| COLDWAR | Post-1947 tension between the Soviet Union and the United States and their allies (4,3) |
| COMMONWEALTH | Group of states and their vulgar affluence (12) |
| EUROPEANS | Exciting opener with USA and their Ryder Cup opponents? |
| 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 |
| WOUNDED | The Battle of - -, the last armed conflict between the Great Sioux Nation and the United States (7,4) |
| EASTERN | The term used for the Soviet Union and its allies during the Cold War, ... bloc |
| APPARAT | The Communist Party organisation in the former Soviet Union and other states (7) |
| SENATES | Groups in France, Canada and the United States |
| SPATULA | Fight with union and the French cooking tool (7) |
| NIAGARA | Falls over on the border of Canada and the USA (7) |
| LENDERS | Banks, credit unions, and the like |
| WARSAWPACT | Defence treaty between the Soviet Union and a number of eastern bloc countries, signed in May 1955 (6,4) |
| UNCOVER | Strip and the United Nations will take cover! (7) |
| DETENTE | Letter about shelter leads to easing of tension between nations (7) |
| KNEE | The Battle of - -, the last armed conflict between the Great Sioux Nation and the United States (7,4) |
| IRONCURTAIN | Physical and ideological barrier between the Soviet Bloc and Western Europe from the end of WWII until the 1991 end of the Cold War (4,7) |
| BOUNDARY | IBC = International ___ Commission (Founded in 1908, it overlooks and maintains the line that separates Canada and the United States) |
| PEACEGARDEN | International ___ ___ (Attraction in the southern Manitoba community of Boissevain symbolizing friendship between Canada and The United States) |
| SOYUZ | Series of space rockets in use by the Soviet Union and Russia since the 1960s (5) |
| EARLYGOLDENROD | The herbaceous perennial plant Solidago canadensis, native to Canada and the United States |
