| Like a railroad with narrow tracks | 34 |
| Like a rain forest | 18 |
| Like a rain forest's climate: Abbr. | 39 |
| Like a rainbow | 14 |
| Like a raised anchor | 20 |
| Like a raisin in the sun | 24 |
| Like a rake | 11 |
| Like a ram, but not a Ram | 25 |
| Like a ranch house | 18 |
| Like a ranked tournament player | 31 |
| Like a rare baseball game | 25 |
| Like a rare game | 16 |
| Like a rare steak | 17 |
| Like a rasp file | 16 |
| Like a raspberry bush stem | 26 |
| Like a rat in ___ | 17 |
| Like a rat ___ | 14 |
| Like a rat's eyes | 21 |
| Like a rat's nest | 21 |
| Like a rational argument | 24 |
| Like a rational number's denominator | 40 |
| Like a rational theory | 22 |
| Like a rattler | 14 |
| Like a raucous stadium crowd | 28 |
| Like a ravine | 13 |
| Like a raw diamond | 18 |
| Like a raw recruit | 18 |
| Like a razor | 12 |
| Like a razor blade | 18 |
| Like a readied golf ball | 24 |
| Like a real go-getter | 21 |
| Like a real treat | 17 |
| Like a real-estate deal that doesn't involve a mortgage | 59 |
| Like a really big shoe | 22 |
| Like a really good game for a pitcher | 37 |
| Like a really tired orchard worker? | 35 |
| Like a reasonable deal or, with a comma, "comely" | 59 |
| Like a recently used fireplace | 30 |
| Like a recently waxed floor | 27 |
| Like a recluse | 14 |
| Like a record | 13 |
| Like a red tomato | 17 |
| Like a red-light district | 25 |
| Like a redeemed check | 21 |
| Like a redeemed coupon | 22 |
| Like a redwood | 14 |
| Like a referee's shirt | 26 |
| Like a referendum | 17 |
| Like a reflection on water | 26 |
| Like a refrigerated peach? | 26 |
| Like a refrigerator, sometimes | 30 |
| Like a region during an outage | 30 |
| Like a region with sparse rainfall | 34 |
| Like a relationship with a narcissist | 37 |
| Like a relative notified in an emergency, maybe | 47 |
| Like a relatively minor fire | 28 |
| Like a remedy, to a letter writer? | 34 |
| Like a rendition of "Deck the Halls" | 46 |
| Like a repressed grievance | 26 |
| Like a requiem | 14 |
| Like a required course, maybe | 29 |
| Like a respectful librarygoer | 29 |
| Like a responsible math teacher? | 32 |
| Like a restaurant that serves panang curry | 42 |
| Like a restless sleep | 21 |
| Like a restrained dog | 21 |
| Like a retail item | 18 |
| Like a retired barber? | 22 |
| Like a retired cashier? | 23 |
| Like a retired clerk? | 21 |
| Like a retired insurance agent? | 31 |
| Like a retired musician? | 24 |
| Like a retired prof. | 20 |
| Like a retired seismologist? | 28 |
| Like a revealing bathing suit | 29 |
| Like a revealing skirt, maybe | 29 |
| Like a reversible jacket that's been reversed | 49 |
| Like a rhinestone cowboy? | 25 |
| Like a rhino or unicorn | 23 |
| Like a rhythmic beating | 23 |
| Like a rich custard | 19 |
| Like a rich milkshake | 21 |
| Like a rickey | 13 |
| Like a rickey's taste | 25 |
| Like a right not exercised | 26 |
| Like a rimrock | 14 |
| Like a rind | 11 |
| Like a rising star | 18 |
| Like a risky situation | 22 |
| Like a river bottom | 19 |
| Like a river delta | 18 |
| Like a road full of furrows | 27 |
| Like a road in a Frost poem | 27 |
| Like a road runner | 18 |
| Like a road section with a flagger, maybe | 41 |
| Like a roadway after an ice storm | 33 |
| Like a Roald Dahl tale | 22 |
| Like a robin's egg | 22 |
| Like a robot's voice | 24 |
| Like a roc | 10 |