| A Ritter | 8 |
| A Ritter of films | 17 |
| A rival | 7 |
| A rival in "The Rivals" | 33 |
| A rival in a Sheridan play | 26 |
| A rival of ABC | 14 |
| A rival of Agatha | 17 |
| A rival of Babylonia | 20 |
| A rival of Bush | 15 |
| A rival of Carter in 1976 | 25 |
| A rival of Chris | 16 |
| A rival of Foyt | 15 |
| A rival of Hera | 15 |
| A rival of Jennings | 19 |
| A rival of Laver | 16 |
| A rival of Laver and Emerson | 28 |
| A rival of Martina | 18 |
| A river and a cartoonist | 24 |
| A river at Cairo | 16 |
| A river at Ghent | 16 |
| A river at Lyon | 15 |
| A river at Rennes | 17 |
| A river at York | 15 |
| A river might run through it | 28 |
| A river of Grampian | 19 |
| A river of Hades | 16 |
| A river of N.Y.C. | 17 |
| A river of the Punjab | 21 |
| A river or a Teletubby | 22 |
| A river runs through it | 23 |
| A river runs through it, often | 30 |
| A river runs to it | 18 |
| A river runs to it? | 19 |
| A Riviera season | 16 |
| A road to Rome | 14 |
| A roadie lugs it | 16 |
| A roaring success since 1912 | 28 |
| A roast | 7 |
| A Roberts whose ensign flies over Tulsa | 39 |
| A robin's are blue | 22 |
| A Robinson | 10 |
| A rock band's name often appears on it | 42 |
| A rock star, often | 18 |
| A Rockefeller | 13 |
| A Rockefeller nickname | 22 |
| A Rockefeller, sometimes | 24 |
| A Rockette, e.g. | 16 |
| A rocking Allman | 16 |
| A Rocky Mountain state | 22 |
| A Rodgers partner | 17 |
| A roe source | 12 |
| A Roe with a fishy pitch | 24 |
| A Roger Rabbit framer | 21 |
| A roisterous roo | 16 |
| A role for Beverly Sills | 24 |
| A role for Flagstad | 19 |
| A role for J. Ferrer | 20 |
| A role some people play | 23 |
| A roll of 4 and 6, in craps | 27 |
| A roll or a ruler | 17 |
| A roller at Reno | 16 |
| A rolling stone gathers none | 28 |
| A Roman farce | 13 |
| A Roman from Boston | 19 |
| A romance language | 18 |
| A Romanov | 9 |
| A Romanov title | 15 |
| A romantic beginning | 20 |
| A romantic keepsake | 19 |
| A Romeo's words | 19 |
| A romp | 6 |
| A Ron in baseball | 17 |
| A room of one's own | 23 |
| A Room of One's Own author | 33 |
| A room with a view | 18 |
| A room with una vista? | 22 |
| A Roosevelt | 11 |
| A Roosevelt relative | 20 |
| A rooster might top it | 22 |
| A root crop | 11 |
| A Roper | 7 |
| A rosary bead may represent one | 31 |
| A Rose | 6 |
| A Rose by another name | 22 |
| A Rose, by another name | 23 |
| A Rosenberg and others | 22 |
| A Ross | 6 |
| A rough Stone? | 14 |
| A round at the tavern, often | 28 |
| A round at the tavern, say | 26 |
| A round cheese | 14 |
| A round may be added to it | 26 |
| A round number ends in it | 25 |
| A round of golf, informally | 27 |
| A round of tennis | 17 |
| A Round Table knight | 20 |
| A round, e.g. | 13 |
| A round-tripper earns at least one: Abbr. | 41 |
| A royal nanny needs to be an __ | 31 |
| A royal status | 14 |