| FABERGE | Peter Carl --, jeweller to the Russian imperial court (7) |
| EGGS | Rosebud, Hen, Lilies of the Valley, Bay Tree ... objets d'art made by Faberge for the Russian Imperial family including Alexander III and his son Nicholas II (4) |
| RASPUTIN | Which Russian monk gained favour and power with the Russian imperial family, then was murdered? (8) |
| PUGS | Small dogs, popular in the Imperial court, brought from China to Europe in the 16th Century (4) |
| TITANIA | The queen returned the article to the Russian (7) |
| REDSKIN | The Indian is related to the Russian (7) |
| ROMANOV | Russian imperial dynasty whose rule ended with the overthrow of the last tsar, Nicholas II, in 1917 (7) |
| MANDREL | A tapered tool used by jewellers to shape or resize rings |
| ALEXEI | First name of the heir to the Russian throne, executed 1918 (6) |
| GREAT | Epithet applied to the Russian rulers Ivan, Peter and Catherine (5) |
| NARVA | City in northeast Estonia near to the Russian border housing the 13th-century Hermann Castle |
| JADE | On reflection, instructed a jeweller to incorporate this stone |
| REDCARPET | With which visitors are welcomed to the Russian Embassy? (3,6) |
| MIR | Edge back to the Russian space station (3) |
| TWOHEADED | Adjective for Russian imperial eagle, say (3-6) |
| ENAMELER | Peter Carl FabergA, at times |
| EGG | Objet d'art for which Peter Carl Faberge was known (3) |
| LOUPE | Thing used by jewellers to examine ring, we hear (5) |
| UKASE | Russian imperial decree (5) |
| TSAR | Russian Imperial ruler |
