 22 |
| Early Reagan role | 17 |
| Early record label for Bobby Darin and the Beatles | 50 |
| Early record label for Lynyrd Skynyrd | 37 |
| Early recording star Spencer | 28 |
| Early recording systems, familiarly | 35 |
| Early recordings | 16 |
| Early refrigerators | 19 |
| Early release | 13 |
| Early releases of a sort | 25 |
| Early religious sect member | 27 |
| Early resident of Britain | 25 |
| Early resident of Qumram | 24 |
| Early resident of the Caucasus | 30 |
| Early retail pioneer | 20 |
| Early rifle pins | 16 |
| Early riser | 11 |
| Early riser? | 12 |
| Early rising hr. | 16 |
| Early rite | 10 |
| Early rival of Harland Sanders | 30 |
| Early Roanoke Islander | 22 |
| Early Robin Cook thriller | 25 |
| Early Robin Williams role | 25 |
| Early rock 'n' roll idol | 32 |
| Early rock nickname, with "The" | 41 |
| Early rock-'n'-roll favorite | 36 |
| Early Rockefeller product | 25 |
| Early rocker Bill | 17 |
| Early rocket traveler | 21 |
| Early role for Arnold | 21 |
| Early role for Clint | 20 |
| Early role for Neil Patrick | 27 |
| Early role for Ron Howard | 25 |
| Early role for Sarah Jessica Parker | 35 |
| Early role for Shirley | 22 |
| Early role of G.W. | 18 |
| Early role-playing game co. | 27 |
| Early Roman box | 15 |
| Early Roman date | 16 |
| Early Roman emperor | 19 |
| Early Roman monster | 19 |
| Early Roman road | 16 |
| Early Romantic music masterpiece | 32 |
| Early Romantic William | 22 |
| Early Ron Howard role | 21 |
| Early rotorcraft | 16 |
| Early round | 11 |
| Early round pass | 16 |
| Early round, briefly | 20 |
| Early round, for short | 22 |
| Early round, perhaps | 20 |
| Early rounds | 12 |
| Early rules for it were developed at McGill University in the 1870s | 67 |
| Early Rumanian | 14 |
| Early run? | 10 |
| Early Russian Communist | 23 |
| Early Russian dynast | 20 |
| Early S. A. empire | 18 |
| Early sailing ship | 18 |
| Early sailor | 12 |
| Early Saint-Laurent employer | 28 |
| Early Sally Field character | 27 |
| Early Sam & Dave record label | 33 |
| Early Sanskrit | 14 |
| Early Sarah Jessica Parker role | 31 |
| Early satellite built at Bell Labs | 34 |
| Early satellite launcher | 24 |
| Early Saturday-nightspecial? | 29 |
| Early Scandinavian | 18 |
| Early scene in "The Wizard of Oz" | 43 |
| Early scenes of "The Wizard of Oz" | 44 |
| Early sch. | 10 |
| Early sch. designation | 22 |
| Early schooldesk appointments | 29 |
| Early schoolroom needs | 22 |
| Early Schwarzenegger nickname, with "The" | 51 |
| Early sci-fi author | 19 |
| Early sci-fi writer | 19 |
| Early science fiction writer Jules | 34 |
| Early Scot | 10 |
| Early scratch | 13 |
| Early screen siren | 18 |
| Early screen star Power | 23 |
| Early screening | 15 |
| Early screenwriter Bernstein | 28 |
| Early scripture | 15 |
| Early seafarer | 14 |
| Early seafarers feared going over it | 36 |
| Early seamstress | 16 |
| Early second-century date | 25 |
| Early second-century year | 25 |
| Early second-millennium date | 28 |
| Early second-millennium year | 28 |
| Early sect member | 17 |