| Writer Pasternak |
Thomas Joseph |
11 Mar 2026 |
| Becker of tennis |
Commuter |
10 Mar 2026 |
| Prime minister between Theresa and Liz |
LA Times Daily |
18 Oct 2025 |
| Chessmaster Spassky |
Newsday |
12 Oct 2025 |
| Weep about tax officials once backing previous PM? (5) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
24 Sep 2025 |
| Chess great Spassky |
New York Times |
01 Aug 2025 |
| Russian name for teacher former pupil turned up (5) |
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| Chess ace. - Spassky |
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| ___ Godunov, Mussorgsky opera (5) |
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| Chess champion Spassky |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
21 Jun 2025 |
| ___ Becker, 1980s Wimbledon champion (5) |
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| Mr Becker, ex-tennis star (5) |
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| Chess legend Spassky |
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| UK PM Johnson |
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| "___ Godunov" |
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| British politician Johnson |
Universal |
17 May 2025 |
| And 4 Down Actor who had jobs as a railway baggage handler and laying track for the British Columbia Electric Railway before landing roles in Hollywood films (5,7) |
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| Kodjoe or Karloff |
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| Later a Russian president, who lost a finger and thumb hitting a stolen hand grenade with a hammer? (5,7) |
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| Name between Alexander and de Pfeffel |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
18 Apr 2025 |
| First name of Russia's first president |
New York Times |
13 Apr 2025 |
| Chess wiz ___ Spassky |
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| Late chess great Spassky |
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| Someone Still Loves You ___ Yeltsin (indie band) |
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| First Russian President Yeltsin |
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| Badenov of the "Bullwinkle Show" |
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| 2019-2022 PM, informally |
The Telegraph Mini |
28 Feb 2025 |
| ___ Karloff, classic horror actor (5) |
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| Tennis great Becker |
Premier Sunday |
16 Feb 2025 |
| Name the Russian redhead found in the French wood (5) |
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| - Johnson, former UK Prime Minister (5) |
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| Natasha's buddy, on "Rocky & Bullwinkle" |
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| ___ Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago author (5) |
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| Pasternak or Yeltsin |
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| Horror film actor, - - - Karloff |
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| Nickname of Frank Barlow (deceased) match angler, witty columnist (5) |
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| King in French wood: he claimed to be 1 17 27 (5) |
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| King in French wood: he's claimed to be 1 17 27 (5) |
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| Antagonist of Rocky and Bullwinkle |
LA Times Daily |
03 Nov 2024 |
| And 3 Down. Russian chess player who was world champion from 1969 to 1972 (5,7) |
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| Johnson, Karloff or Yeltsin, e.g. |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
22 Oct 2024 |
| ___ Becker, tennis great (5) |
|
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| Mr Johnson, former PM |
The Telegraph Plusword |
17 Sep 2024 |
| - Johnson, former UK PM (5) |
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| _Johnson, UK PM 2019-22 (5) |
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| Natasha's partner |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Aug 2024 |
| Tennis great Becker |
Newsday |
04 Aug 2024 |
| Karloff, e.g. |
The Sun Two Speed |
01 Aug 2024 |
| ___ and Natasha (Bullwinkle's foes) |
USA Today |
01 Aug 2024 |
| Johnson's king in French wood |
The Sun Two Speed |
01 Aug 2024 |
| Writer Pasternak |
Thomas Joseph |
01 Aug 2024 |
| Former UK PM, ___-- Johnson |
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| He preceded Liz and Rishi |
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| Theresa successor |
Newsday |
29 Jun 2024 |
| _ Pasternak, writer who declined the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1958 (5) |
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| Mr Yeltsin, politician (5) |
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| A Bullwinkle chaser |
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| Tennis star Becker |
Eugene Sheffer |
22 May 2024 |
| Spassky who lost to Bobby Fischer in chess's Match of the Century |
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| ___ Becker, German tennis player (5) |
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| Former prime minister, _ Johnson (5) |
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| A Godunov character in Russian opera (5) |
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| Russian tsar 1598-1605 (5) |
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| Writer Pasternak |
Wall Street Journal |
27 Feb 2024 |
| Man not having time in refurbished bistro (5) |
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| Ken's successor in London |
|
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| ___ Karloff, horror actor (5) |
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| Ruthanna ***** , US ballerina born in 1919 (5) |
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| Yeltsin, e.g. |
The Sun Two Speed |
18 Jan 2024 |
| Flipping mug is ex-PM! |
The Sun Two Speed |
18 Jan 2024 |
| Tennis great Becker |
Newsday |
07 Jan 2024 |
| Becker, tennis great (5) |
