| Famed political columnist | 25 |
| Famed political hanger-on | 25 |
| Famed pollster | 14 |
| Famed Polo Grounds pitcher | 26 |
| Famed pond | 10 |
| Famed pool shark's nickname | 31 |
| Famed portraitist | 17 |
| Famed portrayer of Lincoln | 26 |
| Famed pottery center | 20 |
| Famed Poughkeepsie brewer | 25 |
| Famed prisoner: May 1982 | 24 |
| Famed producer | 14 |
| Famed producer/mentor ___ Ballard | 33 |
| Famed protégé of Lorenzo the Magnificent | 46 |
| Famed psychic oddly spelled | 28 |
| Famed publisher | 15 |
| Famed puppeteer | 15 |
| Famed puppeteer and family | 26 |
| Famed Quaker family | 19 |
| Famed quarter | 13 |
| Famed quatrain writer | 21 |
| Famed Quebec chanteuse | 22 |
| Famed queen or horse | 20 |
| Famed rabbi-journalist: 1804–78 | 38 |
| Famed race horse | 16 |
| Famed racecar driver's monogram | 35 |
| Famed racer who snoozes and loses | 33 |
| Famed racing driver | 19 |
| Famed raft | 10 |
| Famed railsplitter | 18 |
| Famed rat | 9 |
| Famed real estate promoter | 26 |
| Famed Regina Mayor | 18 |
| Famed Renaissance family | 24 |
| Famed Renaissance name | 22 |
| Famed report writer Shere | 25 |
| Famed reporter | 14 |
| Famed reproach | 14 |
| Famed restaurateur | 18 |
| Famed Rialto couple | 19 |
| Famed ring name | 15 |
| Famed Rio beach | 15 |
| Famed Rio hotspot, with "the" | 39 |
| Famed riveter | 13 |
| Famed Robt. | 11 |
| Famed Roman censor | 18 |
| Famed Roman fiddler | 19 |
| Famed Roman fountain | 20 |
| Famed Roman orator | 18 |
| Famed Roman piazza | 18 |
| Famed root beer seller | 22 |
| Famed round-the-world flier | 27 |
| Famed round-the-world solo flier | 32 |
| Famed ruins at Cluny | 20 |
| Famed runner Viren | 18 |
| Famed runner Zatopek | 20 |
| Famed Russian battleship | 24 |
| Famed Russian mystic | 20 |
| Famed Russian-born artist-designer | 34 |
| Famed Russian-born cellist-conductor | 36 |
| Famed sailor | 12 |
| Famed San Francisco rock venue | 30 |
| Famed Saskatoon Mayor | 21 |
| Famed school | 12 |
| Famed Schubert piece in F major | 31 |
| Famed sci-fi writer | 19 |
| Famed Scottish diva | 19 |
| Famed Scottish philosopher | 26 |
| Famed Scottish reformer | 23 |
| Famed scout | 11 |
| Famed sculpture | 15 |
| Famed sculpture in Florence | 27 |
| Famed seamstress | 16 |
| Famed section of Venice | 23 |
| Famed Seminole chief | 20 |
| Famed Seminole leader | 21 |
| Famed Senator of the '50s | 29 |
| Famed septet | 12 |
| Famed sergeant | 14 |
| Famed sewer | 11 |
| Famed Shakespearean last words | 30 |
| Famed sharpshooter | 18 |
| Famed Shawnee chief | 19 |
| Famed sheep loser | 17 |
| Famed Sherman statement | 23 |
| Famed ship | 10 |
| Famed ship run by Greenpeace | 28 |
| Famed shoe collector | 20 |
| Famed shortstop | 15 |
| Famed show-biz report | 21 |
| Famed shroud site | 17 |
| Famed sidekick | 14 |
| Famed silversmith | 17 |
| Famed Sing Sing penologist | 26 |
| Famed Sing Sing warden | 22 |
| Famed singer | 12 |
| Famed singing cowboy | 20 |
| Famed Sioux chief | 17 |
| Famed sisters | 13 |
| Famed six-shooter | 17 |