| Robert of the Spurs, known as "Big Shot Rob" (5) | 58 |
| Robert of "The Taking of Pelham One Two Three" | 56 |
| Robert of "Big" and "Jagged Edge" | 53 |
| Robert Louis Stevenson's "___ Triplex" | 52 |
| Robert Louis Stevenson described it as "bottled poetry" | 65 |
| Robert Langdon's field in "The Da Vinci Code" | 59 |
| Robert John "___ eyes, turn the other way" | 52 |
| Robert Graves novel narrated by Nero's predecessor | 54 |
| Robert Burns's "___ Wild Mossy Mountains" | 55 |
| Robert Burns's "Whistle ___ the Lave O't" | 59 |
| Robert Burns's "O, ___ Thou in the Cauld Blast" | 61 |
| Robert Burns's "O, ___ on Parnassus Hill" | 55 |
| Robert Burns' "The Bonnie _____ Thing" | 52 |
| Robert Browning's ''Rabbi Ben ___'' | 55 |
| Robert and Daryl's "Legal Eagles" costar | 54 |
| Robbins who partnered with Burt Baskin in the ice cream business | 64 |
| Robbie who played Cousin Oliver on "The Brady Bunch" | 62 |
| Rob's wife on "The Dick Van Dyke Show" | 52 |
| Rob's boss on "The Dick Van Dyke Show" | 52 |
| Roald who wrote "James and the Giant Peach" | 53 |
| Roald who wrote "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" | 61 |
| Road safety invention patented by Mary Anderson in 1905 | 55 |
| Rivera of Broadway's "West Side Story" | 52 |
| River's "My Own Private Idaho" co-star | 52 |
| River through Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia, among others | 69 |
| River that was the ancient dividing line between Rome and Carthage | 66 |
| River that runs by 11 of the 20 largest cities in Russia | 56 |
| River that once formed the western border of the Holy Roman Empire | 66 |
| River that crosses the border of Russia and Kazakhstan | 54 |
| River that all travelers forget about after going down it | 57 |
| River setting for "The Wind in the Willows" | 53 |
| River seen while "sur le pont d'Avignon" | 54 |
| River rising in the Vosges Mountains on the border of Alsace-Lorraine | 69 |
| River phenomena (or what literally happens six times in this puzzle) | 68 |
| River name meaning "where the goods are brought in" | 61 |
| River forming the eastern border of Charlemagne's empire | 60 |
| River forming part of the Germany-Netherlands boundary | 54 |
| River bordering the Olympic host cities Grenoble and Albertville | 64 |
| Rival of Altoona in minor league baseball's Eastern League | 62 |
| Ritual celebrating the Jews' liberation from Egyptian slavery | 65 |
| Ritchie ___ (Beater on Harry Potter's Quidditch team) | 57 |
| Ritchie Valens hit on the flip side of "La Bamba" | 59 |
| Rita's director in "The Lady From Shanghai" | 57 |
| Rita who won an Oscar for "West Side Story" | 53 |
| Rita Moreno's role in "West Side Story" | 53 |
| Risk electrocution to show gratitude for some train tracks? | 59 |
| Ripken who is the all-time leader in grounding into double plays | 64 |
| Rio neighborhood whose name means "stinky lake" in Tupi | 65 |
| Rimsky-Korsakov's "The Tale of ___ Saltan" | 56 |
| Rimsky-Korsakov's ''The Tale of ___ Saltan'' | 64 |
| Rimsky-Korsakov helped complete his "Prince Igor" | 59 |
| Riley's brother in the comic strip "The Boondocks" | 64 |
| Rihanna's studio album with the hit single "Disturbia" | 68 |
| Right-wing talking point word about the Occupy Wall Street protests | 67 |
| Right now, as hidden in this puzzle's longest answers | 57 |
| Riesling, for example, which grows well at higher latitudes | 59 |
| Rider who leaves junk on the floor of one's car? | 52 |
| Ricky ___, frontman for bluegrass's Kentucky Thunder | 56 |
| Ricky Nelson's usual greeting to Ozzie, on their show | 57 |
| Ricky Martin's hit "Livin' la Vida ___" | 57 |
| Ricky Martin's "Livin' la ___ Loca" | 53 |
| Ricky Martin's "Livin' La Vida __" | 52 |
| Rickman's role in the "Harry Potter" films | 56 |
| Rick's ___ Américain, "Casablanca" setting | 59 |
| Rick calls her "kid" in "Casablanca" | 56 |
| Richie Valens song released as the B-side of "Donna" | 62 |
| Richard’s “The Night of the Iguana” co-star | 55 |
| Richard's role in "An Officer and a Gentleman" | 60 |
| Richard's "An Officer and a Gentleman" role | 57 |
| Richard ___ (original host of "Family Feud") | 54 |
| Richard with the 1989 #1 hit "Right Here Waiting" | 59 |
| Richard who played Don Barzini in "The Godfather" | 59 |
| Richard who played Billy Flynn in "Chicago" | 53 |
| Richard who directed "A Hard Day's Night" | 55 |
| Richard Strauss tone poem about about one former politico Gore? | 63 |
| Richard Simmons weight-loss program with color-coded cards | 58 |
| Richard Schiff's role on "The West Wing" | 54 |
| Richard Roeper's #1 pick in his Best Movies of 2004 list | 60 |
| Richard Pryor title character with a big German dot on him? | 59 |
| Richard March ___ (inventor of the rotary printing press) | 57 |
| Richard Belzer's "Law & Order: SVU" costar | 60 |
| Rich, non-vegan novelty flavor of a popular hipster beer? | 57 |
| Rich Thanksgiving side dish made with spuds, butter and milk | 60 |
| Rich bowling alley owner's incentive to bowl well? | 54 |
| Rice field frequenter better known as the Java sparrow | 54 |
| Rice and Lloyd Webber's "Waltz for ___ and Che" | 61 |
| Rhyme scheme of the first verse of "Mary had a little lamb" | 69 |
| Rhyme scheme of "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" | 64 |
| Rhyme scheme for "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" | 65 |
| Rhyme runaway, and how this puzzle's theme answers are formed? | 66 |
| Rhyme for "true" in "Red River Valley" | 58 |
| Rhyme for "drool" in a Dean Martin classic | 52 |
| Rhode Island senator who created Basic Educational Opportunity Grants | 69 |
| Rhode Island senator for whom an education grant is named | 57 |
| Rex Harrison-Maureen O'Hara drama of 1947, with "The" | 67 |
| Revue with "I'm Just Wild About Harry" | 52 |
| Revolver's hiding place in "Foxy Brown" | 53 |
| Revolutionary War veteran who served as a U.S. president | 56 |
| Review of a long-ago hit as "really bothersome"? | 58 |
| Review #4: "Dat the 'S.N.L.' fool?" | 54 |