| Ruddy, as a complexion | 22 |
| Rude and insensitive one | 24 |
| Rude and terse to the max | 25 |
| Rude dinner table move | 22 |
| Rude response to the visitors | 29 |
| Rude subway passengers? | 23 |
| Rude welcome at the park | 24 |
| Rude word of dismissal | 22 |
| Rude, annoying one, in slang | 28 |
| Rudely brief and to the point | 29 |
| Rudimentary calculators | 23 |
| Rudimentary principles | 22 |
| Rudimentary thermos inventor | 28 |
| Rudolf Diesel, for one | 22 |
| Rudolf Friml's genre | 24 |
| Rudolf Serkin's need | 24 |
| Rudolph and Mrs. Flintstone | 27 |
| Rudolph Giuliani, e.g. | 22 |
| Rudolph of "S.N.L." | 29 |
| Rudolph or Santa, notably | 25 |
| Rudolph Valentine, e.g. | 23 |
| Rudolph Valentino type | 22 |
| Rudolph's bright feature | 28 |
| Rudolph's claim to fame | 27 |
| Rudolph's high beam | 23 |
| Rudolph's red feature | 25 |
| Rudolph's reinsman | 22 |
| Rudolph's salient feature | 29 |
| Rudy Giuliani, since 2001 | 25 |
| Rudy Vallee's alma mater | 28 |
| Rudy Vallee's song | 22 |
| Rudy's big brother | 22 |
| Rue across the border? | 22 |
| Rue and Betty's co-star | 27 |
| Rue Morgue perpetrator | 22 |
| Rue Morgue's creator | 24 |
| Rueful Presley song: 1961 | 25 |
| Ruff's better half | 22 |
| Ruffing of baseball fame | 24 |
| Ruffle material, often | 22 |
| Ruffle material, perhaps | 24 |
| Ruffle one's feathers | 25 |
| Ruffle the feathers of | 22 |
| Ruffle, with "out" | 28 |
| Ruffled one's feathers | 26 |
| Ruffled, with "up" | 28 |
| Ruffles one's feathers | 26 |
| Ruffles potato chip feature | 27 |
| Ruffs' counterparts | 23 |
| Rug buyer's calculation | 27 |
| Rug buyer's concern | 23 |
| Rug cleaners, for short | 23 |
| Rug in old-style baby photos | 28 |
| Rug-care company employee | 25 |
| Rugby, in a Hughes book | 23 |
| Rugged Aleutian island | 22 |
| Rugged auto, informally | 23 |
| Rugged buggies, for short | 25 |
| Rugged coastline feature | 24 |
| Rugged four-wheelers, briefly | 29 |
| Rugged military transport | 25 |
| Rugged mountain feature | 23 |
| Rugged mountain ranges | 22 |
| Rugged mountain ridges | 22 |
| Rugged rides, for short | 23 |
| Rugged rock projection | 22 |
| Rugged transport, for short | 27 |
| Rugged transports, for short | 28 |
| Rugged wheels, briefly | 22 |
| Ruggles, Benny and Bolger | 25 |
| Rugmaker's devices | 22 |
| Rugmaker's inventory | 24 |
| Rugmakers' supplies | 23 |
| Rugrats' outbursts | 22 |
| Ruhr industrial center | 22 |
| Ruhr River valley city | 22 |
| Ruhr Valley industrial center | 29 |
| Ruhr Valley industrial city | 27 |
| Ruhr Valley metropolis | 22 |
| Ruin ... or great success | 25 |
| Ruin a good checkers move? | 26 |
| Ruin a martini, to 007 | 22 |
| Ruin a relationship with | 24 |
| Ruin Bond's martini | 23 |
| Ruin Bond's martini? | 24 |
| Ruin of a statue, perhaps | 25 |
| Ruin or pinion partner | 22 |
| Ruin the perfection of | 22 |
| Ruin the surprise, perhaps | 26 |
| Ruin, as a dog might shoes | 26 |
| Ruin, as one's dinner | 25 |
| Ruin, as one's parade | 25 |
| Ruin, as someone's parade | 29 |
| Ruin, as the end of a movie | 27 |
| Ruin, with "up" | 25 |
| Ruined a film, in a way | 23 |
| Ruined a person's chances | 29 |
| Ruined city in western Iran | 27 |
| Ruined city on the Nile | 23 |
| Ruined Greek island city | 24 |