| EBERLE | His iconic equalizer against Russia at the 2009 WJC helped Canada to later win gold |
| AFA | - - - Amosa, Samoan No 8 who scored against Russia at the 2019 World Cup (3) |
| FINLAND | Nordic country that fought the Winter War against Russia in 1939-40 (7) |
| VINESH | Who became the first Indian woman wrestler to win gold in both the Commonwealth & the Asian Games but was disqualified from participating in the final of the Paris Olympics, due to overweight? (6) |
| KHABAROVSK | Port and major industrial centre in Russia at the confluence of the Ussuri and Amur Rivers (10) |
| NORILSK | Industrial city in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, at the foot of the Putorana Plateau |
| OMSK | City in Russia at the confluence of the Om and lrtysh Rivers (4) |
| ASTRAKHAN | Market city and port in southern Russia at the head of the Volga River delta |
| SNELL | New Zealand runner who was the last man to win gold medals in the 800m and 1500m at the same Olympics (5) |
| OKSANABAIUL | 1994 Olympic champion who is the only skater to win gold at the Winter Olympics for Ukraine |
| PORCINE | Long to win gold cup at the inauguration... a la the Empress of Blandings (7) |
| WAYDEVANNIEKERK | Who broke the 400 m world record to win gold at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics? |
| HANDBALL | Seven-a-side sport won by Denmark and Russia at the 2016 Olympics by the men's and women's teams respectively |
| CURTIS | Current Canuck who captained Canada's WJC team to gold in 2015 (first name) |
| WELLS | Author, "H G", who wrote about the rise of machines in his iconic novel The War of the Worlds (5) |
| MINNESOTA | US state bordered by Iowa to the south and Canada to the north |
| THANKSGIVING | Yearly national holiday in the US and Canada to celebrate the harvest and other blessings of the past year |
| SHERWANI | Hockey player Imran ____ scored twice when Great Britain beat West Germany to win gold at the 1988 Olympics |
| LAURAKENNY | Cyclist who became the first British woman to win gold medals at three consecutive Olympics (5,5) |
| BOLT | The first sprinter to win gold medals in the 100-metre and 200-metre races in three straight Olympics |
