| Winter Palace occupant |
Wall Street Journal |
07 Oct 2026 |
| Old Russian ruler |
The Telegraph Mini |
04 Aug 2026 |
| Top banana |
New York Times |
26 Jun 2026 |
| Policy chief |
LA Times Daily |
18 Jun 2026 |
| Titan of industry |
Wall Street Journal |
18 May 2026 |
| Nicholas, for one |
Thomas Joseph |
16 Dec 2025 |
| Powerful business leader |
Newsday |
13 Oct 2025 |
| Nicholas II, for one |
Thomas Joseph |
19 Aug 2025 |
| Government policy bigwig |
New York Times |
26 Jul 2025 |
| Drug ___ (informal executive-branch title) |
|
|
| Policy honcho |
LA Times Daily |
16 Jun 2025 |
| Peter the Great was one |
|
|
| Peter the Great of Russia, e.g. |
|
|
| Government V.I.P. |
New York Times |
18 Apr 2025 |
| Policy setter |
LA Times Daily |
17 Apr 2025 |
| Pre-Communism ruler |
|
|
| Bygone Russian ruler |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Apr 2025 |
| Craziest site, missed by an odd Russian ruler (4) |
|
|
| Industry mogul |
Commuter |
15 Mar 2025 |
| Rat ___ (title held by Kathleen Corradi) |
|
|
| Estate perhaps divided by unknown despot |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
08 Mar 2025 |
| Russian emperor; Z-car (anag.) |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
03 Mar 2025 |
| Industry big shot |
Commuter |
07 Feb 2025 |
| Government policy adviser (4) |
The Guardian Quick |
04 Feb 2025 |
| Biz bigwig |
Wall Street Journal |
07 Jan 2025 |
| Business titan |
Newsday |
25 Dec 2024 |
| Potentate |
Newsday |
13 Dec 2024 |
| Powerful leader locked up in Alcatraz cell |
|
|
| Appointed policy official |
USA Today |
27 Nov 2024 |
| Drug ___ (executive-branch position, informally) |
|
|
| House of Fabergé patron |
LA Times Daily |
23 Nov 2024 |
| Aunts from Santa Cruz, mistaken for Russian ruler (4) |
|
|
| Russian emperor of old |
|
|
| Tycoon |
Universal |
04 Nov 2024 |
| Appointed government overseer |
USA Today |
24 Oct 2024 |
| Old Russian autocrat |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
02 Oct 2024 |
| Russian ruler |
Thomas Joseph |
17 Sep 2024 |
| Appointed leader |
USA Today |
04 Sep 2024 |
| Vehicle carrying unknown leader once |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
30 Jul 2024 |
| Mogul seen periodically in Jacob Zuma's army (4) |
|
|
| Title for Alexei Mikhailovich, once |
|
|
| Regulatory overseer |
Newsday |
19 Jul 2024 |
| Foe of the Bolsheviks |
New York Times |
14 Jul 2024 |
| Policy honcho |
LA Times Daily |
14 Jul 2024 |
| White House policy chief |
New York Times |
08 Jul 2024 |
| Business titan |
Newsday |
16 Jun 2024 |
| This Slavic emperor is a popular cultivar of plum! (4) |
|
|
| Drug ___ (certain federal spokesperson) |
|
|
| Russian ruler's title of old |
|
|
| Aunts left Santa Cruz with an emperor (4) |
|
|
| Policy pro |
LA Times Daily |
21 Mar 2024 |
| Same as tsar |
|
|
| Industrial giant |
Newsday |
07 Mar 2024 |
| Leader on a particular policy (4) |
|
|
| Autocrat |
Newsday |
15 Feb 2024 |
| Nicholas II was one |
|
|
| Aunts from Santa Cruz changed who ruled Russia (4) |
|
|
| Old Russian ruler |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Jan 2024 |
| Business magnate |
LA Times Daily |
25 Jan 2024 |
| Bygone Russian emperor |
