Answer: RIO
RIO is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 592 times.
Referring Clues:
- 1947 Hope/Crosby destination
 - ___ Bravo
 - Bravo, e.g.
 - City on Guanabara Bay
 - ___ Group (Latin American association)
 - ___ Piedras, P.R.
 - A "Road" destination
 - "Wild Orchid" locale, 1990
 - Where Maracana Stadium is
 - Capital city till 1960
 - Port with a natural harbor
 - Carnival site
 - "Blame It on ___" (Caine comedy)
 - Orinoco, e.g.
 - ___ Grande
 - Latin metropolis
 - "Black Orpheus" setting
 - Brazilian city
 - Brazilian vacation destination
 - Carnival locale
 - Earth Summit host, 1992
 - Copacabana site
 - ___ de Janeiro
 - Southern vacation spot
 - "___ Bravo" (1959 film)
 - Carnaval site
 - Uruguay, for one
 - Carnival city
 - Hope-Crosby destination
 - With 21-Across, a 1970 John Wayne film
 - Spain's Guadalquivir, e.g.
 - Popular resort, briefly
 - Hope/Crosby film destination
 - Place to do the samba
 - Copacabana locale
 - Earth Summit site
 - Popular vacation spot
 - Lago feeder
 - Carnival place
 - Brazilian city, familiarly
 - Océano feeder
 - Guanabara Bay city
 - Copacabana city
 - Copa locale
 - Sugar Loaf Mountain site
 - Uruguay, e.g.
 - Where Sugarloaf Mountain is
 - "Flying Down to ___"
 - Antonio Carlos Jobim airport locale
 - "___ Lobo" (John Wayne film)
 - City that Fred Astaire was "flying down to" in a 1934 hit
 - Guanabara Bay locale
 - Wayne film "___ Bravo"
 - Brazilian hot spot
 - Ipanema locale
 - City in a Peter Allen song title
 - Blanco or Negro
 - "Road" film destination
 - Brazilian hot spot, briefly
 - Copacabana Beach site
 - Brazilian vacation spot, informally
 - Sugarloaf Mountain locale, briefly
 - "Notorious" setting, 1946
 - 1950 World Cup host, with a stadium for 180,000+ people
 - 36-Down, por ejemplo
 - Brazilian getaway
 - John Wayne's "___ Lobo"
 - Kia model
 - Madeira, e.g.
 - Varig destination
 - Tuneful city "by the sea-o"
 - Resort city that shares its name with a Duran Duran hit
 - 1941 musical comedy "That Night in ___"
 - Kia subcompact
 - "Notorious" setting
 - Copacabana Beach locale
 - Rock in __ (largest rock festival in the world)
 - Sugar Loaf Mountain site, briefly
 - "Road to ___" (1947 flick)
 - Carnaval city
 - Grande opening?
 - "A Rainy Night in ___" (1946 hit)
 - 1983 Duran Duran hit
 - South American cruise stop
 - Brazilian vacation spot
 - Pre-Lenten carnival site
 - Brazilian port of call
 - 1983 Duran Duran tune
 - Brazilian port, for short
 - City known for Carnival
 - Brazilian resort
 - Brazilian port, familiarly
 - City "by the sea, oh"
 - Brazilian city, popularly
 - Brazilian vacation destination, for short
 - Carnival setting
 - First word of three John Wayne movie titles
 - South American resort
 - Bravo or Grande
 - 1947 Hope-Crosby destination
 - Brazil metropolis, familiarly
 - Brazilian metropolis
 - Brazil resort, familiarly
 - "Blame It on ___" (Michael Caine flick)
 - Country group Diamond ___
 - South American setting of Hitchcock's "Notorious"
 - Brazilian resort, for short
 - Brazilian tourist mecca, briefly
 - River, to Raoul
 - Bravo, for one
 - Brazilian getaway city
 - Popular cruise port
 - "___ Bravo" (John Wayne film)
 - Second-largest city on the Atlantic coast
 - Copacabana city, familiarly
 - River, to Ricardo
 - Pão de Açúcar's city, familiarly
 - ___ Rancho (suburb of Albuquerque)
 - Ipanema's city
 - Ipanema's locale
 - 2016 Olympics locale
 - "Blame It on ___"
 - ___ de Janeiro, Brazil
 - Host city for the 2007 Pan American Games
 - With 38-Across, 1942 Abbott and Costello film
 - Duran Duran album with the hit "Hungry Like the Wolf"
 - Copacabana setting
 - Sugarloaf Mountain city, briefly
 - Where the airline Varig is headquartered
 - Manchester United defender ___ Ferdinand
 - 1983 Duran Duran song
 - Carnival-themed Las Vegas casino
 - "___ Lobo" (1970 John Wayne film)
 - Guanabara's capital
 - Girl from Ipanema's home
 - Samba city
 - "The Marvelous City"
 - Los del ___ ("Macarena" duo)
 - Setting of Maracanã Stadium
 - Brazilian port
 - Site of Floresta da Tijuca, one of the world's largest urban forests
 - __ Grande
 - Carnival resort
 - Brazil's capital before Brasília
 - Brazilian resort, familiarly
 - "The Girl From Ipanema" setting
 - "__ Bravo"
 - Pinar del __: Cuban city
 - South-of-the-border river?
