| Former Rumanian capital | 23 |
| Former rural-credit org. | 24 |
| Former Russian abbreviation | 27 |
| Former Russian autocrat | 23 |
| Former Russian celebrity? | 25 |
| Former Russian crucifer? | 24 |
| Former Russian despots | 22 |
| Former Russian distance | 23 |
| Former Russian dynasty | 22 |
| Former Russian emperor | 22 |
| Former Russian emperor (var.) | 29 |
| Former Russian leaders | 22 |
| Former Russian linear measure | 29 |
| Former Russian measure | 22 |
| Former Russian monarch | 22 |
| Former Russian nation: Abbr. | 28 |
| Former Russian news agency | 26 |
| Former Russian orbiter | 22 |
| Former Russian parliament | 25 |
| Former Russian royalty | 22 |
| Former Russian ruler (Var.) | 27 |
| Former Russian sovereigns | 25 |
| Former Russian space station | 28 |
| Former Russian territory | 24 |
| Former S. African statesman | 27 |
| Former S.A.G. president | 23 |
| Former S.F. linebacker | 22 |
| Former S.F. mayor Joseph | 24 |
| Former sailor's lament? | 27 |
| Former San Francisco mayor | 26 |
| Former Sandinista leader | 24 |
| Former Sanyo competitor | 23 |
| Former Saudi Arabian king | 25 |
| Former Saudi king ___ Saud | 26 |
| Former Scandinavian monarch | 27 |
| Former Scandinavian notables? | 29 |
| Former science magazine | 23 |
| Former Seahawk star Steve ___ | 29 |
| Former Sec. of Defense | 22 |
| Former Secret Service weapon | 28 |
| Former Secret Service weapons | 29 |
| Former Secretary Aspin | 22 |
| Former Secretary of State | 25 |
| Former Secy. of Defense | 23 |
| Former Sen. Ribicoff et al. | 27 |
| Former Sen. Sam and family | 26 |
| Former Senate majority leader | 29 |
| Former Senator Birch ___ | 24 |
| Former Senator D'Amato | 26 |
| Former senator Daschle | 22 |
| Former senator Feingold | 23 |
| Former Senator from Hawaii | 26 |
| Former Senator from Mass. | 25 |
| Former senator from Tennessee | 29 |
| Former Senator Kefauver | 23 |
| Former Senator Specter | 22 |
| Former senator Stevens | 22 |
| Former Senator Thurmond | 23 |
| Former senior, for short | 24 |
| Former Serbian capital | 22 |
| Former sergeant, perhaps | 24 |
| Former shah ___ Pahlavi | 23 |
| Former Shea Stadium team | 24 |
| Former shipping magnate | 23 |
| Former shock wave creator | 25 |
| Former significant others | 25 |
| Former silver 5-franc piece | 27 |
| Former silver coin of Spain | 27 |
| Former silver coins of Spain | 28 |
| Former Sinclair competitor | 26 |
| Former singer in the Braxtons | 29 |
| Former singing brothers | 23 |
| Former sitcom on the Beeb | 25 |
| Former site of a famous wall | 28 |
| Former site of no-fly zones | 27 |
| Former Skatalite Jackie | 23 |
| Former slugger Martinez | 23 |
| Former SNL cast member Cheri | 28 |
| Former SoCal N.F.L. team | 24 |
| Former soccer phenom Freddy | 27 |
| Former Soho coin, for short | 27 |
| Former soldier, for short | 25 |
| Former soldiers' org. | 25 |
| Former Solicitor General Ted | 28 |
| Former sonic boom producers | 27 |
| Former sound system company | 27 |
| Former source of sonic booms | 28 |
| Former South African leader | 27 |
| Former South African province | 29 |
| Former South American native | 28 |
| Former South Korean leader | 26 |
| Former South Korean president | 29 |
| Former southern constellation | 29 |
| Former sovereignty in India | 27 |
| Former Soviet First Lady | 24 |
| Former Soviet leader Brezhnev | 29 |
| Former Soviet news agency | 25 |
| Former Soviet news org. | 23 |
| Former Soviet news source | 25 |
| Former Soviet premier Kosygin | 29 |