| NORILSK | Industrial city in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, at the foot of the Putorana Plateau |
| RUBLE | Krasnoyarsk currency |
| KHABAROVSK | Port and major industrial centre in Russia at the confluence of the Ussuri and Amur Rivers (10) |
| 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 |
| HANDBALL | Seven-a-side sport won by Denmark and Russia at the 2016 Olympics by the men's and women's teams respectively |
| AFA | - - - Amosa, Samoan No 8 who scored against Russia at the 2019 World Cup (3) |
| EBERLE | His iconic equalizer against Russia at the 2009 WJC helped Canada to later win gold |
| VLADIVOSTOK | Seaport in Primorsky Krai, SE Russia, west of Sapporo, Japan |
| KUBAN | Russian river upon which the cities of Armavir and Temryuk, Krasnodar Krai, stand |
| PERPIGNAN | French town located at the foot of the Pyrenees near the border with Spain, in the 13th century it was the continental capital of the then Kingdom of Mallorca (9) |
| OVERSTATE | Exaggerate what's no distance in Russia at a point (9) |
| MUSCOVADO | In Russia, at one time, endlessly having trouble finding sugar |
| CRIMINOLOGY | Crude oil coming across Russia at end of May? Police study it (11) |
| HAMSIK | Marek ___, Napoli midfielder who scored for Slovakia in their 2-1 win over Russia at Euro 16 |
| AZIMUTH | The angular distance from the north or south point of the horizon to the foot of the vertical circle through a heavenly body. In space, it describes the horizontal direction of a celestial body. |
| HUESCA | City in Spain at the foot of the Pyrenees which was the residence of the kings of Aragon until 1118 (6) |
| MAUNDY | '_ _ _ _ Thursday' - the ceremony of washing the feet of the poor in commemoration of Jesus' washing of the disciples' feet at the last supper |
| MCGRATH | Johnny Sexton's starting half-back partner v Russia at RWC 2019 (7) |
| HOLYROOD | Area in Edinburgh at the foot of the Royal Mile, site of the official Scottish residence of the reigning British monarch (8) |
