| DOSTOEVSKY | Surname of the Russian author of 'Crime and Punishment' and 'The Idiot' (10) |
| PASTERNAK | What was the surname of Boris, the Russian author of Doctor Zhivago ? (9) |
| STRAVINSKY | Surname of the Russian com poser of 'The Rite of Spring' (10) |
| ILF | What was the pseudonym of the Russian writer who, with Petrov, wrote the 1928 popular satirical nove |
| LENIN | Assumed surname of the Russian who led the Bolsheviks to power in 1917 (5) |
| WHATFOR | Punishment and the wrongdoing that incurred it (4,3) |
| FYODORDOSTOEVSKY | Author of Crime and Punishment |
| FYODOR | --- Dostoevsky, author of Crime and Punishment (6) |
| REPENTANCE | Note conclusion of atonement in punishment and remorse (10) |
| CASTIGATED | Acting group, one kept in as punishment and reprimanded (10) |
| LEOTOLSTOY | Russian author of War And Peace and Anna Karenina (3,7) |
| PENOLOGY | Write on science and the study of 'Crime and Punishment' (8) |
| OPENINGSENTENCE | At the top of page one of "Crime And Punishment"? (7,8) |
| LINES | Script for one part of Crime and Punishment in the school (5) |
| STRAP | Roles reversed in second part of 'Crime and Punishment' (5) |
| PARTV | Antepenultimate section of "Crime and Punishment" |
| PENAL | Of crime and punishment (5) |
| ISLANDERS | The -; novel by Nikolai Leskov, Russian author of The Sealed Angel, The Enchanted Wanderer and Lefty (9) |
| SLAUGHTER | Karin ?, author of crime novels Pretty Girls, Triptych and Indelible (9) |
| RENDELL | Ruth, author of crime novels such as An Unkindness of Ravens (7) |
