| YUFT | Birchbark-oiled leather tent of Siberia with right side cut off almost-lowest part? |
| OKHOTSK | Sea of -, part of the Pacific surrounded by the East coast of Siberia (7) |
| EARLY | Heading off, almost ahead of time (5) |
| GOATEE | Work had employees cutting off almost all facial hair (6) |
| YURT | Conical tent of skins etc. used by nomads in Siberia and Mongolia (4) |
| KARA | ___ Sea, arm of the Arctic Ocean east of Novaya Zemlya and north of Siberia (4) |
| KARASEA | Shallow southern arm of the Arctic Ocean lying off the west coast of Siberia (4,3) |
| LAPTEVSEA | Shallow arm of the Arctic Ocean lying off the northern shores of Siberia (6,3) |
| TEA | Side cut short a meal |
| ALLEGED | Cricket side cut new deal, it's asserted (7) |
| ICETEA | Reserve side cut short refresher? (3,3) |
| NOTON | Off, almost impossible (3,2) |
| BIRDOFPREY | Derby rip-off almost ruined 15, for one |
| PRISONERS | "I never saw a man who looked/With such a wistful eye/Upon that little tent of blue/Which ... call the sky." (Oscar Wilde) |
| BIGTOP | The main large round tent of a circus; the lifestyle of said travelling company; or, the show itself (3,3) |
| BLUE | "That little tent of ..., the prisoners call the sky" (Oscar Wilde) |
| SANDSUCKER | Flounder from beach with con-tents of bucket close to water (10) |
| TUNDRA | Sample of revolutionary cupboard nutrients from much of Siberia (6) |
| IRTYSH | River of Siberia which is the chief tributary of the River Ob (6) |
| TURKESTAN | Vast region of Asia located to the south of Siberia |
