| _____ Simon | 11 |
| _____ signum | 12 |
| _____ shell | 11 |
| _____ service | 13 |
| _____ sequitur | 14 |
| _____ sense | 11 |
| _____ Selassie | 14 |
| _____ section | 13 |
| _____ secret | 12 |
| _____ Sea (W.W. II site) | 24 |
| _____ scratch | 13 |
| _____ Scott Decision, 1857 | 26 |
| _____ Schwarz | 13 |
| _____ school | 12 |
| _____ scale (hardness measure) | 30 |
| _____ scale | 11 |
| _____ Sawyer of the comics | 26 |
| _____ savant | 12 |
| _____ Saud (Saudi king) | 23 |
| _____ Saud | 10 |
| _____ sapiens | 13 |
| _____ sail | 10 |
| _____ Sack (beanbag toy) | 24 |
| _____ sack | 10 |
| _____ Sabe (trusty scout) | 25 |
| _____ Runnings, 1993 Candy movie | 32 |
| _____ rule | 10 |
| _____ rug | 9 |
| _____ rubber | 12 |
| _____ Royale National Park | 26 |
| _____ Rouge | 11 |
| _____ Rooter | 12 |
| _____ Romeo (automobile) | 24 |
| _____ Romeo | 11 |
| _____ roll | 10 |
| _____ rod (biblical item) | 25 |
| _____ Rock, Australia | 21 |
| _____ Rock (Australian tourist site) | 36 |
| _____ Rocher, New Brunswick | 27 |
| _____ Rizzo of "Midnight Cowboy" | 42 |
| _____ Rizzo ('69 Hoffman role) | 34 |
| _____ Rivieres, Quebec | 22 |
| _____ Rivera, Calif. | 20 |
| _____ River, Yukon | 18 |
| _____ River, Quebec | 19 |
| _____ River, British Columbia | 29 |
| _____ River, Alberta | 20 |
| _____ River Saskatchewan | 24 |
| _____ Rios, Jamaica | 19 |
| _____ Rios (Jamaican resort) | 28 |
| _____ Rio, Tex. | 15 |
| _____ ringer | 12 |
| _____ rigueur (to the fullest extent): Fr. | 42 |
| _____ rights (police suspect's entitlement) | 47 |
| _____ Rico | 10 |
| _____ rice | 10 |
| _____ Rica | 10 |
| _____ rex | 9 |
| _____ Raymond, originator of "Flash Gordon" | 53 |
| _____ Raton, Fla. | 17 |
| _____ Raton | 11 |
| _____ rasa | 10 |
| _____ Rapids, Ontario | 21 |
| _____ rain | 10 |
| _____ Rail | 10 |
| _____ Rae (Sally Field role) | 28 |
| _____ race (finished first) | 27 |
| _____ Rabbit | 12 |
| _____ question (certainly) | 26 |
| _____ quarters (G.I. summons) | 29 |
| _____ pump | 10 |
| _____ publica | 13 |
| _____ projection (map system) | 29 |
| _____ prof. | 11 |
| _____ probandi (legal doctrine) | 31 |
| _____ pro nobis | 15 |
| _____ Prism | 11 |
| _____ Prince Edward Island | 26 |
| _____ price (dearly) | 20 |
| _____ precedent | 15 |
| _____ Pound | 11 |
| _____ polloi | 12 |
| _____ poison | 12 |
| _____ Point Lake, Manitoba | 26 |
| _____ point | 11 |
| _____ podrida | 13 |
| _____ pocket | 12 |
| _____ Players (theater group) | 29 |
| _____ Planet, 1956 Nielsen movie | 32 |
| _____ Plaines, Ill. | 19 |
| _____ Plaines, III. | 19 |
| _____ Plaines | 13 |
| _____ pit (rock club area) | 26 |
| _____ Piper | 11 |
| _____ Pine (NWT's tree) | 28 |
| _____ Pinafore | 14 |
| _____ pin | 9 |
| _____ Pieces | 12 |
| _____ piece | 11 |
| _____ pickle | 12 |