| TREASUREISLAND | Altered Russian novel - one involving piracy |
| CRIMEAN | Russian beginning of Russian novel (7) |
| PERSONTOPERSON | One, two, say, and another one involving direct communication (6-2-6) |
| RHAPSODY | Gershwin composed one involving harps, oddly uneven (8) |
| PUCCINI | Witticism - one involving 201 he scored |
| SELLSOMEONEAPUP | Pull a fast one, involving lightweight boxer, perhaps |
| CHAPERONE | Companion in crime, one involving heroin |
| BIPARTISAN | Nasty spat in bar, one involving two political groups |
| DEBACLE | Overthrow plot, one involving large disaster (7) |
| VIENNA | Capital contest, one involving knights (6) |
| STATELAW | There might be one involving gambling or marijuana |
| SIDERIAL | Football team comes second to another one involving stars (8) |
| GOAD | All-powerful one involving middleman to provoke them |
| ACHE | Cause of discomfort, one involving head, principally |
| TRIPARTITE | Tired after hosting function, one involving three groups (10) |
| APRIORI | Anonymous old Italian magistrate, one involving deduction (1,6) |
| POSSESSED | Held together with the Russian novel (9) |
| OBLOMOV | Russian novel died - see doctor at 5 (7) |
| CRIME | "___ and Punishment" (classic Russian novel) |
| PEACE | "War and ___" (classic Russian novel) |
