| TSAR | Which Russian title was first formally assumed by Ivan the Terrible? (4) |
| TSARSHIPENTERPRISE | Business started by Ivan the Terrible? |
| DINNER | It may be formally assumed by the consumer (6-6) |
| JACKET | It may be formally assumed by the consumer (6,6) |
| IVAN | What first name was shared by the Russian royals, grand dukes, princes and emperors, who were known as The Moneybag, The Fair, The Great and The Terrible? (4) |
| SONS | 1862 novel by Ivan Turgenev that popularised the term nihilism (7,3,4) |
| OMSK | Which Russian city is at the confluence of the Irtysh and Om rivers? (4) |
| GENT | 2025-2026 Belgian Pro League club coached by Ivan Leko (4) |
| HIDE | Skin pain terrible? I can possibly dive behind the sofa, perhaps (4,2,1,5) |
| SCUD | Which Russian-made missiles did Iraq use in the Gulf War? (4) |
| KIEV | City on the Dnieper River which Russian invaders tried and failed to take in 2022 (4) |
| NOVGOROD | Russian city on the Volkhov River destroyed by Ivan the Terrible in 1570 (8) |
| CZAR | Old Russian title |
| ROAD | Railway track; mine passage; or, an open way such as any one of those written about by Ivan Margary (4) |
| IRAN | The State Department denies a "secret" Gore deal in which Russian arms were sent here |
| OREL | City founded by Ivan IV |
| DYER | Danny, an actor who sounds terrible? (4) |
| ISNT | 1925 Charley Chase comedy short, ___'_ Life Terrible? |
| IVANS | The Great and the Terrible? |
| DOCTORZHIVAGO | Russian title given by God to very old czar, oddly without welcome |
