| OVERCOAT | The -, short story by Nikolai Gogol adapted as a mime play by Marcel Marceau in 1951 (8) |
| SHOUT | 'The ---', short story by Robert Graves filmed in 1978 (5) |
| NONVOCAL | Silent, as a mime |
| TACITURN | One absorbed by performance in performer like a mime? (8) |
| TELEGRAM | Instant messaging app founded in 2013 by Nikolai and Pavel Durov (8) |
| NON | Only spoken word (by Marcel Marceau) in Mel Brooks's "Silent Movie" |
| TARASBULBA | Film loosely based on a novel of the same name by Nikolai Gogol (5,5) |
| DEADSOULS | 1842 novel by Nikolai Gogol |
| SOULS | 1842 novel by Nikolai Gogol (4,5) |
| DEAD | 1842 novel by Nikolai Gogol (4,5) |
| SILENTMOVIE | 1976 Mel Brooks film whose only audible line is spoken by Marcel Marceau |
| THEBRIDESTRIPPEDBAREBYHER | Artwork by Marcel Duchamp also called The Large Glass (3,5,8,4,2,3,9,4) |
| BACHELORSEVEN | Artwork by Marcel Duchamp also called The Large Glass (3,5,8,4,2,3,9,4) |
| MADELEINE | Traditional small cake featured in A la recherche du temps perdu by Marcel Proust (9) |
| ISLANDERS | The -; novel by Nikolai Leskov, Russian author of The Sealed Angel, The Enchanted Wanderer and Lefty (9) |
| JEANDEFLORETTE | 1986 French film, starring Gerard Depardieu, Daniel Auteuil and Yves Montand, based on a novel by Marcel Pagnol |
| SCHEHEREZADE | 1888 symphonic poem by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov based on the story collection One Thousand and One Ni |
| SCHEHERAZADE | 1888 symphonic poem by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov based on the story collection One Thousand and One Nights (12) |
| BEE | Insect whose flight is musically portrayed in a composition by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (3) |
| SADKO | Opera by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov about a Novgorod minstrel that premiered in 1898 (5) |
