| GLINKA | "A Life for the Czar" composer |
| FABERGEEGG | Collectible fit for the czars |
| MIKHAILGLINKA | 19th-century Russian composer whose works included the opera A Life For The Tsar (7,6) |
| TSAR | Glinka's "A Life for the ___" |
| IVAN | "A Life for the Tsar" hero Susanin |
| BIOTA | Word, from the Greek for "life" or "by way of life", for the animal and plant life, aka flora and fauna, of a given habitat, period or region (5) |
| LOTUSEATER | Isn't such a self-satisfied sofa loafer, or couch potato, planted for life... for the easy life? (5,5) |
| UKASES | For the edicts of the czar of Russia, ask Sue (6) |
| RETREAD | A new lease of life for the crossply, say (7) |
| UKASE | Proclamation of the czar |
| DESPOTIC | Like the Czar to have topside minced up cold |
| HEROISM | Act of saving a life, for example |
| OBIT | Celebration of a life, for short |
| HERO | Someone who saves a life, for one |
| BIO | Story of a life, for short |
| SPIRITUALISM | Brings The Dead to life for the latecomers who have something to say? (12) |
| DEATHWARRANT | That's no life for The Clash with the sound off? That's official notice of pending put-down! (5,7) |
| ALISTAIRCOOKE | ____ broadcast his observations on American life, for the BBC, for 58 years |
| CESTLAVIE | That's life for the French (1'3,2,3) |
| DACHAS | Generous gifts from the Czars |
