| TETRIS | Tile-matching video game originating in Russia in the 1980s (6) |
| USSR | Russ moved around Russia in the eighties (1,1,1,1) |
| OCTOBER | ___ Revolution, another name for the Bolshevik uprising in Russia in the autumn of 1917 (7) |
| RURAL | Right by river in Russia in the country (5) |
| ALASKA | What the U.S. purchased from Russia in the 1867 Treaty of Cession |
| CRIBBAGE | Card game originating in the 17th Century, with a target of scoring 61 or 121 points (8) |
| LADDERS | Classic children's game originating in 16th century India, Snakes And ... |
| BACCARAT | Gambling card game originating in France (8) |
| PACHINKO | Mechanical game originating in Japan that resembles a vertical pinball machine (8) |
| GO | Board game originating in China (2) |
| LACROSSE | Ball game originating in Canada (8) |
| OMBRE | Card game originating in Spain |
| CANASTA | Popular card game originating in Uruguay |
| ISAACASIMOV | US author of the 'Foundation' sci-fi series, born in Russia in 1920 (5,6) |
| TRIPLEENTENTE | What informal alliance existed between Britain, France and Russia in the early twentieth century as a counterbalance to the alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy? (6.7) |
| VODKA | Alcoholic drink originating in Russia, made from grain, potatoes etc (5) |
| BLINI | Type of wheat pancake originating in Russia (5) |
| KEFIR | Fermented milk drink originating in Russia and Central Asia (5) |
| URALDISH | Item of cooked food originating in Russia's eastern borderland (4,4) |
| GARYPOWERS | Pilot of the US U-2 spy plane shot down in Russia in 1960 (4,6) |
