| Rio de Janeiro natives | 22 |
| Rio de Janeiro neighborhood | 27 |
| Rio de Janeiro resident | 23 |
| Rio de la ___, Argentina | 24 |
| Rio Grande do ___, Brazil | 25 |
| Rio neighborhood of song | 24 |
| Rio Treaty implementer: Abbr. | 29 |
| Rio ___ (Amazon feeder) | 23 |
| Rio ___ (border river) | 22 |
| Rio ___ Plata, S.A. estuary | 27 |
| Rio ___, Amazon feeder | 22 |
| Rio ___, city in Brazil | 23 |
| Rio ___, El Paso's river | 28 |
| Rio ___, in Spanish Sahara | 26 |
| Rio ___, Spanish Sahara | 23 |
| Rio's carnival, e.g. | 24 |
| Riot ender (or inciter) | 23 |
| Riot grrrl legend Kathleen | 26 |
| Riot participant, maybe | 23 |
| Riot site in California: 1965 | 29 |
| Riot squad's concern | 24 |
| Riot squad's opponent | 25 |
| Riot squad's supply | 23 |
| Rioter's illegal take | 25 |
| Riotous group's activity | 28 |
| Rip apart, as clothing | 22 |
| Rip of voice actor Mel? | 23 |
| Rip off at the register | 23 |
| Rip off performer Sinead? | 25 |
| Rip Van Winkle's state | 26 |
| Rip Van Winkle, notably | 23 |
| Rip, but not Van Winkle | 23 |
| Ripe for a trial lawyer | 23 |
| Ripe loganberry's hue | 25 |
| Ripken broke his record | 23 |
| Ripken Jr. surpassed him | 24 |
| Ripken of Aberdeen, Md. | 23 |
| Ripken of baseball fame | 23 |
| Ripken the baseball legend | 26 |
| Ripken's record, e.g. | 25 |
| Ripken, of the diamond | 22 |
| Ripken, the Baltimore legend | 28 |
| Ripley's closing words | 26 |
| Ripley's last words? | 24 |
| Ripley's statement | 22 |
| Ripley's ultimatum | 22 |
| Ripped between the lines | 24 |
| Ripped or ripped along | 22 |
| Ripped shred of clothing | 24 |
| Ripper of Larry's hair | 26 |
| Ripple near the nipple | 22 |
| Ripple pattern on a stamp | 25 |
| Ripple tippler, perhaps | 23 |
| Ripple's big brother | 24 |
| Rippled-surface fabric | 22 |
| Rise above the ordinary | 23 |
| Rise Against '05 ballad | 27 |
| Rise and advance, as the tide | 29 |
| Rise and fall of the sea | 24 |
| Rise and fall repeatedly | 24 |
| Rise and fall, as a ship | 24 |
| Rise from the launch pad | 24 |
| Rise on hind legs, as a horse | 29 |
| Rise stratospherically | 22 |
| Rise to the surface, as water | 29 |
| Rise up on the hind legs | 24 |
| Riser during a conniption | 25 |
| Riser in Czechoslovakia | 23 |
| Rises suddenly, as a buoy | 25 |
| Rises to breathe, as a whale | 28 |
| Rises to great heights | 22 |
| Rises to the challenge | 22 |
| Rishis' residences | 22 |
| Rising above a surface | 22 |
| Rising above a water surface | 28 |
| Rising above the surface | 24 |
| Rising current of warm air | 26 |
| Rising times, typically | 23 |
| Rising trend in the market | 26 |
| Rising trend, on a graph | 24 |
| Rising trends, as in prices | 27 |
| Rising warm-air columns | 23 |
| Rising-temperature cause | 24 |
| Risk a contempt charge | 22 |
| Risk a perjury conviction | 25 |
| Risk an FCC fine, perhaps | 25 |
| Risk and Clue, for two | 22 |
| Risk player's asset | 23 |
| Risk requires their use | 23 |
| Risk taker's challenge | 26 |
| Risk taker's thought | 24 |
| Risk territory in Asia | 22 |
| Risk the wrath of the EPA | 25 |
| Risk venture, for short | 23 |
| Risk-offsetting contracts | 25 |
| Risk-reducing position | 22 |
| Risk-taker's credo | 22 |
| Risk-taker's declaration | 28 |
| Risk-taker's question | 25 |
| Risk-taking songwriter? | 23 |