| ___ Punk (French house duo) | 27 |
| ___ purpose (having two uses) | 29 |
| ___ Pyle, Nabors character | 26 |
| ___ q's (best behavior) | 27 |
| ___ qua non (necessity) | 23 |
| ___ qual (just as they come) | 28 |
| ___ quam videri (N.C. motto) | 28 |
| ___ que (because): Fr. | 22 |
| ___ que (because, in Brest) | 27 |
| ___ quel (as is, in Arles) | 26 |
| ___ question (debatable) | 24 |
| ___ question (disputes) | 23 |
| ___ question (inquire) | 22 |
| ___ question (inquires) | 23 |
| ___ question (raises doubt) | 27 |
| ___ quilt (modern memorial) | 27 |
| ___ Quivira National Monument | 29 |
| ___ Qum, Turkmen desert | 23 |
| ___ Rabi, Nobelist in Physics | 29 |
| ___ Rae, Sally Field role | 25 |
| ___ Rafael, California | 22 |
| ___ rage (result of juicing) | 28 |
| ___ rags (Sunday best) | 22 |
| ___ Raiders (activist group) | 28 |
| ___ Railroad, 1832-1960 | 23 |
| ___ Railroad, founded 1832 | 26 |
| ___ Railroad, of rock fame | 26 |
| ___ rain (lake pollutant) | 25 |
| ___ raison (sensible: Fr.) | 26 |
| ___ rally (school event) | 24 |
| ___ Ramsey, R. Boone TV role | 28 |
| ___ rancheros (brunch option) | 29 |
| ___ Rapids, city in Minn. | 25 |
| ___ rasa (clean slate) | 22 |
| ___ rat (be suspicious) | 23 |
| ___ rate (in whatever event) | 28 |
| ___ Ration (Alpo alternative) | 29 |
| ___ Ration (dog food brand) | 27 |
| ___ rattling (militarism) | 25 |
| ___ Ray of the Indigo Girls | 27 |
| ___ razor (philosophic rule) | 28 |
| ___ rea (criminal intent) | 25 |
| ___ Reader (bimonthly digest) | 29 |
| ___ reason (be logical) | 23 |
| ___ reason (make sense) | 23 |
| ___ reason (was logical) | 24 |
| ___ Rebellion in R.I.: 1842 | 27 |
| ___ Rebellion of 1857-59 | 24 |
| ___ Rebellion: 1786–87 | 29 |
| ___ record (make history) | 25 |
| ___ record (makes history) | 26 |
| ___ Records (comedy label) | 26 |
| ___ Records (old music label) | 29 |
| ___ Red (apple variety) | 23 |
| ___ Reekie (Edinburgh) | 22 |
| ___ regia (corrosive liquid) | 28 |
| ___ Reid (the Green Hornet) | 27 |
| ___ Report (luxury magazine) | 28 |
| ___ Report of the 1990s | 23 |
| ___ Republic, toppled in 1933 | 29 |
| ___ resemblance to (unlike) | 27 |
| ___ resistance (roll easily) | 28 |
| ___ retreat (fall back) | 23 |
| ___ retreat (hightail it) | 25 |
| ___ retreat (retire in haste) | 29 |
| ___ retreat (withdraws) | 23 |
| ___ Reuters, media giant | 24 |
| ___ Revenge (Atari classic) | 27 |
| ___ Rhin (French department) | 28 |
| ___ Richard of Almanack fame | 28 |
| ___ riches (poets' ploys) | 29 |
| ___ Ridge (1972 Derby winner) | 29 |
| ___ Ridge (famed race horse) | 28 |
| ___ Ridge (race horse) | 22 |
| ___ Ridge National Laboratory | 29 |
| ___ Ridge, 1972 Derby winner | 28 |
| ___ Ridge, famed horse | 22 |
| ___ Ridge, famed race horse | 27 |
| ___ Ridge, great race horse | 27 |
| ___ ridgeback (hunting dog) | 27 |
| ___ rights (red-handed) | 23 |
| ___ rigueur (literally) | 23 |
| ___ Rijn, Netherlands river | 27 |
| ___ ring (have a ball) | 22 |
| ___ rings (fried side) | 22 |
| ___ Rio of silent films | 23 |
| ___ Rios (Jamaican resort) | 26 |
| ___ Rios de Minas, Brazil | 25 |
| ___ Rios, Jamaican resort | 25 |
| ___ riot (comedy review) | 24 |
| ___ riot (very funny skit) | 26 |
| ___ Ritz (cracker brand) | 24 |
| ___ River, Lizzie's home | 28 |
| ___ Rivera, suburb of L.A. | 26 |
| ___ Rizzo, Hoffman role | 23 |
| ___ Road (WWII supply route) | 28 |
| ___ Road of W.W. II fame | 24 |
| ___ Roberts University | 22 |
| ___ robin (perennial herb) | 26 |
| ___ Robins, city in Ga. | 23 |