New York Times |
15 Jan 2024 |
| Ivan IV or Feodor I |
Commuter |
19 Dec 2023 |
| 'Where the Cowboys Reign' village in Alberta |
|
|
| Ivan the Terrible, e.g. |
Commuter |
06 Dec 2023 |
| Emperor of old |
Commuter |
28 Nov 2023 |
| Captain of industry |
LA Times Daily |
07 Nov 2023 |
| Old autocrat |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Oct 2023 |
| Mogul |
Newsday |
24 Aug 2023 |
| Government mogul |
Universal |
09 Aug 2023 |
| Powerful businessperson |
Newsday |
07 Aug 2023 |
| Industry titan |
LA Times Daily |
05 Aug 2023 |
| Corporate titan |
Newsday |
02 Jul 2023 |
| Policy pro |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Apr 2023 |
| Powerful business leader |
Newsday |
27 Mar 2023 |
| High-level appointee |
USA Today |
25 Mar 2023 |
| Big boss |
Newsday |
11 Feb 2023 |
| Industry giant |
Newsday |
26 Jan 2023 |
| Government bigwig |
Premier Sunday |
15 Jan 2023 |
| Captain of industry |
Newsday |
04 Jan 2023 |
| Captain of industry |
Newsday |
01 Jan 2023 |
| Ruler accommodating Zulu in estate, perhaps |
The Times Cryptic |
13 Dec 2022 |
| Absolute ruler |
Newsday |
28 Oct 2022 |
| Policy-driving appointee |
LA Times Daily |
15 Oct 2022 |
| Industry honcho |
Universal |
16 Aug 2022 |
| Powerful presidential appointee |
Newsday |
10 Aug 2022 |
| Policy overseer |
Universal |
10 Aug 2022 |
| Russian ruler |
Thomas Joseph |
22 Jun 2022 |
| Old Russian ruler’s vehicle carrying Zambia’s leader |
The Times Cryptic |
31 May 2022 |
| Peter the Great, for one |
Wall Street Journal |
11 Apr 2022 |
| Industry bigwig |
New York Times |
21 Mar 2022 |
| Policy chief |
Newsday |
19 Mar 2022 |
| Word after drug or industry |
|
|
| Titan |
New York Times |
01 Jan 2022 |
| Nicholas I or II |
New York Times |
23 Nov 2021 |
| Emperor‘s last letter penned in vehicle |
|
|
| Ruler, the last character to be see in limo? |
|
|
| Russian emperor |
The Times Concise |
06 Sep 2021 |
| Business baron |
Newsday |
05 Sep 2021 |
| Kingpin |
Family Time |
18 Jul 2021 |
| Business bigwig |
Newsday |
05 Jul 2021 |
| Bigwig of a boss |
Newsday |
28 Jun 2021 |
| Prerevolution Russian leader |
New York Times |
31 May 2021 |
| Russian ruler |
Thomas Joseph |
26 May 2021 |
| Peter the Great, e.g |
Premier Sunday |
18 Apr 2021 |
| Drug control VIP, or a former Russian ruler |
|
|
| Slavic title derived from 'Caesar' |
|
|
| Slavic title derived from "Caesar" |
LA Times Daily |
18 Feb 2021 |
| Old Russian ruler |
|
|
| Old Russian ruler |
LA Times Daily |
08 Feb 2021 |
| Business titan |
Newsday |
03 Feb 2021 |
| Type of security, carried in vehicle, for ruler |
|
|
| V.I.P. of industry |
New York Times |
09 Jan 2021 |
| Powerful policymaker |
Universal |
06 Jan 2021 |
| Government honcho |
Newsday |
30 Dec 2020 |
| Magnate |
New York Times |
25 Dec 2020 |
| Russian autocrat of old |
Newsday |
09 Dec 2020 |
| Energy mogul |
Premier Sunday |
06 Dec 2020 |
| Breakdown service rejected enrolling Zulu despot |
The Telegraph Toughie |
25 Nov 2020 |
| In chic zari there comes the powerful man... |
|
|
| Giant of industry |
Newsday |
18 Oct 2020 |
| Business magnate |
Universal |
12 Sep 2020 |
| Mogul |
Universal |
04 Aug 2020 |
