| MASHA | Sister of Olga and Irina in "Three Sisters" |
| MAGGIEGRACE | Shannon Rutherford on the TV series Lost, Kim Mills in the Taken trilogy and Irina in The Twilight Saga are roles played by this US actress (6,5) |
| IRINA | Sister of Olga and Masha in Chekhov's "Three Sisters" |
| ANTON | Creator of Olga, Masha and Irina |
| ANASTASIA | Romanov princess, sister of Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Alexei, who were all executed in 1918 (9) |
| OLGA | Stage sister of Masha and Irina |
| THREE | In which Anton Chekhov play are the title characters called Olga, Masha and Irina? (5,7) |
| SISTERS | In which Anton Chekhov play are the title characters called Olga, Masha and Irina? (5,7) |
| THETHREESISTERS | Play featuring Olga, Masha and Irina (3,5,7) |
| FIGURE | Event in which Sarah Hughes and Irina Slutskaya dueled at the 2002 Salt Lake City games: ___ skating (6) |
| MIAMI | City where Tom Brady and Irina Shayk were spotted hanging out last weekend |
| FUSTIGATES | Beats American childrenOs game in "Three Sisters" (10) |
| AGILE | Like Olga and Nadia |
| GALILEO | An old Italian astronomer baffles Olga and Eli (7) |
| OLEG | Masculine version of Olga (4) |
| NADIA | Rival of Olga at the 1976 Olympics |
| ANGOLAN | Olga and Ann travelled to see someone from the African capital Luanda (7) |
| SARAH | She edged out Irina and Michelle for the gold in 2002 |
| RODNINA | Irina, figure skater who won three Olympic golds in the pairs event 1972-80 (7) |
| PRESS | Irina ....., Olympic pentathlon champion in 1964 (5) |