| JOSEPHSTALIN | Justice failed Poles, hints a Soviet invader (6,6) |
| LATEINTHEDAY | Passed on hint: a dye mixes eventually |
| FOUNTAINHEAD | Hint a nude oaf dances well |
| TIP | A helpful or practical hint; a race prediction; a pourboire; a nib; the end of a finger; a leafbud of a tea plant; a rubbish heap; or, a figurative pigsty (3) |
| WHISPER | A rumour; a secret hint; a low soft voice; or, a faint murmur or rustle of leaves (7) |
| DROP | Word before "a hint," "a line" or "the ball" |
| STUCKATIT | Needing a hint, a bird didn't give up (5,2,2) |
| TAHITIANS | It's a hint: a group from the Society Islands (9) |
| NUCLEARSUB | *USS Nautilus, e.g. (Hint: A chain's name is hidden across each pair of starred clues' answers, minus one letter that's above a black square. These letters spell something apt.) |
| HACIENDA | First hint a secret service admits death by agricultural 1ac (8) |
| TAME | Gentle hint, a member assumes (4) |
| NUANCE | It may hint a nun is about to join the church |
| TOUCHDOWN | Try getting hint (a sort of clue) |
| BRIDGEOFSPIES | 2015 film starring Tom Hanks which is about a lawyer who negotiates the release of a U.S. pilot in exchange for a Soviet KGB agent: 3 wds. |
| GULAG | Overhaul for a top guard at a Soviet security agency (5) |
| COAT | What to wear when it's frosty cold outside (Hint: A polar bear wears his fur one every day) |
| CODE | 23-8-1-20 20-8-9-19 3-12-21-5 9-19 23-18-9-20-20-5-14 9-14 (hint: A = 1, B = 2) |
| NIKITA | What name is shared by a Soviet premier and a 1985 Elton John hit? (6) |
| HUNGARY | The 'Blood in the Water' water polo match was played between the Soviet Union and ___ at the 1956 Melbourne Games, against the backdrop of a Soviet invasion of this country |
| BSSR | A Soviet adm. division |
