| Rapid economic expansion | 24 |
| Rapid exchange of words | 23 |
| Rapid movements in music | 24 |
| Rapid musical passages | 22 |
| Rapid repeat, in music | 22 |
| Rapid rise in prices or wages | 29 |
| Rapid Robert of baseball | 24 |
| Rapid Robert of pitching fame | 29 |
| Rapid talk is their forte | 25 |
| Rapid transports: abbr. | 23 |
| Rapid up-scale sweep, e.g. | 26 |
| Rapid upsurge in prosperity | 27 |
| Rapid weight-loss option | 24 |
| Rapid, confused speech | 22 |
| Rapid, sweeping strokes | 23 |
| Rapid, to Rachmaninoff | 22 |
| Rapid-fire U.S. Navy gun | 24 |
| Rapid-growth environment | 24 |
| Rapid-transit vehicles | 22 |
| Rapidly brightening star | 24 |
| Rapidly circling current | 24 |
| Rapidly fermented quaff | 23 |
| Rapidly increasing pace | 23 |
| Rapidly shrinking Asian sea | 27 |
| Rapidly shrinking ecosystem | 27 |
| Rapidly, to Shakespeare | 23 |
| Rapids transit, perhaps | 23 |
| Rapier's big brother | 24 |
| Rapiers' relatives | 22 |
| Rappahannock tributary | 22 |
| Rapped with something flat | 26 |
| Rappeler's hangout | 22 |
| Rappeller's obstacle | 24 |
| Rapper a k a Slim Shady | 23 |
| Rapper Artis Ivey, familiarly | 29 |
| Rapper born Cornell Haynes | 26 |
| Rapper born Eric Wright | 23 |
| Rapper born James Todd Smith | 28 |
| Rapper born Jonathan Davis | 26 |
| Rapper born Nasir Jones | 23 |
| Rapper born Tracy Marrow | 24 |
| Rapper Combs a k a Diddy | 24 |
| Rapper Darryl McDaniels | 23 |
| Rapper Kapone and others | 24 |
| Rapper killed in Las Vegas | 26 |
| Rapper known as Slim Shady | 26 |
| Rapper mourned May 4, 2012 | 26 |
| Rapper né Tracey Marrow | 26 |
| Rapper née Lana Moorer | 25 |
| Rapper nee Tracey Morrow | 24 |
| Rapper Shawn Carter, to fans | 28 |
| Rapper Tracy Marrow, to fans | 28 |
| Rapper turned TV actor | 22 |
| Rapper turned TV detective | 26 |
| Rapper who feuded with Jay-Z | 28 |
| Rapper who sells earphones | 26 |
| Rapper with a Best Song Oscar | 29 |
| Rapper with a headphone brand | 29 |
| Rapper with a sweet name? | 25 |
| Rapper with four Grammys | 24 |
| Rapper with her own UPN show | 28 |
| Rapper with seven Grammys | 25 |
| Rapper Yasiin Bey, formerly | 27 |
| Rapper Young's stage name | 29 |
| Rapper's accessories | 24 |
| Rapper's entourage | 22 |
| Rapper's first name | 23 |
| Rapper's head covering | 26 |
| Rapper's improvisations | 27 |
| Rapper's introduction | 25 |
| Rapper-friendly condition | 25 |
| Rappers and poets, say | 22 |
| Rappers' improvisations | 27 |
| Rapping "Dr." | 23 |
| Rapprochement of a sort | 23 |
| Raptor's residence | 22 |
| Raptors' defense, maybe | 27 |
| Raptors' home: Abbr. | 24 |
| Rapunzel or Pauline, e.g. | 25 |
| Rapunzel's abundance | 24 |
| Rapunzel's claim to fame | 28 |
| Raquel Welch film of '66 | 28 |
| Rara avis at a singles bar | 26 |
| Rare (elements #57 to #71) -- | 29 |
| Rare -- (some elements) | 23 |
| Rare altar reply, fortunately | 29 |
| Rare and pricey violas | 22 |
| Rare astronomical event | 23 |
| Rare baseball outcomes | 22 |
| Rare battery varieties | 22 |
| Rare blood classification | 25 |
| Rare blood designation | 22 |
| Rare blood type, for short | 26 |
| Rare blood type, informally | 27 |
| Rare blood type: Abbr. | 22 |
| Rare bond-market phenomenon | 27 |
| Rare book dealer's abbr. | 28 |
| Rare book-dealer's unit | 27 |
| Rare commodity on an airplane | 29 |
| Rare compared to medium? | 24 |