| Russian ruler |
The Telegraph Quick |
24 Jun 2020 |
| Industry magnate |
New York Times |
07 Jun 2020 |
| Old Russian autocrat |
LA Times Daily |
31 May 2020 |
| Old Russian autocrat |
|
|
| On Ribstone Creek |
|
|
| Pre-Communist Russian ruler |
New York Times |
13 Apr 2020 |
| Industry magnate |
Universal |
04 Mar 2020 |
| Old Russian ruler |
New York Times |
02 Mar 2020 |
| Anastasia's father was one |
Family Time |
09 Feb 2020 |
| Autocrat of yore |
|
|
| Überauthority |
LA Times Daily |
22 Aug 2019 |
| Überauthority |
|
|
| Former Russian ruler |
Universal |
21 Aug 2019 |
| Monarch's class of security in vehicle |
|
|
| Business magnate |
LA Times Daily |
20 May 2019 |
| Industry bigwig |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Apr 2019 |
| Old Russian ruler |
Family Time |
04 Mar 2019 |
| Industry mogul |
|
|
| Political agency kingpin |
|
|
| Industry mogul |
Universal |
12 Jan 2019 |
| Powerful person |
New York Times |
04 Jan 2019 |
| Industry bigwig |
|
|
| Powerful person |
|
|
| Business magnate |
|
|
| Industry mogul |
|
|
| Überauthority |
|
|
| Former Russian ruler |
|
|
| Industry mogul |
|
|
| Industry kingpin |
New York Times |
19 Dec 2018 |
| Business magnate |
|
|
| Old Russian autocrat |
New York Times |
04 Dec 2018 |
| Former Russian ruler |
LA Times Daily |
16 Oct 2018 |
| Former Russian ruler |
|
|
| Russian emperor |
The Telegraph Quick |
13 Oct 2018 |
| Industry mogul |
LA Times Daily |
01 Oct 2018 |
| Industrial mogul |
Newsday |
25 Sep 2018 |
| Kingpin |
|
|
| Industry authority |
New York Times |
08 Sep 2018 |
| Peter or Paul |
New York Times |
06 Sep 2018 |
| Ivan the Terrible, e.g |
USA Today |
18 Aug 2018 |
| Energy or drug policymaker |
USA Today |
30 Jul 2018 |
| Ruler until 1917 |
New York Times |
18 Jun 2018 |
| Ruler turned crazy, but not quite |
|
|
| Powerful politico |
New York Times |
20 May 2018 |
| Autocrat of yore |
|
|
| Drug ___ |
New York Times |
29 Mar 2018 |
| Government policy chief |
New York Times |
25 Mar 2018 |
| Bygone Russian autocrat |
Newsday |
28 Feb 2018 |
| Policy honcho |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Feb 2018 |
| Order rent to go up, central element for ruler |
|
|
| Powerful politico |
|
|
| Peter or Paul |
|
|
| Old Russian autocrat |
|
|
| Government policy chief |
|
|
| Industry kingpin |
|
|
| Energy or drug policymaker |
|
|
| Ivan the Terrible, e.g. |
|
|
| Former Russian ruler |
|
|
| Ruler until 1917 |
|
|
| Industry authority |
|
|
| Drug ___ |
|
|
| Mogul |
|
|
| Mogul |
LA Times Daily |
03 Dec 2017 |
| Vehicle contains ultimate glitz for Russian leader |
|
|
| Ivan the Terrible, for one |
USA Today |
09 Sep 2017 |
| Ruler of yore |
Premier Sunday |
03 Sep 2017 |
| Absolute ruler |
Newsday |
23 Jul 2017 |
| Industry mogul |
Newsday |
09 Jul 2017 |
| Russian ruler |
The Guardian Speedy |
13 May 2017 |
| Regulatory honcho |
Newsday |
05 May 2017 |
| Energy or drug honcho |
USA Today |
24 Apr 2017 |
| Industrial mogul |
USA Today |
19 Apr 2017 |
| The last character to be chauffeured, like Julius in St. Petersburg? |
|
|
| Kingpin |
LA Times Daily |
19 Feb 2017 |
| Pre-1917 autocrat |
|
|
| Drug kingpin |
|
|
| Mogul |
|
|