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| Russian author forced to decline the 1958 Nobel Prize in Literature by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (5) |
|
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| ___ Becker, German retired tennis legend and former world no. 1 who won 6 Grand Slam singles titles |
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| ___ Johnson, former U.K. Prime Minister and Mayor of London |
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| First name of Russia's leader, 1991-99, and of Britain's leader, 2019-22 |
New York Times |
23 Sep 2023 |
| Name of three czars of Bulgaria |
New York Times |
11 Aug 2023 |
| He was succeeded by Liz, who was succeeded by Rishi |
Wall Street Journal |
12 May 2023 |
| Johnson of Britain |
Premier Sunday |
05 Mar 2023 |
| ___ Diaw, French former basketball player who won an NBA championship with the San Antonio Spurs in 2014 |
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| Chess great Spassky |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Nov 2022 |
| Prominent member of the Johnson family |
The Guardian Quick |
25 Jul 2022 |
| ___ Badenov ("Rocky and Bullwinkle" baddie) |
Universal |
01 Jul 2022 |
| Tennis' Becker |
Premier Sunday |
22 May 2022 |
| Tennis star Becker |
Eugene Sheffer |
01 Apr 2022 |
| Tennis star Becker |
Eugene Sheffer |
07 Dec 2021 |
| Tennis star Becker |
Eugene Sheffer |
03 Nov 2021 |
| Yeltsin of the 37-Down |
Universal |
17 Sep 2021 |
| British prime minister Johnson |
Thomas Joseph |
05 Jul 2021 |
| Writer Pasternak |
Thomas Joseph |
02 Jun 2021 |
| ___ Johnson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom who studied at Balliol College, Oxford |
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| Theresa’s successor |
Wall Street Journal |
19 May 2021 |
| Prime minister Johnson |
Thomas Joseph |
30 Apr 2021 |
| British prime minister Johnson |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Jan 2021 |
| Tennis star Becker |
Eugene Sheffer |
11 Dec 2020 |
| Mr Johnson |
The Telegraph Quick |
29 Sep 2020 |
| Johnson who succeeded May |
Newsday |
26 Jul 2020 |
| -- Karloff, English actor |
|
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| Yeltsin who was Russia's first president |
Universal |
08 May 2020 |
| Court star Becker |
|
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| Karloff of old films |
Premier Sunday |
01 Mar 2020 |
| Flipping mug is our leader |
|
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| ___ Pasternak, Russian author who only wrote one novel, "Doctor Zhivago" |
|
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| Johnson's one sending soldiers in again |
|
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| Tennis star Becker |
Thomas Joseph |
09 Oct 2019 |
| Foremost of Brexiteers (originally Remainer) is me |
|
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| First name of Russia's first president |
New York Times |
15 Aug 2019 |
| Russian bishop's prayer not working |
|
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| Chess great Spassky |
USA Today |
14 Jul 2019 |
| Becker with three Wimbledon wins |
USA Today |
28 May 2019 |
| Natasha's cartoon colleague |
Wall Street Journal |
11 Mar 2019 |
| Becker with three Wimbledon wins |
|
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| First name of Russia's first president |
|
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| Natasha's cartoon colleague |
|
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| Chess great Spassky |
|
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| Resigned minister pens ' I love to swap around' |
|
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| Foe of 'moose and squirrel' |
|
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| Foe of "moose and squirrel" |
LA Times Daily |
16 Aug 2018 |
| Novelist Pasternak |
Newsday |
05 Aug 2018 |
| Yeltsin, eg |
The Sun Two Speed |
21 Jun 2018 |
| Russian among arborists |
The Sun Two Speed |
21 Jun 2018 |
| Foe of "moose and squirrel" |
|
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| Johnson perhaps sending soldiers in again |
|
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| ___ Becker, tennis legend |
|
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| Contemporary of Bela in horror |
USA Today |
05 Jun 2017 |
| Godunov tsar |
The Times Concise |
10 Mar 2017 |
| Tennis great Becker |
Newsday |
08 Feb 2017 |
| Contemporary of Bela in horror |
|
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| Russian soldiers invading again |
The Times Cryptic |
21 Dec 2016 |
| Foe of Rocky |
LA Times Daily |
20 Nov 2016 |
| Mikhail's successor |
Newsday |
03 Nov 2016 |
| Foe of Rocky and Bullwinkle |
New York Times |
26 Jul 2016 |
| ___ Johnson, former mayor of London |
New York Times |
17 Jul 2016 |
| Godunov or Badenov |
USA Today |
15 Jul 2016 |
| Karloff of old horror films |
Universal |
22 Jun 2016 |
| Foe of Rocky |
Thomas Joseph |
16 Jun 2016 |
| Godunov or Badenov |
|
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| Karloff of old horror films |
|
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| Foe of Rocky and Bullwinkle |
|
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| Foe of Rocky |
|
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| ___ Johnson, former mayor of London |
|
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| Natasha's cartoon comrade |
|
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| Karloff of film |
Premier Sunday |
11 Oct 2015 |
| London mayor Johnson |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Oct 2015 |
| Horror star Karloff |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Sep 2015 |
| On return steal one's man? |
|
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| Chess grandmaster Spassky |
LA Times Daily |
14 Mar 2015 |
| Writer Pasternak |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Jan 2015 |
| Becker of tennis |
Eugene Sheffer |
26 Jan 2015 |
| "Doctor Zhivago" novelist Pasternak |
|
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| Writer Pasternak |
|
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| Chess grandmaster Spassky |
|
