| The recently fired hit it | 25 |
| The recent past | 15 |
| The Rebels of the Southeastern Conference, familiarly | 53 |
| The Rebels | 10 |
| The reason ___ | 14 |
| The reason for knight fall? | 27 |
| The reason AL pitchers don't swing | 38 |
| The reason | 10 |
| The rear of rear, perhaps | 25 |
| The rear | 8 |
| The really-long-term lot at the airport? | 40 |
| The real ___ (the genuine article) | 34 |
| The real ___ | 12 |
| The real __ (something genuine) | 31 |
| The real thing? | 15 |
| The real thing, romance-wise | 28 |
| The real thing at southern diners? | 34 |
| The real thing | 14 |
| The real scoop about lipids? | 28 |
| The real McCoy | 14 |
| The real Lone Ranger | 20 |
| The real issue | 14 |
| The real estate agent ordered ___ | 33 |
| The real Alice's last name | 30 |
| The real -- | 11 |
| The real "Funny Girl" | 31 |
| The Reagans' daughter | 25 |
| The Reaganomics' song about singer Hendryx? | 47 |
| The Reagan years | 16 |
| The Reagan or the Clinton, e.g. | 31 |
| The Reagan Era, pretty much | 27 |
| The Reagan boy | 14 |
| The rd. taken | 13 |
| The Rays' div. | 18 |
| The Ravens, to the Steelers | 27 |
| The Ravens got four in Super Bowl XLVII: abbr. | 46 |
| The Raven, poet | 15 |
| The Raven writer | 16 |
| The Raven poet | 14 |
| The Raven maiden | 19 |
| The Raven author | 19 |
| The Raven auth. | 18 |
| The ravages of time | 19 |
| The Raptors, on the scoreboard | 30 |
| The Raptors' prov. | 22 |
| The Rangers' Nelson Cruz earned the last one of 2010 | 56 |
| The Rangers' div. | 21 |
| The Ranger and the Corsair | 26 |
| The range, to some | 18 |
| The ranch in "Giant" | 30 |
| The ranch in ''Giant'' | 38 |
| The Rams, on the scoreboard | 27 |
| The Rams, on sports tickers | 27 |
| The Rams' sch. | 18 |
| The Rams' division in the NFC | 33 |
| The Rams of the NCAA's Atlantic 10 Conf. | 44 |
| The Rams of the N.C.A.A. | 24 |
| The Rams of the Atlantic 10: Abbr. | 34 |
| The Rams of the Atlantic 10 Conf. | 33 |
| The Rams of the A-10 Conf. | 26 |
| The Ramones' music | 22 |
| The Ramones' label | 22 |
| The Ramones' "___ Is a Punk Rocker" | 49 |
| The Ramones' "The KKK ___ My Baby Away" | 53 |
| The Ramones' "Blitzkrieg ___" | 43 |
| The Ramones were "Too Tough to" do this | 49 |
| The Ramblers of the N.C.A.A. | 28 |
| The Ram of the zodiac | 21 |
| The Ram in the skies | 20 |
| The ram in "A ram walks into a bar ..."? | 50 |
| The Ram | 7 |
| The rainbow's ___ gold | 26 |
| The rainbow fish | 16 |
| The rain, in Spain | 18 |
| The rain in Spain? | 18 |
| The rain in Spain, mainly? | 26 |
| The rain in Spain | 17 |
| The rain here falls mainly on the plain | 39 |
| The rain goes ___ | 17 |
| The Rail Splitter | 17 |
| The rage | 8 |
| The Raffaello, for one | 22 |
| The RAF, to Churchill | 21 |
| The Raelians, for one | 21 |
| The Raelians, e.g. | 18 |
| The radius extends from it | 26 |
| The Racquet State? | 18 |
| The racing Unsers | 17 |
| The racer's edge, commercially | 34 |
| The Racer's Edge | 20 |
| The rabble | 10 |
| The Rabbi's helpmeet | 24 |
| The R's of education | 24 |
| The R of TRMS on MSNBC | 22 |
| The R of Roy G. Biv | 19 |
| The R of CORE | 13 |
| The R in RPM | 12 |
| The R in R.C.M.P. | 17 |
| The R in piR^2 | 14 |
| The R in NPR | 12 |