| ''The Purloined Letter'' writer | 47 |
| ''The Purple Rose of ___'' | 42 |
| ''The Purpose Driven Life,'' for one | 52 |
| ''The Queen City'' | 34 |
| ''The Queen of Soul'' Franklin | 46 |
| ''The Queen'' star Mirren | 41 |
| ''The Quiet American'' writer Greene | 52 |
| ''The Quiet Man'' actress | 41 |
| ''The racer's edge'' | 40 |
| ''The rain in ___ falls . . .'' | 47 |
| ''The ramparts'' lead-in | 40 |
| ''The Raven'' and ''Annabel Lee'' | 65 |
| ''The Raven'' author | 36 |
| ''The Raven'' maiden | 36 |
| ''The Raven'' monogram | 38 |
| ''The Raven'' opening | 37 |
| ''The Raven'' writer | 36 |
| ''The Real World'' network | 42 |
| ''The Red Badge of Courage'' author | 51 |
| ''The Remains of the Day'' star | 47 |
| ''The Republic'' author | 39 |
| ''The Republic'' writer | 39 |
| ''The results __!'' | 35 |
| ''The Return of the Native'' setting | 52 |
| ''The Right Stuff'' author | 42 |
| ''The Right Stuff'' group | 41 |
| ''The Rime of the Ancient Mariner'' bird | 56 |
| ''The Road Not Taken'' poet | 43 |
| ''The Rome of Hungary'' | 39 |
| ''The Roof of the World'' | 41 |
| ''The Rose'' penner | 35 |
| ''The Rube's Honeymoon'' author Zane | 56 |
| ''The Running ___'' (1987) | 42 |
| ''The Rural Muse'' poet | 39 |
| ''The Russians Are Coming . . .'' Oscar nominee | 63 |
| ''The Sandbox'' dramatist | 41 |
| ''The Satanic Verses'' author | 45 |
| ''The Scarlet Letter'' topic | 44 |
| ''The Screwtape Letters'' author | 48 |
| ''The Second Coming'' poet | 42 |
| ''The Second of May, 1808'' artist | 50 |
| ''The Secret of the Old Clock'' sleuth | 54 |
| ''The Secret of ___'' (1982 film) | 49 |
| ''The Seven Joys of Mary,'' e.g. | 48 |
| ''The Seven Year Itch'' actor | 45 |
| ''The Shawshank Redemption'' extra | 50 |
| ''The Sheik of ___'' | 36 |
| ''The Sheik'' star Valentino | 44 |
| ''The Shelters of Stone'' author | 48 |
| ''The Shining'' author | 38 |
| ''The shoe __ the other foot'' | 46 |
| ''The Shoes of the Fisherman'' author | 53 |
| ''The Shoop Shoop Song (It's ___ Kiss)'' | 60 |
| ''The Sight of the Stars'' novelist | 51 |
| ''The significance being . . . ?'' | 50 |
| ''The Silence of the Lambs'' director | 53 |
| ''The Simpsons'' bartender | 42 |
| ''The Simpsons'' cartoonist Groening | 52 |
| ''The Simpsons'' character | 42 |
| ''The Simpsons'' clerk | 38 |
| ''The Simpsons'' convenience store manager | 58 |
| ''The Simpsons'' creator Groening | 49 |
| ''The Simpsons'' girl | 37 |
| ''The Simpsons'' grandpa | 40 |
| ''The Simpsons'' mouse | 38 |
| ''The Simpsons'' neighbor, Flanders | 51 |
| ''The Simpsons'' neighborino | 44 |
| ''The Simpsons'' network | 40 |
| ''The Simpsons'' saxophonist | 44 |
| ''The Simpsons'' shop owner | 43 |
| ''The Simpsons'' storekeeper | 44 |
| ''The Singing Cowboy'' | 38 |
| ''The sky is falling'' declarer | 47 |
| ''The Sleeper'' poet | 36 |
| ''The Son of the Wolf'' author | 46 |
| ''The Song Is __'' (Kern tune) | 46 |
| ''The Sopranos'' actor | 38 |
| ''The Sopranos'' actor Robert | 45 |
| ''The Sopranos'' actress de Matteo | 50 |
| ''The Sopranos'' channel | 40 |
| ''The Sopranos'' Emmy winner Falco | 50 |
| ''The Sopranos'' matriarch | 42 |
| ''The Sopranos'' mother | 39 |
| ''The Sopranos'' network | 40 |
| ''The Sopranos'' restaurateur | 45 |
| ''The Sopranos'' role | 37 |
| ''The Sopranos'' star Falco | 43 |
| ''The Soul of a Butterfly'' memoirist | 53 |
| ''The Sound of Music'' family (with ''von'') | 76 |
| ''The Sound of Music'' heroine | 46 |
| ''The Sound of Music'' song | 43 |
| ''The South-Sea House'' byline | 46 |
| ''The Spanish Tragedy'' dramatist | 49 |
| ''The Spanish Tragedy'' dramatist Thomas | 56 |
| ''The Spanish Tragedy'' playwright | 50 |
| ''The Splendid Splinter'' Williams | 50 |
| ''The Square Egg'' author | 41 |
| ''The Star-Spangled Banner'' contraction | 56 |
| ''The Star-Spangled Banner'' preposition | 56 |
| ''The Stepford Wives'' author Levin | 51 |