| AKHMATOVA | Alias entered into by queen to see a Russian poet (9) |
| PUSHKINBUTTON | Item pinned on to support a Russian poet's election to office? |
| AMIGOS | Foreign friends see a Russian fighter, very big (6) |
| MEERKAT | Animal flesh cut into by queen, starter from kitchen |
| LERMONTOV | Room kept by associate of Vladimir L. with nothing against Russian poet |
| ALEXANDER | Russian poet, playwright and novelist of the Romantic era, _ Pushkin (9) |
| THEMUNCHIES | Relationships entered into by male artist with desire to eat after smoking a joint (3,8) |
| CRAYON | Corny arrangement entered into by a coloured writer |
| HONEYCOMBS | Darling changes the locks in The Maze for the Queen to see (10) |
| CATSEYES | They allow queen to see middle-of-the-road guides |
| CROWNGREEN | It's common, after King or Queen, to see Jack played here |
| ANNEXE | Was it built by Queen to house lover once? (6) |
| SEVENSEASOFRHYE | First single by Queen to enter the UK charts (5,4,2,4) |
| JACQUELINE | Mysterious clique entered into by one lady or another (10) |
| PURPOSE | End of contract entered into by Post Office |
| ACMEIST | A type of Russian poet belonging to an early twentieth-century school (7) |
| MARINATSVETAEVA | Russian poet who committed suicide in 1941 after her husband was executed (6,9) |
| PUSHKIN | Russian poet, regarded as the founder of modern Russian literature (7) |
| BORISPASTERNAK | Russian poet and author noted for his novel Doctor Zhivago published in 1957 (5,9) |
| ISADORADUNCAN | US-born dancer who married the Russian poet Sergei Yesenin |