| POLITKOVSKAYA | Anna ___, Russian journalist murdered in Moscow in 2006 (13) |
| RASPUTIN | Mystic Russian monk murdered in Moscow in 1916 (8) |
| PAVLOVA | Anna ___, Russian prima ballerina (1881-1931) (7) |
| KOURNIKOVA | Anna ___, Russian-born model and former tennis player (10) |
| POLICEACADEMY | U.S. comedy film series whose final instalment was Mission To Moscow in 1994 (6,7) |
| GALIZIA | Daphne Caruana ___, journalist murdered in Malta in 2017 (7) |
| KHASHOGGI | Saudi Arabian journalist murdered in Istanbul in 2018 (5,9) |
| JAMAL | Saudi Arabian journalist murdered in Istanbul in 2018 (5,9) |
| UNCLEVANYA | Play by Russian dramatist Anton Chekhov premiered in Moscow in 1899 (5,5) |
| BOLSHOI | Russian ballet company founded in Moscow in 1776 (7) |
| USSR | What song (Back in the ___) did Paul McCartney perform in Moscow in 2003? (1,1,1,1) |
| COLDFRONT | What Napoleon encountered in Moscow in 1812 was forecasted? (4,5) |
| KENT | Rockwell, recipient of the Lenin Peace Prize in Moscow in 1967 (4) |
| COMINTERN | International Communist organization founded by Lenin in Moscow in 1919 (9) |
| SMIRNOFF | Vodka brand founded in Moscow in 1864 (8) |
| KANDINSKY | Wassily -, artist born in Moscow in 1866, a pioneer of abstraction (9) |
| WIND | Breeze found in Moscow in downtown region (4) |
| MARIA | Filipino journalist who shared the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize with Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov (5,5) |
| RESSA | Filipino journalist who shared the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize with Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov (5,5) |
| MARIARESSA | Which Philippine journalist shared the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize with Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov for their courageous defence of freedom of speech and expression? (5,5) |