| Energy or drug honcho |
|
|
| Industrial mogul |
|
|
| Ivan the Terrible, for one |
|
|
| Mogul |
|
|
| Industry magnate |
|
|
| Kingpin |
|
|
| Due to leave Cote d'Azur with old despot |
|
|
| Magnate |
LA Times Daily |
30 Sep 2016 |
| Old Russian ruler |
Premier Sunday |
28 Aug 2016 |
| Russia's Nicholas I or II |
New York Times |
04 Jul 2016 |
| Department head |
New York Times |
12 Jun 2016 |
| Drug ___ |
|
|
| Peter the Great, for one |
New York Times |
03 May 2016 |
| Authoritative appointee |
Newsday |
26 Mar 2016 |
| White House policy chief |
New York Times |
02 Mar 2016 |
| Industry magnate |
Family Time |
22 Feb 2016 |
| Unofficial government title |
Universal |
07 Feb 2016 |
| Authoritarian figure |
LA Times Daily |
03 Feb 2016 |
| Peter or Ivan |
New York Times |
02 Feb 2016 |
| Nicholas was one |
USA Today |
31 Jan 2016 |
| Ivan the Terrible, for one |
New York Times |
18 Jan 2016 |
| Nicholas was one |
|
|
| Russia's Nicholas I or II |
|
|
| Peter or Ivan |
|
|
| Ivan the Terrible, for one |
|
|
| Department head |
|
|
| Unofficial government title |
|
|
| Authoritarian figure |
|
|
| Onetime Russian ruler |
USA Today |
20 Dec 2015 |
| Old despot due to leave C?te d'Azur |
|
|
| Big wheel |
Newsday |
06 Nov 2015 |
| Industry authority |
LA Times Daily |
24 Oct 2015 |
| Despot |
The Telegraph Quick |
08 Oct 2015 |
| Mogul |
Newsday |
24 Sep 2015 |
| Bigwig |
Universal |
15 Jul 2015 |
| Nicholas, for one |
Thomas Joseph |
11 Jul 2015 |
| 60-Across, e.g |
LA Times Daily |
14 May 2015 |
| Alexander I, for one |
|
|
| Peter the Great, for one |
USA Today |
10 Mar 2015 |
| Russian ruler no more |
USA Today |
02 Feb 2015 |
| Ruler discovered in wings of chintz armchair |
The Times Cryptic |
16 Jan 2015 |
| Onetime Russian ruler |
|
|
| Old Russian autocrat |
|
|
| Russian autocrat of old |
|
|
| Bigwig |
|
|
| Industry authority |
|
|
| 60-Across, e.g. |
|
|
| Russian ruler no more |
|
|
| Peter the Great, for one |
|
|
| Despot |
|
|
| Big wheel |
|
|
| High-level appointee |
|
|
| Plutocrat |
|
|
| Ruler toppled by the Bolsheviks |
|
|
| Industry VIP |
|
|
| Task force chief, sometimes |
|
|
| Word with drug or energy |
|
|
| Industry honcho |
|
|
| Kingpin |
|
|
| Industry big shot |
|
|
| Business bigwig |
|
|
| Industry magnate |
|
|
| Peter the Great, for one |
|
|
| Absolute ruler |
|
|
| Federal agency bigwig |
|
|
| Industry kingpin |
|
|
| Nicholas II was the last one |
|
|
| 3-Down issuer |
|
|
| Peter the Great or Ivan the Terrible |
|
|
| Powerful business-person |
|
|
| Industrial giant |
|
|
| Executive branch V.I.P. |
|
|
| Former Russian emperor (var.) |
|
|
| Another way to spell 33-Down |
|
|
| Former Russian emperor |
|
|
| Contemporary drug or energy chief |
|
|
| One with great authority |
|
|
| Powerful figure |
|
|
| Russian ruler of old |
|
|
| Peter or Paul, but not Mary |
|
|
| Business bigwig |
|
|
| Kingpin |
|
|
| Mogul |
|
|
| Peter or Paul, but not Mary |
|
|
| Autocrat |
|
|
| Powerful business leader |
|
|
| Former Russian emperor |
|
|
| Antidrug honcho |
|
|
| Business baron |
|
|
| Anticrime chief |
|
|
| Captain of industry |
|
|
| Grand duke's father |
|
|
| Winter Palace ruler |
|
|