 - River in Spain
 - Carnival location
 - Madeira, por ejemplo
 - Bolivian river
 - Spanish river
 - __ de Janeiro
 - 2007 Pan American Games host
 - Cruise port
 - Where Ipanema is
 - River, in Spain
 - ''Notorious'' setting
 - Brazilian city, for short
 - River, to Roberto
 - Feature on ''un mapa''
 - ''___ Bravo''
 - Christ the Redeemer city
 - Lead-in for Branco or Bravo
 - ''Blame it on ___'' (Caine film)
 - ''Blame It on ___''
 - River in Peru
 - Diamond ___ (country music group)
 - Ipanema city
 - Short name for a popular South American city
 - "___ Bravo" (Wayne film)
 - Where Christ the Redeemer stands
 - "Black Orpheus" locale
 - Former capital on Guanabara Bay
 - Popular cruise port, briefly
 - ''Black Orpheus'' setting
 - ''Christ the Redeemer'' locale
 - ''___ Lobo'' (John Wayne film)
 - ___ de la Plata
 - Lead-in for ''Bravo''
 - Start of three John Wayne movie titles
 - Former capital on Guanabara Bay, briefly
 - Carnival city, briefly
 - Maracana Stadium locale
 - Copacabana city, informally
 - Brazil's tourist lure
 - Bravo or Lobo
 - "Blame It on ___" (Caine film)
 - ___ Branco, Brazil
 - ___ Grande River
 - It's "by the sea-o"
 - Sugar Loaf Mountain locale, briefly
 - River of Spain?
 - Brazilian destination
 - It's Grande
 - Brazilian hot spot, informally
 - Carnival site, for short
 - Carnival location, for short
 - Place name with Claro or Cuarto
 - River in Costa Rica
 - Brazilian vacation destination, informally
 - Hope/Crosby destination
 - Los Del ___ ("Macarena" band)
 - Sugar Loaf Mountain locale
 - Copacabana's city
 - Brazilian-themed Vegas casino, with "The"
 - Big Brazilian city, for short
 - Setting for Hitchcock's "Notorious"
 - World capital until 1960
 - 2016 Olympics city
 - Sugar Loaf Mountain city
 - Carnival city, casually
 - Carioca's home
 - River, in Mexico
 - Resort on Guanabara Bay
 - Sugarloaf setting
 - "That Night in ___" (1941 film)
 - Carnaval locale
 - Big city for soccer
 - Hit 2011 animated film
 - 2016 Olympics site
 - "Christ the Redeemer" locale
 - Lead-in for "Bravo"
 - "___ Bravo"
 - Pinar del ___: Cuban city
 - Grande opening
 - Start of three John Wayne titles
 - Crosby-Hope destination
 - River, to Rivera
 - 1992 Earth Summit site
 - Feature on "un mapa"
 - Vegas casino hotel, with "the"
 - Metropolis, to Pedro
 - Old auto
 - Capital city, to Pedro
 - City in Brazil
 - Brazil's capital until 1960
 - 2016 Olympics host
 - ___ de Oro
 - Mexican flower?
