| ___ Rock (Aussie landmark) | 26 |
| ___ Rock (Australian site) | 26 |
| ___ rock (David Bowie genre) | 28 |
| ___ rock (David Bowie style) | 28 |
| ___ rock (music genre) | 22 |
| ___ rock (radio format) | 23 |
| ___ Rocks hair metalsters | 25 |
| ___ rod (flowering plant) | 25 |
| ___ rod (tall-stemmed plant) | 28 |
| ___ Rojo, town in Puerto Rico | 29 |
| ___ Roll (arcade game) | 22 |
| ___ roll (having great luck) | 28 |
| ___ roll (having luck) | 22 |
| ___ roll (sushi offering) | 25 |
| ___ roll (sushi selection) | 26 |
| ___ Romana (state of peace) | 27 |
| ___ Romeo (foreign car) | 23 |
| ___ Romeo (foreign make) | 24 |
| ___ Romeo (foreign ride) | 24 |
| ___ Romeo (imported auto) | 25 |
| ___ Romeo (Italian auto) | 24 |
| ___ Romeo (Italian car) | 23 |
| ___ Romeo (Italian sportscar) | 29 |
| ___ Romeo (sports car) | 22 |
| ___ Romeo (sporty import) | 25 |
| ___ room (dorm facility) | 24 |
| ___ room (place for play) | 25 |
| ___ room (place for tots) | 25 |
| ___ room: place for fun | 23 |
| ___ root (math quantity) | 24 |
| ___ Root, 1912 Nobel winner | 27 |
| ___ Rosita, city in Mexico | 26 |
| ___ Rote of football fame | 25 |
| ___ Roy (Scottish hero) | 23 |
| ___ Royal (Louvre neighbor) | 27 |
| ___ royal, highest rear deck | 28 |
| ___ Royale National Park | 24 |
| ___ Royce, disco group | 22 |
| ___ rubber (shoe material) | 26 |
| ___ Rubicon (commit oneself) | 28 |
| ___ Rubik (cube inventor) | 25 |
| ___ Rubik, cube inventor | 24 |
| ___ Rubik, inventor of a cube | 29 |
| ___ Rud, river in Iran | 22 |
| ___ Ruess, lead singer of Fun | 29 |
| ___ rule, at a convention | 25 |
| ___ run (baseball move) | 23 |
| ___ run (cross the plate) | 25 |
| ___ Russia (title of Ivan IV) | 29 |
| ___ rye (deli offering) | 23 |
| ___ sabe (friend, to Tonto) | 27 |
| ___ Sabe (Lone Ranger) | 22 |
| ___ sabe (Tonto's friend) | 29 |
| ___ Sabe (trusty scout) | 23 |
| ___ Sack (kickable beanbag) | 27 |
| ___ Sad (city on the Danube) | 28 |
| ___ Sad (Serbian city) | 22 |
| ___ Sad, Yugoslav city | 22 |
| ___ Sadr, exiled Iranian | 24 |
| ___ Said, city in Egypt | 23 |
| ___ Saint Edmunds, in England | 29 |
| ___ Saint-Louis (Seine land) | 28 |
| ___ Sainte Marie Canals | 23 |
| ___ sais quoi (charisma) | 24 |
| ___ salad (mix in dressing) | 27 |
| ___ sales (company setback) | 27 |
| ___ Sally (old throwing game) | 29 |
| ___ salt (delicate wit) | 23 |
| ___ salts (bath additive) | 25 |
| ___ salute (greets, in a way) | 29 |
| ___ salva (without risk): It. | 29 |
| ___ Salvador, El Salvador | 25 |
| ___ San Lucas (Baja resort) | 27 |
| ___ San Lucas, Baja Calif. | 26 |
| ___ sang (Asian salad) | 22 |
| ___ sang (raw fish salad) | 25 |
| ___ Sant'Gria (wine) | 24 |
| ___ Santa (basilica door) | 25 |
| ___ santé (French toast) | 27 |
| ___ Sap, Cambodian lake | 23 |
| ___ sapiens (humankind) | 23 |
| ___ Sarto (Italian painter) | 27 |
| ___ Satay (Thai pork meal) | 26 |
| ___ sauce (dessert topper) | 26 |
| ___ sauce (seafood condiment) | 29 |
| ___ sauce (sugary purée) | 27 |
| ___ Saud (former Saudi king) | 28 |
| ___ Sauk Mountain, Mo. | 22 |
| ___ Savahl (couture label) | 26 |
| ___ say (unfortunately) | 23 |
| ___ Says (child's game) | 27 |
| ___ Says (kids' game) | 25 |
| ___ says (tots' game) | 25 |
| ___ Says! (dog treats) | 22 |
| ___ scale (hardness measure) | 28 |
| ___ scale of mineral hardness | 29 |
| ___ scan (diagnostic aid) | 25 |
| ___ scheme (investment fraud) | 29 |
| ___ scheme (investment scam) | 28 |
| ___ Schwarz (toy company) | 25 |