| Rub with ointment, as in a religious ceremony | 45 |
| Rub with oil | 12 |
| Rub with liniment | 17 |
| Rub with holy oil | 17 |
| Rub with grease | 15 |
| Rub with elbow grease | 21 |
| Rub with a rasp | 15 |
| Rub together harshly | 20 |
| Rub together | 12 |
| Rub to clean | 12 |
| Rub the wrong way? | 18 |
| Rub the wrong way | 17 |
| Rub the wrong away? | 19 |
| Rub the wrong away | 18 |
| Rub the right way? | 18 |
| Rub the right way | 17 |
| Rub the board | 13 |
| Rub sore | 8 |
| Rub roughly | 11 |
| Rub raw | 7 |
| Rub out, mob-style | 18 |
| Rub out with rubber, e.g. | 25 |
| Rub out with rubber | 19 |
| Rub out answer written about percussion instrument (5,4) | 56 |
| Rub out | 7 |
| Rub one out? | 12 |
| Rub on | 6 |
| Rub oil on | 10 |
| Rub off the board | 17 |
| Rub off | 7 |
| Rub lovingly | 12 |
| Rub lightly | 11 |
| Rub it in, with "on" | 30 |
| Rub it in, say | 14 |
| Rub it in | 9 |
| Rub irritatingly | 16 |
| Rub ingredient | 14 |
| Rub holy oil on | 15 |
| Rub harshly against | 19 |
| Rub followers, in rhyme | 23 |
| Rub elbows with an expert on some Japanese cars? | 48 |
| Rub elbows with | 15 |
| Rub elbows (with) | 17 |
| Rub elbows | 10 |
| Rub dry | 7 |
| Rub down | 8 |
| Rub clean | 9 |
| Rub away | 8 |
| Rub and rub and rub | 19 |
| Rub and rub | 11 |
| Rub and dub | 11 |
| Rub against | 11 |
| Rub | 3 |
| Ruark's "___ of the Hunter" | 41 |
| Ruark's "Something of ___" | 40 |
| Ruark's "Poor ___" | 32 |
| Ruark novel: 1962 | 17 |
| Ruark book: 1962 | 16 |
| Ruark book, 1962 | 16 |
| Ruana's kin | 15 |
| RU-486 approver | 15 |
| Rts. advocate | 13 |
| Rtes. with plazas | 17 |
| Rtes. that can take a toll on your driving? | 43 |
| Rtes. off the beaten path | 25 |
| Rtes. for bikes | 15 |
| Rtes. | 5 |
| Rte.-planning org. | 18 |
| Rte.-display gadget | 19 |
| Rte. words | 10 |
| Rte. with tolls | 15 |
| Rte. with orange cones, often | 29 |
| Rte. with a terminus in Key West, Fla. | 38 |
| Rte. through six Eastern state capitals | 39 |
| Rte. through Houston | 20 |
| Rte. that'll cost you | 25 |
| Rte. that runs diagonally, in D.C. | 34 |
| Rte. that crosses Lake Michigan by ferry | 40 |
| Rte. suggestions | 16 |
| Rte. suggester | 14 |
| Rte. segments | 13 |
| Rte. running from Key West, FL to Port Kent, ME | 47 |
| Rte. recommenders | 17 |
| Rte. recommender | 16 |
| Rte. rate | 9 |
| Rte. provider | 13 |
| Rte. past Biloxi | 16 |
| Rte. parts | 10 |
| Rte. of a sort | 14 |
| Rte. from Santa Monica to Jacksonville | 38 |
| Rte. from Maine to Florida | 26 |
| Rte. for many a red-eye | 23 |
| Rte. finder | 11 |
| Rte. expert | 11 |
| Rte. direction | 14 |
| Rte. 66, e.g. | 13 |
| Rte. 66 goes through it | 23 |
| Rte. 66 and others | 18 |
| Rte. 5 runs through it | 22 |
| Rte. 1 thru Malibu | 18 |