 - Vegas hotel that hosts the World Series of Poker
 - Spanish watercourse
 - "road movie" locale
 - Museu do Índio site
 - 2011 animated film about a blue macaw named Blu
 - Waterway in spain
 - Spanish for metro
 - Christ the Redeemer locale, briefly
 - 35 Across city
 - South American vacation spot
 - City of Brazil, for short
 - Brazilian tourist mecca
 - Brazilian resort city
 - Mardi Gras city
 - Carioca city
 - 2016 Olympics setting
 - Carnival spot
 - Hackneyed
 - Southern resort
 - 'Flying Down to ___'
 - Ipanema is there
 - Carnival venue
 - Carnival center
 - Hope/Crosby 'Road' destination
 - Place to fly down to
 - 38-Across port
 - City in Brazil, briefly
 - Blameworthy city?
 - Copa's city
 - Brazilian city, briefly
 - Ipanema site
 - 'Blame It on ___'
 - Spanish stream
 - Pedro's river
 - Start of three Wayne films
 - Christ the Redeemer locale
 - A samba place
 - 2011 animated film that grossed almost $500 million worldwide
 - Where the statue of Cristo Redentor stands
 - Annual Carnaval locale
 - John Wayne film: "___ Bravo"
 - "Road to ___"
 - Copacabana Beach site, for short
 - Argentine city
 - #1 tourist city in the Southern Hemisphere
 - Ipanema's site
 - 2011 animated movie about a Spix's macaw
 - Resort, for short
 - "___ Rita" ('42 film)
 - Lead-in for Bravo
 - Animated film that grossed almost $500 million in 2011
 - 1947 comedy, "Road to ___"
 - Ipanema's city, for short
 - Christ the Redeemer overlooks it
 - "Cherry ice cream smile" wearer, in a Duran Duran hit
 - ___ Grande (part of Texas' border)
 - El Paraguay, e.g.
 - 2011 movie about a smitten macaw
 - "City the sea-o"
 - Sugarloaf Mountain site
 - Animated picture with the voice of will.i.am
 - Vegas hotel
 - River in Spain?
 - 2014 World Cup locale, for short
 - Next Summer Olympics host
 - Brazil-ian city
 - Host of the 2016 Olympics, familiarly
 - Roberto's river
 - 2014 World Cup final site
 - With 22-Down, John Wayne movie
 - El Amazonas, por ejemplo
 - 2016 Olympics site, familiarly
 - "Grande" preceder
 - Site of the 2016 Olympics
 - Riot without end?
 - Future Olympics host
 - Where agua flows
 - Vegas casino that hosts the World Series of Poker, with "the"
 - Brazil burg briefly
 - 1983 hit for Duran Duran
 - Summer Olympics host after London
 - Vegas casino
 - Host of the 2016 Summer Games
 - 2011 cartoon movie with a planned 2014 sequel
 - Home to Sugarloaf Mountain
 - 2014 World Cup city
 - Rock in ___ (major music festival)
 - Brazilian burg, for short
 - Grande preceder
 - Birthplace of the bossa nova
 - Metropolis, to Manuel
 - Brazilian-themed Vegas casino
 - Brazilian hot spot, familiarly
 - Brazil city, briefly
 - South American cruise stop, for short
 - River, to Ramone
 - Sugarloaf Mountain's city
 - South American city to be blamed, per a 1984 movie title
 - Estadio Olimpico Joao Havelange location
 - Brazilian tourist spot
 - Port in Brazil, for short
 - Brazilian city with a "Christ the Redeemer" landmark
 - River: Sp.
 - Resort added to the answers at 17-, 25-, 43-, and 59-Across
 - Ebro, por ejemplo
 - Grande or Bravo
 - Bravo starter
 - ___ Grande (border river)
 - 2011 animated film featuring a macaw named Blu
 - Copacabana setting, briefly
 - 2014 World Cup locale, familiarly
 - Animated movie featuring birds
 - ___ Negro: Amazon tributary
 - 2014 World Cup setting, briefly
 - Hit animated film of 2011
 - Lead-in for "Branco" or "Bravo"
 - Spanish for "river"
 - Animated film franchise starting in 2011
 - River, to Juan
 - 2011 animated musical
 - ___ Cuarto, Argentina
 - "___ Rita"
 - Olympics host after London
 - 'Flying Down to '
 - 1982 double-platinum Duran Duran album
 - Where to find "Christ the Redeemer"
 - El Amazonas, e.g.
