| Like Russia, before the revolution | 34 |
| Supporters of Peter the Great, for example | 42 |
| Titled Vasilyevich, 1533 to 1584 | 32 |
| Russian monarch with lipstick marks on his cheek? | 49 |
| "The ___ Bride" (Rimsky-Korsakov opera) | 49 |
| Simeon the Great and his successors | 35 |
| Peter and Paul, e.g., but not Mary | 34 |
| "The ___ Bride," Rimsky-Korsakov opera | 48 |
| Business started by Ivan the Terrible? | 38 |
| Pre-Soviet hike through the Caucasus? | 37 |
| "The Hollow Men" monogram | 35 |
| "The Waste Land" monogram | 35 |
| Monogram of Prufrock's creator | 34 |
| "The Waste Land" poet's monogram | 46 |
| Monogram of "The Waste Land" poet | 43 |
| "Murder in the Cathedral" monogram | 44 |
| "Cats" inspirer's monogram | 40 |
| "Gerontion" poet's monogram | 41 |
| "Cats" poet's monogram | 36 |
| "Ash Wednesday" poet's monogram | 45 |
| Monogram of Macavity's creator | 34 |
| "The Waste Land" poet's initials | 46 |
| "Cats" inspiration's monogram | 43 |
| "Ash Wednesday" monogram | 34 |
| Ki ___ (legendary founder of Korea) | 35 |
| Jennyanydots's creator, initially | 37 |
| Japanese financial market inits. | 32 |
| "The Waste Land" author's monogram | 48 |
| "Prufrock" poet's monogram | 40 |
| "Four Quartets" poet's monogram | 45 |
| ''The Waste Land'' monogram | 43 |
| Where Japanese trade shares: Abbr. | 34 |
| Where Japanese shares are bought and sold: Abbr. | 48 |
| Where Can. shares are bought and sold | 37 |
| The first letter of "tsar," in Cyrillic | 49 |
| Overseas financial market inits. | 32 |
| Monogram of Sweeney's creator | 33 |
| Monogram of Old Possum's creator | 36 |
| Monogram of Old Deuteronomy's creator | 41 |
| Monogram of an e.e.c. contemporary | 34 |
| Monogram of an American-British poet | 36 |
| Monogram of a memorable poet: 1888–1965 | 46 |
| Monogram of 1948 Nobel winner for literature | 44 |
| Macavity's creator, initially | 33 |
| Literature Nobelist's monogram | 34 |
| Lao-___, reputed founder of Taoism | 34 |
| Kung Fu-___ (alternative name for Confucius) | 44 |
| Ki ___ (Korea's legendary founder) | 38 |
| K'ung Fu-___ (another name for Confucius) | 45 |
| J. Alfred Prufrock creator's monogram | 41 |
| J. Alfred Prufrock creator's inits. | 39 |
| Grizabella creator's monogram | 33 |
| Fashion brand known for its cashmere | 36 |
| Day trading market N. of the border | 35 |
| Cyrillic letter between kha and che | 35 |
| Canadian financial market inits. | 32 |
| Auth. of "Ash Wednesday" | 34 |
| "The Wasteland" author's monogram | 47 |
| "The Waste Land" poet's inits. | 44 |
| "The Waste Land" inits. | 33 |
| "The Sacred Wood" author's monogram | 49 |
| "Cats" lyricist's monogram | 40 |
| "Ash-Wednesday" monogram | 34 |
| ''Prufrock'' monogram | 37 |
| ''Ash Wednesday'' monogram | 42 |
| "April is the cruellest month" writer | 47 |
| "Mr. Apollinax" writer | 32 |
| Whom a UK poetry prize is named for | 35 |
| His works are the "Cats" meow | 39 |
| Founder of the U.K.'s Poetry Book Society | 45 |
| "The Hippopotamus" writer | 35 |
| "The Four Quartets" writer | 36 |
| "Murder in the Cathedral" author | 42 |
| "Ash Wednesday" writer | 32 |
| ''The Waste Land'' poet | 39 |
| Wooded area near the Rhine Valley | 33 |
| Fly that carries sleeping sickness | 34 |
| African insect attracted to the color blue | 42 |
| Insect that bit Sleeping Beauty? | 32 |
| English word that comes from Tswana | 35 |
| English word derived from Tswana | 32 |
| Insect that causes sleeping sickness | 36 |
| Ones reliant on the local blood supply | 38 |
| Insects with prominent proboscises | 34 |
| Flies through the middle of Africa? | 35 |
| Flies that carry sleeping sickness | 34 |
| Flies that are way more than just annoying | 42 |
| Title writer in a John Irving novel | 35 |
| Title character in a John Irving novel | 38 |
| Robin Williams title role of '82 | 36 |
| Jenny Fields's son, in a John Irving novel | 46 |
| Jenny Fields's son, in a 1978 best-seller | 45 |
| Hero of a John Irving best seller | 33 |
| Garment that may have advertising | 33 |
| Outerwear that once was underwear | 33 |
| Might wear a vintage one (hyph.) | 32 |
| Garment often carrying a message | 32 |
| Brando wear in ''Streetcar'' | 44 |
| "All I got was this lousy ___" | 40 |
| ''All I got was this lousy ___'' | 48 |