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| Natasha's cartoon partner in crime |
|
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| Horror star Karloff |
|
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| Karloff of film |
|
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| London mayor Johnson |
|
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| Bullwinkle's foe |
|
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| Contemporary of Bela and Lon |
|
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| Rocky nemesis |
|
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| Horror film star Karloff |
|
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| Chess champion Spassky |
|
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| Mikhail's successor |
|
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| The Who "___ the Spider" |
|
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| Chessmaster Spassky |
|
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| Becker or Karloff |
|
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| "Doctor Zhivago" author Pasternak |
|
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| Foe of "moose and squirrel" |
|
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| Karloff or Godunov |
|
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| London mayor Johnson |
|
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| Karloff of scary films |
|
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| Actor Karloff |
|
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| '90s Russian president Yeltsin |
|
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| Rocket J. Squirrel's foe |
|
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| Bullwinkle foe |
|
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| Natasha's partner in crime |
|
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| '90s Russian president Yeltsin |
|
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| Natasha's partner in crime |
|
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| Natasha's accomplice |
|
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| Bullwinkle nemesis |
|
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| Czar of Russia between Feodors |
|
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| Bullwinkle nemesis |
|
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| Contemporary of Bela |
|
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| Natasha's cohort |
|
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| Contemporary of Bela |
|
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| Tennis great Becker |
|
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| Chess Grandmaster Spassky |
|
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| Tennis great Becker |
|
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| Old-time actor Karloff |
|
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| Bullwinkle adversary |
|
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| Bullwinkle's archenemy |
|
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| Russian pol Yeltsin |
|
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| Becker of tennis |
|
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| Cartoon villain Badenov |
|
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| Actor Karloff |
|
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| Natasha's cohort |
|
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| Becker or Badenov |
|
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| Natasha's mate |
|
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| Minion of Fearless Leader |
|
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| Becker of tennis |
|
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| Netman Becker |
|
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| Actor Karloff |
|
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| Contemporary of Bela and Lon |
|
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| Karloff or Becker |
|
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| Chess master Spassky |
|
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| Bullwinkle's nemesis |
|
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| Court star Becker |
|
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| Chess champ Spassky |
|
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| Tennis pro Becker |
|
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| Underling of Fearless Leader |
|
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| Czar in a Mussorgsky opera |
|
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| Bullwinkle foe |
|
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| Rocket J. Squirrel's foe |
|
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| Bullwinkle foe |
|
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| Natasha's comrade |
|
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| Actor Karloff |
|
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| Ex-chess champ Spassky |
|
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| Natasha's cohort |
|
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| Natasha's crime partner |
|
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| Actor Karloff |
|
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| Becker of tennis |
|
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| Cartoon baddie Badenov |
|
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| Russia's Yeltsin |
|
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| Becker of tennis |
|
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| Bullwinkle's nemesis |
|
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| Karloff of scary films |
|
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| Natasha's cohort in crime |
|
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| Becker or Karloff |
|
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| Frankenstein star |
|
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| He was Godunov for Russia |
|
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| He was Godunov for Russia |
|
