| AGITPROP | A dolt to sustain fake news from Moscow? (8) |
| ASKS | Demands a dolt to consume a cocktail (4) |
| CLODHOPPER | He's a dolt to hold out when the policeman comes round (10) |
| ROULETTE | Risky game involving a spinning wheel from Moscow? (7,8) |
| BORODINO | Victory in which 1812 battle allowed Napoleon to enter Moscow? (8) |
| RUSSIANS | Who are speakers of a Slavonic language, and may be residents of Moscow? (8) |
| PRUSSIAN | Quietly, one from Moscow becomes one from old German state (8) |
| RUSSIAN | Risky game involving a spinning wheel from Moscow? (7,8) |
| TRADER | Dealer returning paintings from Moscow? |
| DACHA | The retreat from Moscow? (5) |
| CALF | A floating growler detached from a glacier/iceberg; a young buffalo, cow, elephant, giraffe, rhino, whale or other vituline specimen; or, old slang for a dolt or hobbledehoy (4) |
| IGNORAMUS | Dolt to almost disregard working out a sum (9) |
| TOLD | Ordered dolt to change sides (4) |
| OUF | An Old Norse word for a goblin's child or changeling originally, later a dolt, fool, large clumsy person, lout or a generally awkward person (3) |
| IDIOT | I had one to remove, a dolt |
| BALALAIKA | One's played with a dog from the south and a dog from Moscow |
| DIMWIT | Faint intelligence evinced by a dolt |
| ALOOF | A dolt turning up cold (5) |
| TWIT | Obviously impatient with a dolt (4) |
| IDAHO | Where to find an American in Moscow? |
