New wave band whose breakthrough album was Rio in 1982 Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue New wave band whose breakthrough album was Rio in 1982 last seen in Times Specialist Sunday puzzle. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 11 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is DURAN DURAN.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% DURAN DURAN New wave band whose breakthrough album was Rio in 1982 (11) The Times Specialist Sunday Jun 25, 2023
5% CURE Medical breakthrough (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Nov 8, 2025
5% ROLLINGSTONES Band whose No 1 albums include Let It Bleed and Sticky Fingers (13) The Times Specialist Oct 27, 2025
5% RIPPLE Wave (6) Puzzler Backwords Oct 8, 2025
5% KIA Rio carmaker (3) Premier Sunday Sep 21, 2025
5% HUEY Lewis whose band was called The News (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Aug 8, 2025
4% SARA __ Evans, musician whose albums include Three Chords and the Truth (4) (4) The Guardian Weekend Nov 8, 2025
4% GIANTSTEPS John Coltrane album whose title suggests making major progress (10) New York Times Nov 8, 2025
4% DEVILS New Jersey team whose name sounds wicked (6) Universal Nov 6, 2025
4% STYX Rock band with the 2025 album Circling From Above (4) The Atlantic Nov 2, 2025

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