| IVANI | Grand Prince of Moscow, 1328-'40 |
| IVAN | Name of a number of grand princes of Moscow, the first reigning from around 1328- 40 (4) |
| IVANIV | Grand Prince of Moscow, known 'the Terrible,' who became the first Tsar of Russia in 1547 |
| IVANTHETERRIBLE | Grand Prince of Moscow 1533-1584, who expanded Russia's borders (4,3,8) |
| TSAR | Grand Prince of Moscow's successor |
| IVANIII | Grand prince of Muscovy who freed Russia from the Golden Horde (4,1,1,1) |
| IGOR | Andre left the Rio Grande with the grand prince of Kiev (4) |
| PHILIPPA | ____ of Hainault, queen consort of England 1328-1369, and mother of the Black Prince (8) |
| VALOIS | House of -, royal house of France from 1328 to 1589 |
| CHARMING | 21 meets fashionable Grand Prince |
| CAPET | Hugh - - -, King of France, founder of the dynasty which ruled the country from 987-1328 (5) |
| HUGH | King of France, founder of the dynasty that ruled the country from 987-1328 (4,5) |
| MING | Dynasty that ruled China from 1368 to 1644, founded by Zhu Yuanzhang (1328-98) (4) |
| KALUGA | A city of central Russia south of Moscow. |
| REDSQUIRREL | I run for area in centre of Moscow, having left denizen of the woods |
| RUSSOPHOBE | Enemy of Moscow devastates Bosphorus leading to end of Constantinople (10) |
| BORODINO | Village west of Moscow, scene of an 1812 battle in which Napolean defeated the Russians (8) |
| DON | River rising southeast of Moscow, Russia that flows into the Sea of Azov (3) |
| RUSSIANS | Who are speakers of a Slavonic language, and may be residents of Moscow? (8) |
| TULA | City S of Moscow |