| BACKINTHEUSSR | Finally singing this song at Moscow's Red Square in 2003 was, Paul writes, "a moment to savour" |
| MATHIASRUST | German who flew to Moscow's Red Square in 1987 |
| WHENIMSIXTYFOUR | Paul writes that he chose the number in this song's title "to be just shy of retirement age" |
| SWANLAKE | Ballet first performed at Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre in 1877 (4,4) |
| LISAMARIE | Elvis' daughter, her debut album in 2003 was titled To Whom It May Concern (4,5) |
| MELUA | Singer whose debut album released in 2003 was Call Off the Search, Katie ----- (5) |
| OTOOLE | Actor whose honorary award in 2003 was his only Oscar, despite eight nominations |
| STRIKEZONE | Pitcher's target... or the red squares in this puzzle? |
| MATCH | With 7-Across, tennis climax... or the red squares in this puzzle? |
| HAPPYBIRTHDAY | The most expensive item of clothing ever sold at auction was the dress Marilyn Monroe wore while singing this sentiment to JFK in 1962; it sold for $4.8 million in 2016 |
| EASTHAMPTON | Ina Garten's famous Barefoot Contessa store, which operated from 1978 to 2003, was located in this Long Island town |
| STBASIL | Person for whom the Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed in Moscow's Red Square is commonly named (2,5) |
| TUNE | "I'm singing this note 'cause it fits in well with the chords I'm playing...," The Who: "Gettin' in ____." |
| STBASILS | Cathedral in Moscow's Red Square (2,6) |
| LENINSTOMB | Shrine in Moscow's Red Square |
| KREMLIN | Citadel in Moscow's Red Square (7) |
| ICE | Like coaches at a bowl game who need a moment to regroup, when kids ___ out, moms sometimes decree a time out |
| BASIL | The cathedral on Moscow's Red Square is named after which saint? (5) |
| HBOMB | Edward Teller (1908-2003) was known as the "father" of this holy terror. |
| BEING | De Niro was Paul Dano's con man dad in the 2012 dram com, _____ Flynn. |