 - Start of three John Wayne films
 - ____ de Janeiro
 - Dolores del ___
 - "___ Bravo" (Western)
 - Brazilian city, informally
 - Guanabara Bay city, briefly
 - Spanish waterway
 - Copa's home
 - Kia sedan
 - River, to Ruiz
 - Ipanema site, briefly
 - Car from Kia
 - A city, and a car
 - "Christ the Redeemer" city
 - ___ Grande City, Texas
 - Exotic "Now, Voyager" setting
 - Angry Birds sequel setting
 - 2016 Olympics city, informally
 - Brazilian port, commonly
 - 2011 animated film set in Brazil
 - Ipanema setting
 - 1947 Hope/Crosby "Road" movie destination
 - Diamond ___
 - ___ summit
 - 'Road to '
 - Carnival town
 - Brazilian-themed Vegas hotel, with "The"
 - Subcompact based on the Hyundai Accent
 - Pão de Açúcar city
 - 2014 World Cup site
 - Christ the Redeemer city, briefly
 - It beat out Madrid as host city for the 2016 Olympics
 - 2016 Summer Games setting
 - City hard hit by the Zika virus
 - Ipanema's locale, for short
 - S.A. vacation destination
 - Ipanema locale, for short
 - Lorenzo Lamas on "Air America"
 - Agua que fluye
 - Olympics venue between London and Tokyo
 - Brazilian hot spot, in brief
 - 1983 double-platinum album by Duran Duran
 - 2016 Olympics site, for short
 - "Her name is ___ and she dances on the sand" (1983 pop lyric)
 - South America's ___ Negro
 - Mexican watercourse
 - Where gymnast Simone Biles won Olympic gold
 - 2016 Olympic games city, for short
 - Extirpate
 - Locale of Phelps's last five gold medals
 - Brazilian-themed Vegas hotel
 - 2016 hot spot
 - 2016 Olympic site
 - Carioca's city
 - Brazilian port city, in brief
 - Carnival city, for short
 - '___ Bravo'
 - Recent Olympics venue
 - Brazilian tourist city, informally
 - Kia Motors offering
 - Brazilian resort, briefly
 - El Orinoco, e.g.
 - Brazil tourist city, briefly
 - Home of Christ the Redeemer, briefly
 - ___ Rancho, NM
 - Flight destination in a 1933 title
 - Copacabana Beach city
 - Brazilian hot spot, for short
 - Copacabana's city, for short
 - Site of the last Olympics
 - Recent Olympics site
 - Brazilian beach city, briefly
 - ___ Tinto, city in Brazil
 - "___ Conchos," 1964 western
 - Country music's Diamond ___
 - Former Brazilian Capital
 - Ipanema's city, briefly
 - Brazilian hotspot
 - Brazil hot spot
 - Where Simone Biles won four golds
 - Recent Olympics host
 - Brazilian coffee
 - 2014 World Cup Final host
 - ___ Grande (river)
 - Large South American city
 - River, to Reynaldo
 - City in Brazil, for short
 - Atlantic resort city
 - Brazilian destination, briefly
 - Annual Carnival locale
 - 2016 Olympics host, informally
 - Corcovado spot
 - What Christ the Redeemer overlooks, for short
 - Sugarloaf locale
 - Carnival setting, informally
 - Corcovado is there
 - Brazilian tourist spot, briefly
 - Where the U.S. won its 1,000th Summer Olympic gold
 - One grande
 - Where Brazil took Olympic soccer gold
 - 2016 Olympics city, for short
 - Carnival city, familiarly
 - Last Summer Olympics city
 - Brazilian metropolis, briefly
 - "Road to ___": Hope/Crosby film
 - Copacabana's city, informally
 - Rick telles "loving" role
 - Beijing ('08), London ('12), ___ ('16)
 - 2011 film set in Brazil
 - Carnival host
 - Former South American capital
 - Agua source
 - Feature on a Spanish map
 - Where Ipanema Beach is
 - 2016 Olympics city, familiarly
 - Summer Olympics host before Tokyo
 - Where Bolt last got three golds
 - River in Mexico
 - Where I go "when my baby smiles at me," in song
 - South America's Carnaval city, informally
 - Brazilian metropolis, informally
 - 2011 Blu movie
 - Flowing "agua"
 - Brazilian vacay destination
 - Carnival city, informally
 - 1983 double-platinum Duran Duran album
 - ___ Bravo (una frontera norte de México)
 - Ipanema Beach's city, informally
 - Host of the Olympics where golf returned after a 112-year hiatus
 - 2016 Olympics host, for short
 - Brazil map word
 - Hit 2011 animated movie
 - Brazilian metropolis, slangily
 - Rick telles's "loving" role
 - Apelido da cidade brasileira
 - El Misisipi, e.g.
