| THAT | John Reed's description of the Russian Revolution (3,4,4,5,3,5) |
| TEN | John Reed's description of the Russian Revolution (3,4,4,5,3,5) |
| DAYS | John Reed's description of the Russian Revolution (3,4,4,5,3,5) |
| SHOOKTHEWORLD | John Reed's description of the Russian Revolution (3,4,4,5,3,5) |
| LENIN | Russian founder of the Bolsheviks and leader of the Russian Revolution (1870-1924) (5) |
| REED | John ___, chronicler of the Russian Revolution (4) |
| KIROV | A leader of the Russian Revolution, friend of Stalin, shot dead in 1934 (5) |
| REDACTION | Amended written account of the Russian Revolution? |
| REDSTART | Singer of the Russian Revolution, perhaps |
| TROTSKY | Which leader of the Russian Revolution was assassinated in Mexico in 1940? (7) |
| LEONTROTSKY | Chief architect of the Russian Revolution, assassinated in Mexico in 1940 (4,7) |
| OMELETTE | "All right, I can see the broken eggs. Now where's this ___ of yours?" - Victor Serge, on the Russian Revolution (attributed) (8) |
| STROGANOV | Family which was influential in Russia from the time of Ivan Terrible until the Russian revolution in 1917 (9) |
| BOLSHEVIK | A supporter of Lenin and his political ideas after the Russian Revolution (9) |
| ANIMALFARM | 1945 novella by George Orwell inspired by the Russian Revolution of 1917 (6,4) |
| ASSURE | Thin out the Russian revolution to instil confidence (6) |
| REDHEAD | Flaming stereotypical Irishman led the Russian Revolution (7) |
| OCTOBER | Eisenstein film about the Russian Revolution (7) |
| TSARS | Leaders before the Russian Revolution |
| RANSOME | Arthur ___, children's author who witnessed the Russian Revolution (7) |
