| ___ Rock (Aussie landmark) | 26 |
| ___ rock | 8 |
| ___ Robot | 9 |
| ___ Robles, Calif. | 18 |
| ___ Robinson | 12 |
| ___ Robins, city in Ga. | 23 |
| ___ robin (perennial herb) | 26 |
| ___ robin | 9 |
| ___ Roberts, first inductee into the Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame | 76 |
| ___ Roberts University | 22 |
| ___ Roberts U., Tulsa | 21 |
| ___ Roberts U. | 14 |
| ___ Roberts | 11 |
| ___ Robbins, co-lyricist of the #1 "Rocky" theme song "Gonna Fly Now" | 89 |
| ___ Robbia, Florentine sculptor | 31 |
| ___ Robbia | 10 |
| ___ robbery (flirt's forte) | 31 |
| ___ robbery | 11 |
| ___ roast | 9 |
| ___ Road of W.W. II fame | 24 |
| ___ Road of W.W. II | 19 |
| ___ Road (WWII supply route) | 28 |
| ___ Road (W.W. II supply route) | 31 |
| ___ Road (W.W. II Asian highway) | 32 |
| ___ road (sea code) | 19 |
| ___ Road | 8 |
| ___ Rizzo, Hoffman role | 23 |
| ___ Rizzo, Dustin Hoffman role | 30 |
| ___ Rizzo, "Midnight Cowboy" role | 43 |
| ___ Rizzo of "Midnight Cowboy" | 40 |
| ___ Rivoli, Paris | 17 |
| ___ Rivoli, in Paris | 20 |
| ___ Rivoli (arcaded Paris street) | 33 |
| ___ Rivoli | 10 |
| ___ Rivera, suburb of L.A. | 26 |
| ___ Rivera, Calif. | 18 |
| ___ Rivera (Los Angeles suburb) | 31 |
| ___ River, N.J. | 15 |
| ___ River, Lizzie's home | 28 |
| ___ River Memorandum (Israeli-Palestinian negotiation) | 54 |
| ___ River (what the Brooklyn Bridge spans) | 42 |
| ___ River (what the Brooklyn Bridge crosses over) | 49 |
| ___ River (seat of New Jersey's Ocean County) | 49 |
| ___ River (after translation, "Crooked River River") | 62 |
| ___ river | 9 |
| ___ Ritz (cracker brand) | 24 |
| ___ Rita | 8 |
| ___ risk (safely) | 17 |
| ___ ripper (historical romance) | 31 |
| ___ riot act (reprimand severely) | 33 |
| ___ riot act | 12 |
| ___ riot (very funny skit) | 26 |
| ___ Riot (indie band with the 2008 album "The Rhumb Line") | 68 |
| ___ riot (comedy review) | 24 |
| ___ Rios, Jamaican resort | 25 |
| ___ Rios, Jamaica | 17 |
| ___ Rios, Ecuador | 17 |
| ___ Rios de Minas, Brazil | 25 |
| ___ Rios Bay | 12 |
| ___ Rios (Jamaican resort) | 26 |
| ___ Rio, Texas | 14 |
| ___ Rio, Tex. city | 18 |
| ___ Rio, Tex. | 13 |
| ___ Rio, city in Tex. | 21 |
| ___ Rio of silent films | 23 |
| ___ rings (fried side) | 22 |
| ___ rings | 9 |
| ___ ring (have a ball) | 22 |
| ___ ring | 8 |
| ___ rima (verse form) | 21 |
| ___ rima (verse form for Dante) | 31 |
| ___ rima | 8 |
| ___ Rijn, Utrecht's stream | 30 |
| ___ Rijn, Netherlands river | 27 |
| ___ Riisna, a producer of TV's "20/20" | 52 |
| ___ rigueur (to the fullest extent) | 35 |
| ___ rigueur (literally) | 23 |
| ___ rights (red-handed) | 23 |
| ___ Rights | 10 |
| ___ right | 9 |
| ___ rigate | 10 |
| ___ ridgeback (hunting dog) | 27 |
| ___ Ridge: 1972 Kentucky Derby winner | 37 |
| ___ Ridge, Tennessee | 20 |
| ___ Ridge, Tenn. | 16 |
| ___ Ridge, race horse | 21 |
| ___ Ridge, Md. | 14 |
| ___ Ridge, Kentucky Derby winner, 1972 | 38 |
| ___ Ridge, great race horse | 27 |
| ___ Ridge, famed race horse | 27 |
| ___ Ridge, famed horse | 22 |
| ___ Ridge, 1972 Derby winner | 28 |
| ___ Ridge National Laboratory | 29 |
| ___ Ridge (racehorse) | 21 |
| ___ Ridge (race horse) | 22 |
| ___ Ridge (famed race horse) | 28 |
| ___ Ridge (1972 Kentucky Derby winner) | 38 |
| ___ Ridge (1972 Derby winner) | 29 |
| ___ Ridge ('72 Belmont winner) | 34 |
| ___ Ridge | 9 |