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| Title character in a Pushkin drama |
|
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| Becker of tennis |
|
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| First name in horror |
|
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| Bullwinkle adversary |
|
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| Becker of tennis |
|
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| Natasha's partner |
|
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| First name in horror |
|
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| Ex-president Yeltsin |
|
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| Natasha's cartoon comrade |
|
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| Natasha's cartoon sidekick |
|
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| Becker of tennis |
|
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| Bullwinkle adversary |
|
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| Natasha's partner |
|
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| Russian, metaphorically |
|
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| Mussorgsky bass |
|
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| Natasha's partner in crime |
|
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| Mr. Yeltsin |
|
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| Bobby's chess rival |
|
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| Yeltsin of Russia |
|
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| Jason, in a 2000 film |
|
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| Mussorgsky's Godunov |
|
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| Operatic czar |
|
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| Chess great Spassky |
|
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| Natasha's partner |
|
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| Villain for Rocky and Bullwinkle |
|
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| Pasternak |
|
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| Bobby's 1972 chess rival |
|
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| Bullwinkle foe |
|
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| Moussorgsky's Godunov |
|
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| Pushkin hero |
|
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| Tennis's Becker |
|
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| Bullwinkle's archenemy |
|
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| Mr. Spassky |
|
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| Yeltsin |
|
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| First name in the Kremlin |
|
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| Mr. Yeltsin |
|
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| Mikhail's successor |
|
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| Enemy of Rocky and Bullwinkle |
|
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| Bulgarian king, 1918-43 |
|
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| First name of 47 Down |
|
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| Writer Pasternak |
|
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| Becker of tennis |
|
|
| "___ Godunov," Pushkin play |
|
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| King of Bulgaria: 1918-43 |
|
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| Netman Becker |
|
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| Godunov of opera |
|
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| Chessmaster Spassky |
|
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| "___ Godunov," opera by Mussorgsky |
|
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| First name in horror films |
|
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| Godunov or Badenov |
|
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| Godunov |
|
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| Spassky |
|
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| Operatic ruler |
|
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| King who died Aug. 28, 1943. |
|
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| One-time King of Bulgaria. |
|
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| Opera role |
|
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| Slavic man's name. |
|
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| Role for London. |
|
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| Opera role. |
|
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| Godunov. |
|
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| Pasternak. |
|
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| Great bass role. |
|
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| Operatic czar. |
|
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| King of Bulgaria, 1918–43. |
|
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| London's mayor Johnson |
|
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| Former King of Bulgaria. |
|
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| Former King in Sophia. |
|
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| Actor Karloff. |
|
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| Operatic role. |
|
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| Mr. Karloff. |
|
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| Former king of Bulgaria, died 1943. |
|
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| Russian name. |
|
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| Former king of Bulgaria. |
|
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| "___ Godounov," opera by Moussorgsky. |
|
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| Hero of Moussorgsky opera, 1874. |
|
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| Operatic Czar. |
|
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| London mayor Johnson |
|
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| Pushkin's hero. |
|
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| Late King of Bulgaria. |
|
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