| DEADSOULS | 1842 novel by Nikolai Gogol |
| SOULS | 1842 novel by Nikolai Gogol (4,5) |
| DEAD | 1842 novel by Nikolai Gogol (4,5) |
| OVERCOAT | The ___, short story by Nikolai Gogol adapted as a mime play by Marcel Marceau in 1951 (8) |
| TARASBULBA | Film loosely based on a novel of the same name by Nikolai Gogol (5,5) |
| ISLANDERS | The -; novel by Nikolai Leskov, Russian author of The Sealed Angel, The Enchanted Wanderer and Lefty (9) |
| BUMBLEBEE | Flight Of The ---, orchestral interlude by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (9) |
| ATDAGGERSDRAWN | Anti-nihilist novel by Nikolai Leskov that ruined his reputation when serialised in 1870 |
| TANGLE | Twist Nikolai Gogol originally employed in literary work |
| TARAS | Nikolai Gogol hero "___ Bulba" |
| GOGOL | Nikolai ___, author of the 1842 novel Dead Souls (5) |
| PRINCEIGOR | Unfinished opera by Alexander Borodin completed by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Alexander Glazunov (6 |
| SADKO | Opera by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov about a Novgorod minstrel (5) |
| TSAR | The Tale of ___ Saltan, opera by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (4) |
| SCHEHEREZADE | 1888 symphonic poem by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov based on the story collection One Thousand and One Ni |
| SCHEHERAZADE | 1888 symphonic poem by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov based on the story collection One Thousand and One Nights (12) |
| BEE | Insect whose flight is musically portrayed in a composition by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (3) |
| BEES | Insects depicted in a musical piece by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (4) |
| TELEGRAM | Instant messaging app founded in 2013 by Nikolai and Pavel Durov (8) |
| CHRISTMASEVE | Opera by Rimsky-Korsakov after a story by Gogol (9,3) |
