| MIRACLEONICE | Nickname for 1980 Olympic hockey game, when U.S. beat the Soviets (7,2,3) |
| ONICE | "Miracle ___" (term for a 1980 Olympic hockey victory by the USA): 2 wds. |
| USA | 1980 Olympic hockey champs |
| NASA | U.S. space agency created when U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed legislation on July 29, 1958 |
| WED | When U.S. election results are usually published: Abbr. |
| WEDNESDAY | When U.S. election results are usually published |
| GOLDENSNITCH | Quidditch ball that ends the game when it's caught |
| STEVEYZERMAH | Canada's Olympic hockey team head |
| GINSBERG | Allen, U.S. Beat poet noted for the poem Howl (8) |
| DIRT | U.S. beat Canada on a ___ court in 1936, when basketball became an official sport at Games |
| VASSALL | John ___, a clerk in the British embassy in Moscow, coerced to spy for the Soviets in the 1950s (7) |
| SVETLANAALEXIEVICH | Who published the oral history Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets (2013) |
| KARELIANISTHMUS | The Soviets took it from the Finns during WWII |
| COLDWAR | Feud between the Americans and the Soviets (4)(3) |
| WAR | The Cold _ with the Soviets started 75 yrs ago (3) |
| STALINGRAD | World War II battle begun in 1942 in which the Soviets repelled the invading German army (10) |
| ROSENBERG | Ethel and Julius ... were executed for revealing atomic secrets to the Soviets |
| REDFLAG | Warning sign for the Soviets (3,4) |
| KERLY | Sean ___, hat-trick scorer for Great Britain in the 1988 Olympic hockey semi-finals (5) |
| UNCLE | Olympic hockey player Gordy Christian was an ___ to Olympic hockey player Dave Christian (5) |
