| NUREYEV | Rudolf ___, Soviet-born ballet dancer who became an Austrian citizen in 1982 |
| VIENNESE | Austrian citizen struggles with English, going round North Tyneside |
| BARYSHNIKOV | Mikhail ---, Soviet-born ballet dancer who defected to the West while on tour with the Kirov Ballet in 1974 (11) |
| RUDOLF | _ _ _ _ _ _ Nureyev, Soviet-born ballet dancer noted for his partnership with Margot Fonteyn (6) |
| PANOV | Valeri, Belarus-born ballet dancer who resettled in Israel in 1974 (5) |
| RAMBERT | Marie ___, Warsaw-born ballet dancer and pedagogue who died in 1982 (7) |
| DEVALOIS | Dame Ninette, Ireland-born ballet dancer and choreographer who died in 2002 (2,6) |
| KASPAROV | Garry, Soviet-born chess master who became world chess champion in 1985 (8) |
| MABUSE | Oti, South African dancer who became a panellist on the TV reality series The Masked Dancer in 2021 (6) |
| VENGEROV | Maxim ******** , Soviet-born Israeli violinist born in 1974 (8) |
| ASHKENAZY | Vladimir, Soviet-born Icelandic pianist born in 1937 (9) |
| BETTYBOOTHROYD | Former dancer who became the first female speaker of the House of Commons (5,9) |
| KARPOV | Anatoly, Soviet-born chess grandmaster who was World Chess Champion from 1975 to 1985 (6) |
| HESS | Rudolf ___, German Nazi leader who died in Spandau Prison, Berlin in 1987 (4) |
| STEINER | Austrian social reformer Rudolf ____ founded an educational philosophy, still used in schools named after him |
| GAGARIN | Yuri ___, Soviet cosmonaut who made the first manned space flight in 1961 (7) |
| MOLOTOV | Vyacheslav _, Soviet statesman who negotiated a non-aggression pact with Nazi Germany in 1939 (7) |
| OLGA | --- Korbut, Soviet-born gymnast who won three gold medals and one silver at the 1972 Munich Olympics (4) |
| OLGAKORBUT | Soviet-born gymnast who won three gold medals and one silver at the 1972 Munich Olympics (4,6) |
| DIESEL | Rudolf ___, German engineer who invented a type of internal-combustion engine in 1892 |
