| Certain sci-fi hostiles | 23 |
| Certain schools: Abbr. | 22 |
| Certain schools, for short | 26 |
| Certain school, for short | 25 |
| Certain school team activity | 28 |
| Certain school fundraiser | 25 |
| Certain school for short | 25 |
| Certain scholarly person | 24 |
| Certain scholar's time | 26 |
| Certain scholar's hour | 26 |
| Certain schemers, to Burns | 26 |
| Certain Scandinavian rugs | 25 |
| Certain scale sequence | 22 |
| Certain savings, for short | 26 |
| Certain savings accts. | 22 |
| Certain sausage, for short | 26 |
| Certain saurian, for short | 26 |
| Certain Saudi Gazette reader | 28 |
| Certain saturated hydrocarbon | 29 |
| Certain satirical verse | 23 |
| Certain sans-serif font | 23 |
| Certain sandwiches, abbr. | 25 |
| Certain sandwich shops | 22 |
| Certain sandwich filler | 23 |
| Certain San Franciscan | 22 |
| Certain salon employee | 22 |
| Certain sale-closing words | 26 |
| Certain sale item: Abbr. | 24 |
| Certain salad ingredient | 24 |
| Certain sailing vessel | 22 |
| Certain S&P global index | 28 |
| Certain Round Table knight | 26 |
| Certain room measurements | 25 |
| Certain role-playing gamer | 26 |
| Certain rockets, for short | 26 |
| Certain rocket launching | 24 |
| Certain ring-bearer: Abbr. | 26 |
| Certain ring occupants | 22 |
| Certain reviewer's tool | 27 |
| Certain returns from Sampras | 28 |
| Certain retrievers, for short | 29 |
| Certain retriever, briefly | 26 |
| Certain retirement plan | 23 |
| Certain retiree's title | 27 |
| Certain responses: Abbr. | 24 |
| Certain resinous substance | 26 |
| Certain resident of Yemen | 25 |
| Certain resident of Manhattan | 29 |
| Certain resident of Florida | 27 |
| Certain resident of Finland | 27 |
| Certain residences, initially | 29 |
| Certain rental arrangements | 27 |
| Certain religious philosophy | 28 |
| Certain religious ideal | 23 |
| Certain relative, informally | 28 |
| Certain rehearsal space | 23 |
| Certain refuse units (8) | 24 |
| Certain reference book | 22 |
| Certain reed instrument | 23 |
| Certain red-letter times | 24 |
| Certain red wine, informally | 28 |
| Certain Red Cross volunteer | 27 |
| Certain records: Abbr. | 22 |
| Certain records, for short | 26 |
| Certain records or cars | 23 |
| Certain record company | 22 |
| Certain reception problem | 25 |
| Certain reading matter | 22 |
| Certain raspberry pastry | 24 |
| Certain rapper-turned-actor | 27 |
| Certain ranges, for short | 25 |
| Certain ranch visitors | 22 |
| Certain railroad worker | 23 |
| Certain raider, briefly | 23 |
| Certain radio personality | 25 |
| Certain radio operator | 22 |
| Certain radio format (abbr.) | 28 |
| Certain radio enthusiasts | 25 |
| Certain radio enthusiast | 24 |
| Certain radar detector | 22 |
| Certain racetrack wager | 23 |
| Certain racehorse gait | 22 |
| Certain race, informally | 24 |
| Certain race participant | 24 |
| Certain question ender (1) | 26 |
| Certain queen's subject | 27 |
| Certain queen's home | 24 |
| Certain queen's digs? | 25 |
| Certain Queen's bakings | 27 |
| Certain quatrain pattern | 24 |
| Certain quarters for dollars | 28 |
| Certain quantity of data | 24 |
| Certain qualifications | 22 |
| Certain Pyrenees inhabitant | 27 |
| Certain pyramid builders | 24 |
| Certain pyramid builder | 23 |
| Certain puzzle authority | 24 |
| Certain Punjabi believer | 24 |
| Certain punctuation mark | 24 |
| Certain punches: Abbr. | 22 |