| ANDROPOV | Leader of the Soviet Union after Brezhnev (8) |
| LENINISM | Communism as applied in the Soviet Union after the revolution (8) |
| NORTH | Released from Japanese control by the Soviet Union after the Second World War, this state became a Democratic People's Republic in 1948 (5,5) |
| KOREA | Released from Japanese control by the Soviet Union after the Second World War, this state became a Democratic People's Republic in 1948 (5,5) |
| BREZHNEV | The leader of the Soviet Union, 1964-1982 (6,8) |
| SALUTARY | Beneficial having union after rise in pay (8) |
| LUMPSUMS | Paper follows members in unions after large payments (4,4) |
| LEONID | _- Brezhnev, former leader of the Soviet Union (6) |
| STALIN | Assumed name of the leader of the Soviet Union (1924 - 1953) (6) |
| HELSINKI | Accord signed by Ford and Brezhnev |
| GORBACHEV | Who was the last leader of the Soviet Union? (9) |
| LENIN | Revolutionary who was the first leader of the Soviet Union (5) |
| KHRUSHCHEV | Leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis, Nikita - (10) |
| NEBR | First st. to join the Union after the end of the Civil War |
| CHERNENKO | Konstantin, Mikhail Gorbachev's predecessor as leader of the Soviet Union (9) |
| NIKITA | Leader of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964, _ Khruschev (6) |
| NEB | AcrossFirst st. admitted to the Union after the Civil War |
| LINEOUT | Method of restarting play in rugby union after the ball has gone into touch (7) |
| INURE | Harden section of power union after rise (5) |
| BANTU | Language of trade union after veto (5) |
