| LVOV | Alexei ?, composer of opera Undina and God Save the Tsar!, national anthem of the Russian Empire |
| ANTHEMS | "O Canada" and "God Save the Queen" |
| SHIELD | William ?, composer of opera Rosina; Master of the King's Musick from 1817-29 |
| TERREDENOSAIEUX | "O Canada! ___ ___ ___ ___ / Ton front est ceint de fleurons glorieux!" (National anthem opening, in French) |
| HUMPERDINCK | Engelbert ?, composer of opera Hansel and Gretel, first performed in 1893 (11) |
| IVAN | Terrible Russian tsar! (4) |
| ALLIED | The major ones during the First World War were Great Britain (and its empire), France and the Russian empire (6) |
| ALEXANDRA | Empress consort of the last tsar of the Russian Empire, Nicholas II |
| TSARIST | One who supported the rulers of the Russian empire before the 1917 revolution (7) |
| TSAR | "God Save the __!": Russian Empire anthem |
| CRIMEA | Territory which first became part of the Russian Empire in 1783 |
| KOSYGIN | Alexei ?, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union from 1964-80 (7) |
| BANNER | The - - - - - -- - - -, the national anthem of the United States (4-8,6) |
| OCANADA | National anthem of the country north of the US: 2 wds. |
| BIRTWISTLE | Harrison ?, composer of operas The Minotaur and Punch and Judy (10) |
| ROSSINI | Gioachino ?, composer of operas Otello and The Barber of Seville (7) |
| NICCOLOPAGANINI | Composer of a set of variations on "God Save the King" |
| ADVANCE | In 1984 this song was officially proclaimed as Australia's national anthem replacing God Save The Qu |
| THEGREAT | Shorthand for the contest between the British and Russian empires over 19 (3,5,4) |
| GAME | Shorthand for the contest between the British and Russian empires over 19 (3,5,4) |
