| ANDROPOV | Soviet leader who could make one fall asleep in the auditorium (8) |
| WINKLE | Rip Van ___ , fictional character who falls asleep in the Catskill Mountains (6) |
| EDGARALLANPOE | US writer who could make one dollar a page, having nothing to lose |
| EXTRICATE | Next, Eric sat: he lost leaders who could set him free (9) |
| PALINODE | I start to fall asleep in feeble poem (8) |
| CASTRATO | Who could make a high start in Company? (8) |
| NAREPTIC | Quick to fall asleep, in a way |
| BLAIRITE | Sort of Lab. politician who could make Lib. irate? (8) |
| BREZHNEV | Soviet leader who signed SALT I and II |
| DOGTIRED | Asleep in one's basket chair? (3,5) |
| RETREATS | Secluded places one falls back to (8) |
| EPIPHANY | January date? Happen one falls out with start of year |
| POLEAXES | Strikes ox, asleep, in confusion (8) |
| STALIN | Soviet leader who declined the invitation for Soviet participation in the 1948 Games in London (6) |
| TOPPLE | The highest pleasure, a sure loss that will make one fall (6) |
| HITTHEDECK | Blow on the top part of a boat makes one fall to the ground (3,3,4) |
| TRIP | It may make one fall on an excursion (4) |
| LAIDLOW | Kept a low profile when asleep in the bottom bunk (4,3) |
| DROPOFF | Fall asleep in ditch by side of road? (4,3) |
| NODOFF | Fall asleep in eastern drama put on very loudly (3,3) |
