| PETROGRAD | Saint Petersburg, formerly (9) |
| LENINGRAD | Saint Petersburg, formerly |
| HERMITAGE | State museum in Saint Petersburg (9) |
| THEHERMITAGE | Saint Petersburg art museum founded by Catherine the Great (3,9) |
| KIROV | Saint Petersburg Ballet's former name |
| TAMPA | Saint Petersburg neighbor |
| NEVA | River for Saint Petersburg |
| LENINGRADISH | Old Saint Petersburg root veggie? |
| TSAR | Old ruler who lived in Saint Petersburg |
| RUSSIA | Saint Petersburg is there |
| PETROAD | Saint Petersburg, once |
| UPBEAT | Stringer's leaving Saint Petersburg - that sounds optimistic? (6) |
| BRONZEHORSEMAN | Saint Petersburg statue that sits atop the largest stone ever moved by humans, with 14- |
| BAKU | The Euro 2020 quarterfinals will be hosted in Munich, Saint Petersburg, Rome, and which other city? |
| DANCE | 1910 painting by Henri Matisse, housed in the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg (5) |
| OLGA | ____ Koch, stand-up comedian born in Saint Petersburg in 1992 (4) |
| SHATOV | Oleg ...... , 2013-16 Russia, 2012-13 Anzhi Makhachkala and 2013-20 Zenit Saint Petersburg midfielder (6) |
| DZYUBA | Artem ......, Lokomotiv Moscow, 2011-21 Russia and 2015-22 Zenit Saint Petersburg striker (6) |
| PAREDES | Argentina midfielder at Zenit Saint Petersburg from 2017-19 and P86 from 2019-23 between spells at Roma (7.7] |
| PAOEDES | Leandro ....... , Argentina midfielder at Zenit Saint Petersburg from 2017-19 and Paris St-Germain from 2019-23 between spells at Roma (7) |
