| Georgia letters, pre-1991 | 25 |
| Former Union member: Abbr. | 26 |
| Former Union member (abbr.) | 27 |
| Former Russian abbreviation | 27 |
| Former pol. subdivision | 23 |
| Former bloc member: Abbr. | 25 |
| Former Asian map abbr. | 22 |
| Estonia, e.g., once: Abbr. | 26 |
| Estonia or Latvia: Abbr. | 24 |
| Erstwhile bloc letters | 22 |
| Crystalline overgrowth | 22 |
| Communist land, once: Abbr. | 27 |
| Cold War-era state: Abbr. | 25 |
| Cold War state (abbr.) | 22 |
| Bygone union member: Abbr. | 26 |
| Bygone Russian abbreviation | 27 |
| Byelorussian ___: Abbr. | 23 |
| Byelorussia, e.g.: Abbr. | 24 |
| Belarus, until 1991: Abbr. | 26 |
| Azerbaijan, once: abbr. | 23 |
| Abbr. on outdated maps | 22 |
| Abbr. on old Eurasian maps | 26 |
| Abbr. in an outdated atlas | 26 |
| States under Stalin (Abbr.) | 27 |
| The Baltics, once (Abbr.) | 25 |
| Georgia et al., once: Abbr. | 27 |
| Former political divs. | 22 |
| The Baltics, once: Abbr. | 24 |
| Lith. and Lat., formerly | 24 |
| Lat., Lith. and Ukr., once | 26 |
| They broke up in 1991: Abbr. | 28 |
| Some former UN members | 22 |
| Pre-1991 pol. divisions | 23 |
| Old geographical initials | 25 |
| Much of Eastern Eur., once | 26 |
| Lith. and Ukr., formerly | 24 |
| Georgia and Latvia, prev. | 25 |
| Georgia and Estonia, formerly | 29 |
| Former union members: Abbr. | 27 |
| Bygone polit. entities | 22 |
| Union mems. until 1991 | 22 |
| Ukr., Est. and Lith., once | 26 |
| Tadzhik and Uzbek: Abbr. | 24 |
| States under Stalin: Abbr. | 26 |
| Stalin's states (abbr.) | 27 |
| Some Eur. Union members, once | 29 |
| Regions on 1980s maps: abbr. | 28 |
| Red areas, once: Abbr. | 22 |
| Parts of Eastern Eur., once | 27 |
| Old union members: Abbr. | 24 |
| Old red states?: Abbr. | 22 |
| Old Eurasian locales: Abbr. | 27 |
| Much of Eur. and Asia once | 26 |
| Latvia et al., once: Abbr. | 26 |
| Lat. and Lith., formerly | 24 |
| Kazakhstan and Armenia, e.g. | 28 |
| Kazakh and Uzbek: Abbr. | 23 |
| Former Eur. union members | 25 |
| Estonia et al., once: Abbr. | 27 |
| Est. and Lith., for 51 years | 28 |
| Communist federation: Abbr. | 27 |
| Cold war-era lands: Abbr. | 25 |
| Cold War states: Abbr. | 22 |
| Baltic states, once: Abbr. | 26 |
| A lot of Eurasia, once: Abbr. | 29 |
| Pressure cooker's sound | 27 |
| Sound after a pinprick | 22 |
| Threatened snake's sound | 28 |
| Sound of a soda can opening | 27 |
| Sound from a hot skillet | 24 |
| "Greetings" org. | 26 |
| Sound after a puncture | 22 |
| Snake's sibilant sound | 26 |
| Mil. registration group | 23 |
| Fizzle or sizzle sound | 22 |
| Deflating beach ball sound | 26 |
| Umbrella org. of draft boards | 29 |
| Three satisfactory grades | 25 |
| Subj. of 60's protest | 25 |
| Sound of fizzling or sizzling | 29 |
| Sound from a leaking tire | 25 |
| Sound from a frying pan | 23 |
| Sign of an escape, perhaps | 26 |
| Rude response to the visitors | 29 |
| Puff adder's warning | 24 |
| Org. established in 1917 | 24 |
| Org. dodged by draft dodgers | 28 |
| Old draft board inits. | 22 |
| Object of S.D.S. protest | 24 |
| Lottery holder, once: Abbr. | 27 |
| Lottery holder, once (abbr.) | 28 |
| Leaky radiator's sound | 26 |
| Indication of tire trouble | 26 |
| Former lottery runner: Abbr. | 28 |
| Draftee's initial shock | 27 |
| Draft-card issuer: Abbr. | 24 |
| Concordes, e.g., familiarly | 27 |
| Certain card issuer: Abbr. | 26 |
| 60's demonstration target | 29 |
| "Boo-o-o-o-o!" | 24 |