Possible Clues:

• Post-USSR alliance
• Sue Grafton's "___ for Corpse"
• Gender prefix
• '___ for Cookie' ('Sesame Street' song)
• Modern prefix with gender
• Grafton's "__ for Corpse"
• '-- for Cookie'
• USSR's successor
• Sue Grafton's "__ for Corpse"
• ''__ for Cookie'' (''Sesame Street'' song)