| REDLETTERDAY | Special time for the Russian postal services (3-6,3) |
| DDAY | Was this the last special time for the old penny? (1,3) |
| EMAIL | Major cause of the Postal Service's dwindling revenues |
| SNOW | "Neither ___..." (beginning of phrase often cited as US Postal Service's unofficial motto) |
| OCCASION | A special time for instance |
| PRAYERS | Look into a special time for family worship |
| POETLAUREATE | Special time? I'll make up a rhyme (4,8) |
| OAR | Abbreviation used by the 2018 Winter Olympics for the Russian competitors |
| IVAN | I get the vehicle for the Russian |
| 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) |
| SEVENTYTHREE | The U.S. Postal Service last week proposed a first-class stamp price increase from 68 cents to this many, starting in July; it would be the second price increase this year |
| ODESSA | Little ___ (nickname for the Russian neighborhood of Brighton Beach, Brooklyn) |
| ROULETTE | For the Russian, it's a dangerous game (8) |
| MOLOTOV | Name for the Russian city of Perm from 1940 to 1957 |
| RUBLE | Troubled Dot has to go for the Russian money (5) |
| SOVIET | Votes I fixed for the Russian (6) |
| BITTER | Beer brewed in Tibet for the Russian capital (6) |
| TSARINA | Sinatra does a turn for the Russian empress |
| STALIN | There was no beer in East Berlin for the Russian leader (6) |
| EASTER | In the East, tears are shed at a special time of the year (6) |
