| __ Vineyard (island south of Cape Cod) | 38 |
| __ vez: Spaniard's "again" | 40 |
| __ Verde: Colorado national park | 32 |
| __ Valley: Reagan Presidential Library site | 43 |
| __ Valley: 1960 Winter Olympics site | 36 |
| __ Valley, Maui tourist attraction | 34 |
| __ vacancy (replace one who has retired) | 40 |
| __ v. Wade: 1973 Supreme Court decision | 39 |
| __ v. Ferguson: 1896 segregation case | 37 |
| __ union: same-sex relationship status | 38 |
| __ Trueheart, Dick Tracy's love | 35 |
| __ Trophy: Biennial European golf tourney | 41 |
| __ Trophy: biennial European golf event | 39 |
| __ Trench (very deep Pacific point) | 35 |
| __ tree (Indiana's state tree) | 34 |
| __ Trapp ("Sound of Music" surname) | 45 |
| __ Toy Barn: "Toy Story 2" setting | 44 |
| __ Tomé and Principe (African nation) | 40 |
| __ Tomatoes: film review website | 32 |
| __ Toaster Swirlz: Kellogg's product | 40 |
| __ to go: ready for action, in dialect | 38 |
| __ Tigers: Sri Lankan separatists | 33 |
| __ Tibbets, eponymous mother of a WWII pilot | 44 |
| __ threat: performer who can sing, dance and act | 48 |
| __ the Merciless: Flash Gordon foe | 34 |
| __ The Magazine (formerly Modern Maturity) | 42 |
| __ the lily: adorned unnecessarily | 34 |
| __ the Impaler, who inspired "Dracula" | 48 |
| __ the Great (kid-lit detective) | 32 |
| __ the Great (fictional boy sleuth) | 35 |
| __ tendonitis: arm muscle ailment | 33 |
| __ Tea Latte: Starbucks offering | 32 |
| __ superiority: obvious confidence | 34 |
| __ success (dog winning our "show"?) | 46 |
| __ Street (Memphis blues center) | 32 |
| __ store (small family business) | 32 |
| __ State Broncos: Western Athletic Conf. team | 45 |
| __ Starkey, longtime drummer for The Who | 40 |
| __ Squalor: Lemony Snicket character | 36 |
| __ Southwest Grill: restaurant chain | 36 |
| __ Sound (Washington State water) | 33 |
| __ Sir or Madam (letter starter) | 32 |
| __ Simbel, site of Ramses II temples | 36 |
| __ shoestring: with little to spend | 35 |
| __ shadow of one's former self | 34 |
| __ Series (October baseball event) | 34 |
| __ sequitur: illogical conclusion | 33 |
| __ search (county clerk's task) | 35 |
| __ Schwarz: 5th Avenue toy store | 32 |
| __ Royale: Lake Superior national park | 38 |
| __ rod: powerful Old Testament tool | 35 |
| __ rock: Gary Glitter's genre | 33 |
| __ Rock: Australian tourist spot | 32 |
| __ Robert: nickname for pitcher Bob Feller | 42 |
| __ Road: WWII supply route to China | 35 |
| __ rellenos: stuffed Mexican dish | 33 |
| __ regni: in the year of the reign | 34 |
| __ Regional Council (Israeli governing body) | 44 |
| __ refrigeration (air conditioning unit) | 40 |
| __ Rebellion: 1786-'87 insurrection | 39 |
| __ Rebellion (1676 Virginia uprising) | 37 |
| __ Reader: bimonthly alternative magazine | 41 |
| __ Reader: alternative media digest | 35 |
| __ Reader: alternative media anthology | 38 |
| __ régime: pre-1789 French government | 40 |
| __ razor: logical simplicity rule | 33 |
| __ Ray Joel, daughter of Billy and Christie | 43 |
| __ rancheros (Mexican breakfast) | 32 |
| __ Radziwill, sister of Jackie O | 32 |
| __ Raceway: Pennsylvania NASCAR track | 37 |
| __ Raceway (Pennsylvania auto track) | 36 |
| __ Rabbit (Joel Chandler Harris character) | 42 |
| __ quam videri: North Carolina motto | 36 |
| __ puttanesca: with a spicy tomato sauce | 40 |
| __ Protocol: UN global-warming treaty amendment | 47 |
| __ Prize (prestigious mathematics award) | 40 |
| __ Post, first pilot to fly solo around the world | 49 |
| __ pork: Chinese dish with pancakes | 35 |
| __ pork: Chinese dish served with thin pancakes | 47 |
| __ plaisir: with pleasure, in Paris | 35 |
| __ Place: Butch and Sundance companion | 38 |
| __ Pipeline, Oahu surfing attraction | 36 |
| __ Peters, author of Brother Cadfael mysteries | 46 |
| __ Percé: Pacific Northwest tribe | 36 |
| __ per centimeter (measure of surface tension) | 46 |
| __ Pepper: 1975 Redford title role | 34 |
| __ Pensacola (Blue Angels' home base) | 41 |
| __ Pensacola (Blue Angels' base) | 36 |
| __ ped.: piano music instruction | 32 |
| __ Peak, Kilimanjaro's highest point | 40 |
| __ Peak, highest mountain in Idaho | 34 |
| __ Pass (Afghanistan-Pakistan connector) | 40 |
| __ Park: Queens area near Forest Hills | 38 |
| __ Paradise, "On the Road" narrator | 45 |
| __ pants (baggy women's trousers) | 37 |
| __ Palace (French president's home) | 39 |
| __ over (helped through difficulty) | 35 |
| __ out a living (barely manages) | 32 |
| __ ordo seclorum: Great Seal words | 34 |
| __ one's trade (works busily) | 33 |