 - Cristo Redentor city
 - Brazil's capital before Brasilia, informally
 - Brazil's ___ Roosevelt
 - Where Simone Biles won four Olympic golds
 - Summer Olympics site after London
 - Vegas casino with the Penn & Teller Theater
 - Home of the statue Christ the Redeemer, familiarly
 - Resort where it's summer in February
 - Feeder of un lago
 - ___de Janeiro
 - Capital before Brasilia
 - Vegas hotel with Samba Suites
 - 2011 animated movie set in Brazil
 - River in Panama
 - Sugarloaf city
 - City that's home to the Sugarloaf Cable Car, informally
 - Year-round vacation city
 - Brazil's Amazonas, e.g.
 - Brazil-themed Vegas casino
 - Major city in Brazil, briefly
 - River in Madrid
 - Brazil's second-largest city, informally
 - Ipanema Beach locale, informally
 - Setting for Hitchcock's "Notorious," informally
 - Where swimmer Katie Ledecky won four Olympic golds
 - Spain's Ebro, por ejemplo
 - Copacabana's Brazilian city, informally
 - The city in 2002's "City of God"
 - Brazilian carnival city, informally
 - Where Katie Ledecky won four golds
 - Home to the Christ the Redeemer statue, in brief
 - Brazil's second-most populous city, for short
 - Home of the world's largest carnival
 - Maracanã Stadium city
 - Vegas hotel and casino that is the longtime host of the World Series of Poker
 - The ___ Grande
 - Where Claressa Shields most recently won Olympic gold
 - Brazil metropolis
 - Brazil's capital until 1960, for short
 - Setting for the memorable cable car scene in "Moonraker"
 - Drag queen Bianca Del ___
 - Carnival locale, briefly
 - Ipanema Beach's city
 - Maracan‹ Stadium city
 - Home to Maracanã Stadium
 - Brazil's second-largest city, for short
 - 2016 Summer Olympics city
 - River, in Spanish
 - Animated film about a bird from Brazil
 - Bravo in the movies?
 - Capital of Brazil until 1960, informally
 - Drag queen Bianca del___
 - Home of Christ the Redeemer, informally
 - Brazilian port city
 - ___ Negro (Amazon tributary)
 - City that hosts the largest Carnival in the world
 - Code name on "Money Heist"
 - Copacabana Beach's city
 - "Her name is ___ and she dances on the sand" (Duran Duran lyric)
 - Nickname for Copacabana's city
 - Summer Olympics host between London and Tokyo
 - Casino that houses the Penn & Teller Theater
 - "River" in Spanish
 - City that's home to Copacabana Beach, familiarly
 - 2016 Summer Olympics host, informally
 - Birthplace of bossa nova
 - Nickname for a Brazilian city
 - Christ the Redeemer's city
 - Copacabana city, casually
 - South America's ___ de la Plata
 - Orinoco, por ejemplo
 - Natural feature between México y Texas
 - 2016 Olympics host city, familiarly
 - Home of the Sugarloaf Cable Car, informally
 - Subcompact Kia
 - City whose official song is "Cidade Maravilhosa"
 - Major Brazilian port, for short
 - "Blame It on ___" (1984 Michael Caine rom-com)
 - Where Katie Ledecky won four Olympic golds
 - Rocinha's city, for short
 - Carnival-themed Vegas hotel
 - Kia model whose name references a body of water
 - City at the center of "Moonraker," informally
 - Mexico's ___ Conchos
 - "Flying Down to ___" (1933 film)
 - Locale of an annual Carnaval
 - Cristo Redentor's city
 
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