| Russian republic known for "throat singing" | 53 |
| Russian princess who was Nicholas II's only niece | 53 |
| Russian Orthodox substitutes for palm branches on Palm Sunday | 61 |
| Russian noble name (and an eponym for a fancy veal entrée) | 61 |
| Russian name one letter shorter than a Russian river | 52 |
| Russian music duo that often teases that they'll kiss onstage | 65 |
| Russian modernizing czar called "The Great" | 53 |
| Russian limousine (and backwards, a girl's nickname) | 56 |
| Russian Gherman who became the second person to orbit the Earth | 63 |
| Russian duo with the 2003 hit "All the Things She Said" | 65 |
| Russian cosmetologist who does full body waxing? (M) | 52 |
| Russian chemist with a law of thermodynamics named after him | 60 |
| Russian author of "The Lower Depths" (Var.) | 53 |
| Russell's "Masterpiece Theatre" predecessor | 57 |
| Russell's ''Cinderella Man'' co-star | 56 |
| Russ Cargill's org. in "The Simpsons Movie" | 57 |
| Rush's waves will do this, on "Spindrift" | 55 |
| Rush "I can learn to ___ anything but temptation" | 59 |
| Rupert Boneham's distinctive "Survivor" wear | 58 |
| Runs through the neighborhood naked and covered in oatmeal, say | 63 |
| Runnin' ___ (Mountain West Conference basketball team) | 58 |
| Runner-up to Stoudemire for 2002-03 Rookie of the Year | 54 |
| Runner-up to Sorenstam at the 2005 LPGA Championship | 52 |
| Runner-up to Secretariat in the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness | 64 |
| Runner-up to Jimmy Carter at the 1976 Democratic Convention | 59 |
| Runner-up to Japan in the first World Baseball Classic | 54 |
| Runner-up to Einstein as Time's Person of the Century in 1999 | 65 |
| Runner Liddell featured in "Chariots of Fire" | 55 |
| Runner Gebrselassie who holds the world record in the marathon | 62 |
| Runaway ___ Cart (former roller coaster in Branson, Missouri) | 61 |
| Run-D.M.C. song that asks "Why ya buggin'?" | 57 |
| Run naked through a pornographer's presentation? | 52 |
| Rumored 2010 remake of a 1983 Mr. T classic, with "the" | 65 |
| Rules for allowing members of the opposite sex into dorms | 57 |
| Ruler whose more common spelling is rare in crosswords | 54 |
| Ruler joins up with original "Tobacco Road" star | 58 |
| Rufus ___, Daniel Webster's successor in the Senate | 55 |
| Rue who plays Kim on ABC's "Malibu Country" | 57 |
| Rudy's coach in the 1993 football film "Rudy" | 59 |
| Rudy Robles's Calif. birthplace, in a 1987 comedy | 53 |
| Rudy Giuliani's replacement on the Iraq Study Group | 55 |
| Rudely removed Lurch from the "Addams Family" set? | 60 |
| Rubik who was the first famous puzzlemaker I remember | 53 |
| Rub out answer written about percussion instrument (5,4) | 56 |
| Royal advisers? Outhouse committees? Whatever! I'm a PC | 59 |
| Roy Orbison song that was a top ten hit for Linda Ronstadt | 58 |
| Roxette "___ been love, but it's over now" | 56 |
| Rowdy ___, Clint Eastwood's role in "Rawhide" | 59 |
| Rowdy ___ (Eastwood's role in "Rawhide") | 54 |
| Rowboat accessories for porkers made of collectible milk caps? | 62 |
| Routine that's hard to tell apart from past routines | 56 |
| Route on which to "get your kicks," in a pop standard | 63 |
| Rousseau work that led to his banishment from France | 52 |
| Roush who led the National League in hitting in 1917 and 1919 | 61 |
| Round trip ... or the subtitle of "The Hobbit" | 56 |
| Round Table knight in Tennyson's "Idylls of the King" | 67 |
| Roulette number that loses on bets of both even and odd | 55 |
| Roughly 23 hours, 56 minutes, 4.1 seconds of mean time | 54 |
| Rough, entertaining article using bitter remarks (10) | 53 |
| Roth who directed the 2005 horror flick "Hostel" | 58 |
| Rosie the Riveter's fighting counterparts during WWII | 57 |
| Roseanne's mom's name, on "Roseanne" | 54 |
| Rose ___, group with the 1977 #1 hit "Car Wash" | 57 |
| Roscoe who played the sidekick in Eddie Dean Westerns | 53 |
| Rosco's deputy on "The Dukes of Hazzard" | 54 |
| Rosato portrayer in "The Godfather Part II" | 53 |
| Rosalind's cousin, in "As You Like It" | 52 |
| Rosabella's friend in "The Most Happy Fella" | 58 |
| Rooney ___, star of "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" | 63 |
| Rooney of "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" | 53 |
| Roone who created "Nightline" and "20/20" | 61 |
| Room where you might find an Arabian prince or Arabian prints | 61 |
| Ronan ___, "God Bless America" singer at Yankee Stadium | 65 |
| Ronald, Ernie, O'Kelly, Rudolph, Vernon, or Marvin of soul music | 68 |
| Ronald who directed "The Poseidon Adventure" | 54 |
| Ron ____ ( rode Secretariat to the 1973 triple crown) | 53 |
| Ron Kovic portrayer in "Born on the Fourth of July" | 61 |
| Ron Burgundy's dog, named after fictional anchorman Ted | 59 |
| Romulan villain in "Star Trek" or Roman emperor | 57 |
| Romney who supposedly has never worked a day in her life | 56 |
| Rome's Rodeo Drive, with ''Via'' | 52 |
| Romantic plotter in "The Taming of the Shrew" | 55 |
| Romantic outing comprised of sprinting and screaming? | 53 |
| Romano's "Everybody Loves Raymond" co-star | 56 |
| Romano who voiced Linguini in "Ratatouille" | 53 |
| Romanian composer George of the opera "Oedipe" | 56 |
| Romance novel released on Valentine's Day in 1970 | 53 |
| Roman who wrote: "Persian luxury, boy, I hate" | 56 |
| Roman who declared "Carthage must be destroyed" | 57 |
| Roman rhetorician who wrote "Institutio Oratoria" | 59 |
| Roman poet who wrote "To be loved, be lovable" | 56 |
| Roman numeral that's an anagram of part of Caesar's boast | 65 |
| Roman numeral that translates to a 4-digit palindrome | 53 |
| Roman encyclopedist who died after the eruption of Vesuvius | 59 |
| Roman à clef about Clinton's 1992 presidential campaign | 62 |
| Rolling Stones hit whose title follows the words "Hey you" | 68 |
| Rolling Stones hit just before "Honky Tonk Women" | 59 |
| Rolling Stones guitarist who is a member of rock's 27 Club | 62 |
| Rolling Stones album featuring the song "Where the Boys Go" | 69 |
| Rolling Stone's pick for #1 song of 2007, by Jay-Z | 54 |