| KULAK | A member of the class of peasants in Russia who became proprietors of their own farms (5) |
| FRUIT | Strawberry, raspberry, gooseberry, currant ... general word for one of the types of food grown, harvested or purchased at a pick-your-own farm (5) |
| BERRY | General description of a soft fruit grown and sold at a pick-your-own farm (5) |
| DUNCE | Slowest of the class of crustaceans to have head buried in the sand (5) |
| ARTEL | Worker cooperative in Russia and the former Soviet Union, often made up of peasants living as a commune (5) |
| BIRDS | Members of the class Aves (5) |
| REEVE | Overseer of peasants always turning about centre of wheel (5) |
| STEEN | Dutch painter of "Peasants Before an Inn" |
| HADRON | A member of the class of elementary particles that interact by means of the strong force (6) |
| WENCH | Twist ring leader out of peasant girl (5) |
| YOKEL | Peasant in bondage, ending in thrall |
| TENIERS | Noted for his Brouwer-like depictions of peasants in taverns, court painter to Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, who was also the custodian of said archduke's art gallery (7) |
| BOSON | Any member of the class of particles that are not fermions (5) |
| IVANIV | Known as the "Terrible", the first tsar of Russia who died during a game of chess (4,1,1) |
| SLAV | Any member of the people of eastern Europe or Asian Russia who speak a Slavonic language |
| OSTADE | Dutch artist whose works include Peasants in a Tavern, An Alchemist, The Painter in His Workshop and A Cobbler (6) |
| SOPHIA | Regent of Russia who, in 1689, was forced to step down in favour of her half-brother Peter I (6) |
| NICHOLAS | Name of the last Tsar of Russia who was forced to abdicate in 1917 (8) |
| COTERIE | A clan of prairie dogs; or, a French word, originally for a number of peasants holding land jointly from a lord, that has come to mean an exclusive circle or clique (7) |
| MILLET | French painter of peasants in grass |
