| EVE | Opera by Rimsky-Korsakov produced in St. Petersburg in 1895 (9,3) |
| CHRISTMAS | Opera by Rimsky-Korsakov produced in St. Petersburg in 1895 (9,3) |
| CHRISTMASEVE | 1895 opera by Rimsky-Korsakov after a story by Gogol (9,3) |
| BUMBLEBEE | Insect whose flight was represented in an opera by Rimsky-Korsakov |
| BORISGODUNOV | Mussorgsky opera premiered at St Petersburg in 1874 (5,7) |
| SCHEHERAZADE | Symphonic suite by Rimsky-Korsakov inspired by the Arabian Nights |
| SCHEHEREZADE | Work by Rimsky-Korsakov based on The Book of One Thousand and One Nights (12) |
| LABAYADERE | Ludwig Minkus opera first performed in St Petersburg in 1877 (2,8) |
| NABOKOV | Vladimir, U.S. writer born in St Petersburg in Russia in 1899 (7) |
| NUTCRACKER | The ___, ballet with a score by Tchaikovsky given its premiere at the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg in 1892 |
| REVOLUTION | Century defining event that began in St Petersburg in 1917 (7,10) |
| RUSSIAN | Century defining event that began in St Petersburg in 1917 (7,10) |
| FALCONET | Artist who completed the Bronze Horseman in St Petersburg in 1782 (8) |
| OLGA | ____ Koch, stand-up comedian born in Saint Petersburg in 1992 (4) |
| WINTERPALACE | Part of the State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg (6,6) |
| PRINCEIGOR | An opera left unfinished by Borodin and completed by Rimsky-Korsakov and Glazunov |
| PRINCE | Unfinished Borodin opera that was completed by Rimsky-Korsakov and Glazunov (6,4) |
| IGOR | Unfinished Borodin opera that was completed by Rimsky-Korsakov and Glazunov (6,4) |
| HAGEN | Erik ..... , 2004-07 Norway defender; Wigan loanee from Zenit St Petersburg in 2008 (5) |
| FLIGHT | The ___ Of The Bumblebee, well known classical piece by Rimsky Korsakov (6) |
