| Recent Oscar winners, e.g. | 26 |
| Recent Oscar winner | 19 |
| Recent Oscar role | 17 |
| Recent Olympics site | 20 |
| Recent Olympic locale | 21 |
| Recent Olds | 11 |
| Recent NSA suer | 15 |
| Recent notable Couric get | 25 |
| Recent neighborhood arrival | 27 |
| Recent naval acad. grad | 23 |
| Recent Nav. Academy grad | 24 |
| Recent NASA target | 18 |
| Recent Microsoft retiree | 24 |
| Recent Met manager | 18 |
| Recent med school graduate | 26 |
| Recent Lincoln biographer | 25 |
| Recent intelligence | 19 |
| Recent immigrant's class: Abbr. | 35 |
| Recent host | 11 |
| Recent horror film franchise | 28 |
| Recent history | 14 |
| Recent hires | 12 |
| Recent hire | 11 |
| Recent guest on "Between Two Ferns" | 45 |
| Recent grads' activity | 26 |
| Recent grad, often | 18 |
| Recent film, whether a numeral or a word | 40 |
| Recent fighter | 14 |
| Recent fashion | 14 |
| Recent fad requiring one to lie stiff | 37 |
| Recent fad | 10 |
| Recent Facebook event | 21 |
| Recent ex-con, maybe | 20 |
| Recent Emmy-winner | 18 |
| Recent election winners | 23 |
| Recent developments | 19 |
| Recent delivery | 15 |
| Recent decade | 13 |
| Recent commodity index booster | 30 |
| Recent college man | 18 |
| Recent Chevrolet hatchback | 26 |
| Recent Chapter 11 filer | 23 |
| Recent change in change | 23 |
| Recent Broadway musical | 23 |
| Recent Broadway hit | 19 |
| Recent block arrival | 20 |
| Recent blackmail victim | 23 |
| Recent beginning | 16 |
| Recent Bar Mitzvah, e.g. | 24 |
| Recent arrivals in the world | 28 |
| Recent arrivals | 15 |
| Recent arrival | 14 |
| Recent Annapolis graduate | 25 |
| Recent Angelina Jolie piece | 27 |
| Recent additions to la familia | 30 |
| Recent addition to the Astrological calendar | 44 |
| Recent (Pref.) | 14 |
| Recent "SNL" regular Bill | 35 |
| Recent "SNL" alumna | 29 |
| Recent "Idol" defector, for short | 43 |
| Recent | 6 |
| Recency | 7 |
| Receiving-line participants | 27 |
| Receiving-line head | 19 |
| Receiving-line figure | 21 |
| Receiving willingly | 19 |
| Receiving visitors | 18 |
| Receiving two pensions | 22 |
| Receiving stats | 15 |
| Receiving set | 13 |
| Receiving rooms | 15 |
| Receiving rave reviews, maybe | 29 |
| Receiving party? | 16 |
| Receiving line? | 15 |
| Receiving desk gismo | 20 |
| Receiving department gadget | 27 |
| Receiving customers | 19 |
| Receiving company | 17 |
| Receiving clerk's gadget | 28 |
| Receiving callers | 17 |
| Receiving assistance | 20 |
| Receiving aid | 13 |
| Receiving a pension: Abbr. | 26 |
| Receiving a pension, briefly | 28 |
| Receiving a pension (Abbr.) | 27 |
| Receiving a higher Consumer Reports rating, perhaps | 51 |
| Receives, in a way | 18 |
| Receives, as a visitor | 22 |
| Receives with approval | 22 |
| Receives willingly | 18 |
| Receives top billing | 20 |
| Receives through one's efforts | 34 |
| Receives the go-ahead | 21 |
| Receives the death penalty | 26 |
| Receives socially | 17 |
| Receives rightfully | 19 |
| Receives recompense | 19 |
| Receives prompting | 18 |
| Receives pleasure | 17 |
| Receives on the radio | 21 |