| GLINKA | Russian composer (A Life for the Tsar) |
| MIKHAILGLINKA | 19th-century Russian composer whose works included the opera A Life For The Tsar (7,6) |
| IVAN | "A Life for the Tsar" hero Susanin |
| TSAR | Glinka's "A Life for the ___" |
| ALIFE | '-- for the Tsar' (Glinka opera) |
| 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) |
| RETREAD | A new lease of life for the crossply, say (7) |
| GLASS | Scott Hicks' film exploring the life of a noted composer, ...: A Portrait Of Philip In Twelve Parts |
| PENNER | Word for a writer or composer; a case for carrying their nibs, quills or stylographs; or, one who corrals, herds or shepherds cattle, pigs, sheep or other livestock into folds, stalls or sties (6) |
| FABERGE | A special free bag for the Tsar's Easter egg jeweller (7) |
| EARNER | The Queen entertaining a composer, a money-maker |
| VERDI | As a composer, a bit of a clever Dick? (5) |
| LVOV | Alexei ?, composer of opera Undina and God Save the Tsar!, national anthem of the Russian Empire (4) |
| 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) |
