| A question from Mrs. Browning | 29 |
| A question might do this | 24 |
| A question of aesthetics | 24 |
| A question of explanation | 25 |
| A question of identity | 22 |
| A question of introspection | 27 |
| A question of location | 22 |
| A question of methodology | 25 |
| A question of ownership | 23 |
| A question of possession | 24 |
| A question of procedure | 23 |
| A question of self-challenge | 28 |
| A question of technique | 23 |
| A racemose inflorescence | 24 |
| A radius goes through it | 24 |
| A radius is part of it | 22 |
| A raft, in diner slang | 22 |
| A railroad, informally | 22 |
| A rainbow followed this | 23 |
| A rancher might wear one out | 28 |
| A rare entree, sometimes | 24 |
| A rash Easter Bunny does it | 27 |
| A rat race runner is in one | 27 |
| A Reagan Attorney General | 25 |
| A real Renaissance man | 22 |
| A really good offer, say | 24 |
| A really good place to sit? | 27 |
| A realm of the Hapsburgs | 24 |
| A red one may be slippery | 25 |
| A Red Sox pitcher in 1990 | 25 |
| A region's forests | 22 |
| A reindeer in a Moore poem | 26 |
| A reporter often seeks one | 26 |
| A restaurant may have one | 25 |
| A restaurant patron said ... | 28 |
| A result of cerebration | 23 |
| A result of combustion | 22 |
| A result of nebulization | 24 |
| A rhythm guitarist plays them | 29 |
| A Rice Krispies fellow | 22 |
| A ridge, especially on cloth | 28 |
| A ring bearer may go down it | 28 |
| A ring doesn't have them | 28 |
| A ring may indicate it | 22 |
| A ringmaster will do it | 23 |
| A rip-off for readers? | 22 |
| A rival in a Sheridan play | 26 |
| A rival of Carter in 1976 | 25 |
| A rival of Laver and Emerson | 28 |
| A river and a cartoonist | 24 |
| A river might run through it | 28 |
| A river or a Teletubby | 22 |
| A river runs through it | 23 |
| A roaring success since 1912 | 28 |
| A robin's are blue | 22 |
| A Rockefeller nickname | 22 |
| A Rockefeller, sometimes | 24 |
| A Rocky Mountain state | 22 |
| A Roe with a fishy pitch | 24 |
| A role for Beverly Sills | 24 |
| A role some people play | 23 |
| A roll of 4 and 6, in craps | 27 |
| A rolling stone gathers none | 28 |
| A room of one's own | 23 |
| A room with una vista? | 22 |
| A rooster might top it | 22 |
| A Rose by another name | 22 |
| A Rose, by another name | 23 |
| A Rosenberg and others | 22 |
| A round at the tavern, often | 28 |
| A round at the tavern, say | 26 |
| A round may be added to it | 26 |
| A round number ends in it | 25 |
| A round of golf, informally | 27 |
| A RR's feline mascot | 24 |
| A ruler before the revolution | 29 |
| A rung on the ladder of life | 28 |
| A runner may enter one | 22 |
| A runner might enter it | 23 |
| A Russian chess master | 22 |
| A Saarinen and namesakes | 24 |
| A salmon that has spawned | 25 |
| A satellite may be kept in it | 29 |
| A satellite of Jupiter | 22 |
| A scandal often ruins one | 25 |
| A schussboomer uses them | 24 |
| A sci-fi writer's award | 27 |
| A Scot and his relatives | 24 |
| A Scottish loch, for example | 28 |
| A scout may do a good one | 25 |
| A screech may accompany it | 26 |
| A scuttle might scoop from it | 29 |
| A sea was named for him | 23 |
| A seamstress should be __ | 25 |
| A search may be done with it | 28 |
| A seasoning, in Savoie | 22 |
| A second shift, possibly | 24 |
| A secret may be told in one | 27 |
| A secretary might take it | 25 |
| A seemingly endless series | 26 |