| BRITTNEYGRINER | W.N.B.A. star who was detained in Russia for nearly ten months over seven-tenths of a gram of hashish oil (February, 2022) |
| LEBRONJAMES | N.B.A. star who was on the cover of Sports Illustrated while still in high school |
| ELEMENT | Simple? No, but seven tenths for module!(7) |
| EVAN | WSJ reporter Gershkovich, detained in Russia |
| ONECALORIE | Amount of energy required to raise the temperature of a gram of water by a single degree Celsius |
| NICKIMINAJ | Singer who was detained by Dutch police at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam on Saturday; she livestreamed the event, and was released a few hours later after paying a fine |
| LATEARRIVAL | One who was detained, maybe |
| DG | A tenth of a gram (abbr) (2) |
| DECIGRAM | What unit is equal to one- tenth of a gram? (8) |
| BORZOI | A tall, graceful, fast-moving breed of dog with a long silky coat, originally bred in Russia for hunting wolves (6) |
| POPE | Edmond ___, on trial in Russia for espionage, has had a series of key defense motions turned down |
| GLADSOME | Joyous months over in woodland space (8) |
| INDIANAJONES | Home help retiring before winter month's over: one's a hero (7,5) |
| MUSED | Old month's over, it's thought (5) |
| DRJ | N.B.A. star who started in the A.B.A. |
| WEBB | Spud ___, 5'7" N.B.A. star who famously won a Slam Dunk Contest |
| ONEAL | N.B.A. star who starred in "Kazaam" |
| RODMAN | Former N.B.A. star who has unofficially served as a peace ambassador with North Korea |
| CALORIE | Unit of energy or heat originally defined as the amount of heat required at a pressure of 1 standard atmosphere to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water 1degrees Celsius. Since 1948 this unit has b |
| RAD | Unit of absorbed dose of ionizing radiation equal to the amount of radiation that releases an energy of 100 ergs per gram of matter. (3) |
