| ALLTOOWELL | Vladimir Putin was 2007's Person of the Year, despite his authoritarianism being known ___ around the world |
| ASHE | He was named 1992's Sportsman of the Year, despite retiring from tennis 12 years earlier |
| KGB | Russia's current PM Vladimir Putin was a member of this intelligence agency (1,1,1) |
| OLEANDER | Dogbane family plant - it's been grown in gardens for years despite its poisonous leaves and irritan |
| NOUMENON | In the philosophy of Kant, a thing that is incapable of being known, but only inferred from the nature of experience |
| MENDELEEV | Vladimir Putin renamed dozens of airports in 2019 after famous Russians; the airport in Tyumen was renamed for this chemist, who created the periodic table of elements |
| INFAMY | The state of being known for some bad quality or deed (6) |
| OBSCURITY | State of only being known by a few people, anagram of RUSTIC BOY (9) |
| ASN | Q. "What's the 14th letter of the Alphabet?" A. "Hmmm... I believe it's known ___ '_'." |
| NEWZEALAND | Despite being known as a great Australian actor, Russell Crowe reaffirmed last month that he's only ever been a citizen of this country |
| BORISYELTSIN | Russian leader who, on his resignation in 1999, named Vladimir Putin acting president of Russia |
| LABRADOR | Canadian peninsula; the breed of dogs which have been owned by Bill Clinton and Vladimir Putin |
| THEBESTMAN | Despite his obvious qualities, he doesn't get the girl for the job generally (3,4,3) |
| BLINDNESS | Mr Kelly finds bliss in the North despite his lack of vision (9) |
| LANCASTER | Burt, the late Hollywood star, had a fear of flying - despite his surname (9) |
| RECOGNITION | Acknowledgment, state of being known again (11) |
| ACROBAT | Being known for impressive manoeuvres, whale flipped vessel tossing out first oarsman |
| STANFORD | The --- prison experiment, a 1971 psychological study of authoritarianism (8) |
| TITANIA | Queen of the fairies confusing it with anti authoritarianism initially (7) |
| KASPAROV | Former world chess champion, an opponent of Vladimir Putin, who left Russia in 2013 (8) |
