| Old atlas inits. | 16 |
| Obsolete geog. abbr. | 20 |
| Oblast letters, once | 20 |
| Moscow satellite state: Abbr. | 29 |
| Moscow affiliate: Abbr. | 23 |
| Moldova, e.g.: Abbr. | 20 |
| Moldova, back in the day: Abbr. | 31 |
| Moldova or Azerbaijan, once: Abbr. | 34 |
| Moldavia, once: Abbr. | 21 |
| Mold., once | 11 |
| Member of an old union: Abbr. | 29 |
| Mem. of an old union | 20 |
| Map letters until 1991 | 22 |
| Map abbr. until 1991 | 20 |
| Map abbr. before 1991 | 21 |
| Lithuania, e.g. | 15 |
| Lithuania or Estonia, once: Abbr. | 33 |
| Lith. or Ukr. | 13 |
| Lith. or Latv., once | 20 |
| Lith. or Est., once | 19 |
| Letters on two former UN members' nameplates | 48 |
| Letters on pre-1991 maps | 24 |
| Letters in old atlases | 22 |
| Latvia, for one: Abbr. | 22 |
| Latvia, e.g. | 12 |
| Latvia, before 1991: Abbr. | 26 |
| Latvia or Ukraine: Abbr. | 24 |
| Latvia or Armenia: Abbr. | 24 |
| Latvia letters, once | 20 |
| Lat. or Lith., once | 19 |
| Kazakhstan, until 1991: Abbr. | 29 |
| Kazakhstan formerly: abbr. | 27 |
| Kazakh, e.g. | 12 |
| Inits. on bygone maps | 21 |
| Initials on old globes | 22 |
| Georgia's former designation | 32 |
| Georgia's ex-status (Abbr.) | 31 |
| Georgia, e.g. | 13 |
| Georgia was one: Abbr. | 22 |
| Georgia was one once: Abbr. | 27 |
| Georgia letters, pre-1991 | 25 |
| Former Union member: Abbr. | 26 |
| Former Union member (abbr.) | 27 |
| Former state: Abbr. | 19 |
| Former state "separated" in seven puzzle answers: Abbr. | 65 |
| Former Soviet prov. | 19 |
| Former Russian abbreviation | 27 |
| Former Russ. state | 18 |
| Former political division: abbr. | 32 |
| Former pol. subdivision | 23 |
| Former pol. div. | 16 |
| Former bloc member: Abbr. | 25 |
| Former bloc letters | 19 |
| Former atlas abbr. | 18 |
| Former Asian map abbr. | 22 |
| Eurasian union | 14 |
| Estonia, e.g., once: Abbr. | 26 |
| Estonia or Latvia: Abbr. | 24 |
| Estonia or Georgia, at one time: Abbr. | 38 |
| Estonia in 1990 | 15 |
| Est., e.g., once | 16 |
| Erstwhile bloc letters | 22 |
| Eastern Eur. unit | 17 |
| Defunct Russ. state | 19 |
| Dated map abbr. | 15 |
| Crystalline overgrowth | 22 |
| Communist land, once: Abbr. | 27 |
| Cold War-era state: Abbr. | 25 |
| Cold War unit: Abbr. | 20 |
| Cold War state: Abbr. | 21 |
| Cold War state (abbr.) | 22 |
| Chevy model with a retractable hardtop | 38 |
| Bygone union member: Abbr. | 26 |
| Bygone Russian abbreviation | 27 |
| Bygone map inits. | 17 |
| Byelorussian ___: Abbr. | 23 |
| Byelorussian __ | 15 |
| Byelorussia, e.g.: Abbr. | 24 |
| Borat's home country was once one: abbr. | 44 |
| Belorussia was one | 18 |
| Belarus, until 1991: Abbr. | 26 |
| Belarus, before 1991 | 20 |
| Belarus or Ukraine, once: Abbr. | 31 |
| Azerbaijan, once: abbr. | 23 |
| Azerbaijan, once | 16 |
| Azer. or Ukr., once | 19 |
| Azer. or Lith., once | 20 |
| Armenia, once | 13 |
| Armenia, e.g. | 13 |
| Armenia or Azerbaijan, once (abbr.) | 35 |
| Abbr. retired after Gorbachev's resignation | 47 |
| Abbr. on outdated maps | 22 |
| Abbr. on old Eurasian maps | 26 |
| Abbr. in an outdated atlas | 26 |
| Abbr. in a geography book that should probably be recycled | 58 |
| RIGAMAROLE | 10 |
| Georgia and Latvia, formerly (abbr.) | 36 |
| Lith. and Ukr., once | 20 |
| Lith. and Lat., once | 20 |
| States under Stalin (Abbr.) | 27 |