| 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 |
| Receives guests | 15 |
| Receives fewer votes than | 25 |
| Receives eagerly | 16 |
| Receives as a visitor | 21 |
| Receives approval, as a joke | 28 |
| Receives and passes on | 22 |
| Receives a stipend | 18 |
| Receives | 8 |
| Receivers' counterparts | 27 |
| Receivers of treats | 19 |
| Receivers of spot payments? | 27 |
| Receivers of some downloads | 27 |
| Receivers of property | 21 |
| Receivers of police calls | 25 |
| Receivers of gifts | 18 |
| Receivers of cuts | 17 |
| Receivers of children's "telephones" | 50 |
| Receivers of checks | 19 |
| Receivers have them | 19 |
| Receivers | 9 |
| Receiver-turned-sportscaster | 28 |
| Receiver, in law | 16 |
| Receiver, frequently | 20 |
| Receiver, as it were | 20 |
| Receiver's stats | 20 |
| Receiver's gains: Abbr. | 27 |
| Receiver's counterpart | 26 |
| Receiver Victor of the Giants' 2011 Super Bowl-winning season | 65 |
| Receiver Terrell of the Dallas Cowboys | 38 |
| Receiver Terrell | 16 |