| ''Slow and steady wins the race,'' for one | 58 |
| ''Sleepless in Seattle'' director Ephron | 56 |
| ''Skoal'' or ''prosit'' | 55 |
| ''Skoal'' and ''cheers'' | 56 |
| ''Sink'' or ''swim'' | 52 |
| ''Silver'' or ''soft'' ending | 61 |
| ''Shot heard round the world'' originator | 57 |
| ''She's Always a Woman'' singer Billy | 57 |
| ''She Believes ___'' (Kenny Rogers song) | 56 |
| ''Shane'' or ''Stagecoach'' | 59 |
| ''Selected Poems'' Pulitzer poet Conrad | 55 |
| ''Seinfeld'' or ''Newhart'' | 59 |
| ''Seinfeld'' or ''Cheers'' | 58 |
| ''Seduction of the Minotaur'' author Anais | 58 |
| ''Seduction of the Minotaur'' author | 52 |
| ''Saturday Night Live'' segment, e.g. | 53 |
| ''Saturday Night Live'' alumna Cheri | 52 |
| ''Saturday Night Fever'' actress Drescher | 57 |
| ''Same as above,'' in bibliographies | 52 |
| ''Runs like ___'' (sales pitch for a used car) | 62 |
| ''Running With Scissors'' actor Baldwin | 55 |
| ''Rosemary's Baby'' author Levin | 52 |
| ''Rose of ___'' (Roger Whittaker tune) | 54 |
| ''Room'' or ''hall'' preceder | 61 |
| ''Roamin' in the Gloamin' '' writer | 59 |
| ''Rikki Don't Lose That Number'' group | 58 |
| ''Riders of the Purple Sage'' novelist Grey | 59 |
| ''Rica'' or ''Brava'' front | 59 |
| ''Rib'' or ''bird'' follower | 60 |
| ''Return of the Jedi'' green-skinned dancer | 59 |
| ''Reply completed,'' to a ham operator | 54 |
| ''Remington Steele'' character Laura | 52 |
| ''Relative'' who may be watching you | 52 |
| ''Reflections on Ice-Breaking'' poet Ogden | 58 |
| ''Red'' or ''White'' follower | 61 |
| ''Red'' or ''raw'' lead-in | 58 |
| ''Rebel Without a Cause'' star Mineo | 52 |
| ''Rebel Without a Cause'' Oscar nominee | 55 |
| ''Rebel Without a Cause'' actor Mineo | 53 |
| ''Reach for the ___!'' (oater phrase) | 53 |
| ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'' reptiles | 52 |
| ''Quoth the ___, 'Nevermore''' | 54 |
| ''Que ___ es?'' (Spanish 101 question) | 54 |
| ''Pygmalion'' playwright's monogram | 55 |
| ''Puttin' on the ___'' (Berlin classic) | 59 |
| ''Put Your Head on My Shoulder'' crooner | 56 |
| ''Present'' and ''potent'' leader | 65 |
| ''Pound'' and ''sponge'' ending | 63 |
| ''Post'' or ''light'' leader | 60 |
| ''Portnoy's Complaint'' author Philip | 57 |
| ''Pootie ___'' (2001 Chris Rock film) | 53 |
| ''Poor, Poor Pitiful Me'' singer Clark | 54 |
| ''Please Don't ___ the Daisies'' | 52 |
| ''Playboy of the Western World'' playwright | 59 |
| ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' captain | 52 |
| ''Physician, ___ thyself'' (Luke 4:23) | 54 |
| ''Photo'' or ''thermo'' attachment | 66 |
| ''Philadelphia'' or ''Chicago'' | 63 |
| ''Phantom of the Opera'' title character | 56 |
| ''Pee-___ Big Adventure'' (1985 film) | 53 |
| ''Parking'' or ''odd'' follower | 63 |
| ''Panic in the Streets'' director Kazan | 55 |
| ''P.S.___'' ('90s detective series) | 55 |
| ''Otherwise, you'll regret it!'' | 52 |
| ''Oppression and Liberty'' author Simone | 56 |
| ''Oops! . . . I Did It Again'' singer | 53 |
| ''One if by land, two if by sea,'' e.g. | 55 |
| ''One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'' writer | 62 |
| ''Once ___ a midnight dreary . . .'' | 52 |
| ''On __ Majesty's Secret Service'' | 54 |
| ''On the Waterfront'' director Kazan | 52 |
| ''Old Uncle'' in a Stephen Foster title | 55 |
| ''Old Uncle'' in a Stephen Foster song | 54 |
| ''Oh, sure, that could really happen!'' | 55 |
| ''Of Thee I Sing'' lyricist Gershwin | 52 |
| ''O'' example in a children's book | 54 |
| ''Nude Lying on a ___'' (Francois Boucher painting) | 67 |
| ''Now we ___ engaged in a great civil war . . .'' | 65 |
| ''Not___'' (''Think nothing of it'') | 68 |
| ''Nothing ventured nothing gained,'' e.g. | 57 |
| ''Not with ___ the heart is broken'' (Dickinson) | 64 |
| ''Not Ready for Prime Time Players'' show | 57 |
| ''Not on ___!'' (''No way!'') | 61 |
| ''Norma'' and ''Turandot'' | 58 |
| ''Nod'' or ''mod'' attachment | 61 |
| ''No ___'' (sign in certain restaurants) | 56 |
| ''No ___'' (Chinese-restaurant sign) | 52 |
| ''No Time for Sergeants'' playwright Levin | 58 |
| ''No respect,'' for Rodney Dangerfield, e.g. | 60 |
| ''No man hath ___ God at any time'' (John 1:18) | 63 |
| ''Nights in the Gardens of Spain'' composer | 59 |
| ''Niña'' or ''Pinta'' | 56 |
| ''Never Wave at ___'' (Rosalind Russell flick) | 62 |
| ''Never Have Your Dog Stuffed'' memoirist | 57 |
| ''My __ True'' (Elvis Costello song) | 52 |
| ''My Ploughman he comes hame at __'': Burns | 59 |
| ''My Name is ___'' (William Saroyan) | 52 |
| ''My Name Is Asher ___'' (Potok novel) | 54 |
| ''My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose,'' e.g. | 57 |
| ''My Friend'' and ''La Douce'' | 62 |