| PERMANENTWAVE | Hairstyle shortly to be seen in city in West Russia |
| KURSK | City in west Russia; scene of a major Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in 1943 (5) |
| SMOLENSK | City in west Russia, on the Dnieper River (8) |
| VOLGA | Originating in west Russia, which is Europe's longest river? (5) |
| DETERRED | Chelsea defender, shortly to be seen in action, given caution (8) |
| LINES | Punishment shortly to be seen in 12, 15, 27 and 29 (5) |
| MULLION | One Scottish island and another shortly to be seen in window |
| MONTANA | Physical structure shortly to be seen moving west across northern state |
| ARCHANGEL | Port city in north-west Russia (pop about 350,000), founded in 1584 (9) |
| SALOP | County shortly to be seen on Hawksworth WR engine 1026 (5) |
| BUCKS | County shortly to be seen on Hawksworth 1011 engine (5) |
| PEG | Margaret shortly to be seen on the line (3) |
| ROSTOV | ___- on-Don, city in south-west Russia where, in August 1942, the Nazis massacred around 27,000 residents, mostly Jews (6) |
| ONEGA | Large lake in north-west Russia, the secondlargest in Europe (5) |
| DETRACTOR | Critic and editor returned by vehicle rarely seen in city streets (9) |
| ARLES | Patrollers regularly seen in city abroad (5) |
| YORICK | One comedian's first seen in city - a fellow of infinite jest |
| EPIC | Heroic sleuth seen in City (4) |
| IMPIETY | Disrespect politician that is seen in city topless (7) |
| GRAYSELEGY | It was written in a churchyard in town in Essex before, say, in city in Cambridgeshire (5,5) |
