| Rimsky-Korsakov aria in "Sadko" | 41 |
| Rimsky-Korsakov opera, with "Le" | 42 |
| Rimsky-Korsakov's "Flight of ___" | 47 |
| Rimsky-Korsakov's "Le Coq __" | 43 |
| Rimsky-Korsakov's "Le Coq ___" | 44 |
| Rimsky-Korsakov's "Le Coq _____" | 46 |
| Rimsky-Korsakov's "Le ___ d'Or" | 49 |
| Rimsky-Korsakov's Saltan, e.g. | 34 |
| Ring around the neck at the rodeo | 33 |
| Ring Around the Rosie word | 32 |
| Ring event after exchanging rings | 33 |
| Ring figure in "Carmen" | 33 |
| Ring Lardner's "Alibi ___" | 40 |
| Ring Lardner's "___ Ike" | 38 |
| Ring name of WWE star Ettore Ewen | 33 |
| Ring of color, as around the human nipple | 41 |
| Ring used in a horseshoelike game | 33 |
| Ring-tailed critter, to Crockett | 32 |
| Ring-tailed scavenger, to Crockett | 34 |
| Ringbearer in "The Lord of the Rings" | 47 |
| Ringbearer of Scandinavian myth: Var. | 37 |
| Ringing that starts the new year, for many | 42 |
| Ringling Museum of the American Circus city | 43 |
| Ringling Museum of the Circus city | 34 |
| Ringling star who balanced on one finger | 40 |
| Ringling ___ and Barnum & Bailey Circus | 43 |
| Ringo "Blast from Your ___" | 37 |
| Ringo Starr "Walk With You" album | 43 |
| Ringo Starr's ''_____ Song'' | 48 |
| Ringo Starr's "___ Song" | 38 |
| Ringo who sang "Yellow Submarine" | 43 |
| Rings at Hawaiian-themed parties | 32 |
| Rink visitors' needs of yore | 32 |
| Rinsed one's mouth and throat | 33 |
| Rio de __ (Buenos Aires' river) | 35 |
| Rio de ___ (Buenos Aires' river) | 36 |
| Rio Grande do -- (Brazilian state) | 34 |
| Rio Grande do ___ (Natal's state) | 37 |
| Rio vis-Ã -vis the 2016 Olympics | 34 |
| Rio ___, multinational coal-mining giant | 40 |
| Rio ___, part of the Venezuela/ Colombia boundary | 49 |
| Riordan's successor as Los Angeles mayor | 44 |
| Rip off the shingles and plywood | 32 |
| Rip off, politically incorrectly | 32 |
| Rip Torn's "Men in Black" role | 44 |
| Rip Van Winkle and Sleeping Beauty, e.g.? | 41 |
| Ripa's place for putting balls? | 35 |
| Ripken who played 2,632 straight games | 38 |
| Ripken with a 17-year consecutive game streak | 45 |
| Ripken's team for 3,001 games | 33 |
| Ripley's "Believe It ___" | 39 |
| Ripley's "Believe ___ Not!" | 41 |
| Ripley's "Believe ___ Not" | 40 |
| Ripstein of "Wordplay" | 32 |
| Rise Against "Appeal ___" | 35 |
| Rise Against "Audience ___" | 37 |
| Rise Against "Help ___ the Way" | 41 |
| Rise Against "Life ___ Frightening" | 45 |
| Rise Against: "Audience ___" | 38 |
| Rise Against: "To the ___" | 36 |
| Rise from the ashes, so to speak | 32 |
| Rise of seawater that might accompany a hurricane | 49 |
| Rise to the occasion, and then some | 35 |
| Rises dramatically, as popularity | 33 |
| Rises on the hind legs, colloquially | 36 |
| Risk a ticket and endanger others | 33 |
| Risk growing a long nose, like Pinocchio | 40 |
| Risked a ticket with a diagonal crossing | 40 |
| Risking everything, at a poker table | 36 |
| Risking one's life for another | 34 |
| Risks being caught in a radar trap | 34 |
| Risktaker's challenging words | 33 |
| Risky Florida city to retire to? | 32 |
| Risky investment opportunity, for short | 39 |
| Risky job in the king's court | 33 |
| Risky person to do business with, briefly | 41 |
| Risky thing to try for on "Jeopardy!" | 47 |
| Risky thing to try in figure skating | 36 |
| Ristorante's "in the style of" | 44 |
| Rita Hayworth title role of 1946 | 32 |
| Rita Hayworth's third husband | 33 |
| Rita Hayworth/Victor Mature musical | 35 |
| Rita in "West Side Story" | 35 |
| Rita of 'West Side Story' | 33 |
| Rita of "Carnal Knowledge" | 36 |
| Rita of "The Electric Company" | 40 |
| Rita of "West Side Story" | 35 |
| Rita Ora song "Stay ___" | 34 |
| Rita's "West Side Story" role | 43 |
| Ritchard who played Hook on Broadway | 36 |
| Ritchie Valens "La ___" | 33 |
| Ritchie Valens or Bob Marley tune | 33 |
| Ritchie who sang "Donna" | 34 |
| Rite of passage participant, often | 34 |
| Rite performed on the eighth day of life | 40 |
| Rite place to sing Christmas songs? | 35 |
| Rite reading for some 13-year-olds | 34 |
| Rites of Spring and Fall Out Boy | 32 |
| Ritual before a fall, hopefully? | 32 |
| Ritual favorite written by Mendelssohn | 38 |