| Former despot |
|
|
| Antidrug honcho |
|
|
| Absolute ruler |
|
|
| Antidrug honcho |
|
|
| Winter Palace ruler |
|
|
| One with great authority |
|
|
| Industry mogul |
|
|
| Industry magnate |
|
|
| White House policy honcho |
|
|
| Industrial kingpin |
|
|
| Ruler toppled by the Bolsheviks |
New York Times |
21 Feb 2011 |
| One standing out in a field? |
|
|
| Baron of business |
|
|
| Nicholas was one |
|
|
| Winter Palace figure |
|
|
| One standing out in a field? |
|
|
| Pre-Communism leader |
|
|
| Winter Palace figure |
|
|
| Erstwhile autocrat |
|
|
| Antidrug kingpin |
|
|
| Biz bigwig |
|
|
| Federal bigwig |
|
|
| High-level Fed |
|
|
| Drug kingpin |
|
|
| Former Russian autocrat |
|
|
| Business magnate |
|
|
| Title not used after 1917 |
|
|
| Ruler of old |
|
|
| Pre-Communist Russian ruler |
|
|
| Old Russian ruler |
|
|
| Industry magnate |
|
|
| Pre-Communism leader |
|
|
| Drug kingpin |
|
|
| Industrial magnate |
|
|
| Ruler toppled by the Bolsheviks |
|
|
| Baron |
|
|
| Industry kingpin |
|
|
| Industry kingpin |
|
|
| Political appointee |
|
|
| Energy boss |
|
|
| Title first used by Simeon I of Bulgaria |
|
|
| Former Russian VIP |
|
|
| Powerful presidential appointee |
|
|
| Kaiser's kin |
|
|
| Government honcho |
|
|
| Industry honcho |
|
|
| Pre-1917 emperor |
|
|
| Energy boss |
|
|
| Rasputin's employer, e.g. |
|
|
| Political leader, informally |
|
|
| One with great power |
|
|
| Absolute ruler |
|
|
| Certain Obama appointee |
|
|
| Bolshevik's foe |
|
|
| Russian autocrat |
|
|
| White House policy appointee |
|
|
| Autocrat |
|
|
| All-powerful one |
|
|
| Powerful appointee |
|
|
| Baron |
|
|
| Nicholas II, for one |
|
|
| White House appointment |
|
|
| Grand duke's father |
|
|
| Honcho |
|
|
| Industry honcho |
|
|
| Autocrat until 1917 |
|
|
| Autocratic leader |
|
|
| Corporate honcho |
|
|
| Russian ruler, once |
|
|
| Powerful one |
|
|
| Russian monarch |
|
|
| Powerful boss |
|
|
| Old head |
|
|
| Mogul |
|
|
| Boris Godunov, for one |
|
|
| Autocrat |
|
|
| Authority figure |
|
|
| 4-Down, e.g. |
|
|
| Winter Palace figure |
|
|
| Industry boss |
|
|
| Autocrat of old |
|
|
| Captain of industry |
|
|
| Old head |
|
|
| Magnate |
|
|
| Authority figure |
|
|
| Word with drug or energy |
|
|
| Old head of Russia |
|
|
| Ruler of old |
|
|
| Powerful regulator |
|
|
| Industrial giant |
|
|
| Old Russian ruler |
|
|
| War on drugs leader |
|
|
| Anastasia's father was one |
|
|
| Antidrug kingpin |
|
|
| Business magnate |
|
|
| Grand duchess's father |
|
|
| 4-Down, e.g. |
|
|
| Autocrat |
|
|
| Captain of industry |
|
|
| Powerful boss |
|
|
| Ivan the Terrible, e.g. |
|
|
| Romanov ruler |
|
|
| Magnate |
|
|
| Potentate |
|
|
| Nicholas II, for one |
|
|
| Russian ruler of old |
|
|
| Peter or Nicholas |
|
|
| Father of a grand duke |
|
|
| Old Russian VIP |
|
|
| Royal Romanov |
|
|
| Autocrat of old |
|
|
| Movie mogul |
|
|
| Industry biggie |
|
|
| Business magnate |
|
|
| Old autocrat |
|
|
| Peter the Great, for one |
|
|
| Peter the Great, for one |
|
|
| Kingpin |
|
|
| Studio head, e.g. |
|
|
| Drug kingpin |
|
|
| Old Russian ruler |
|
|
| Nicholas II was the last one |
|
|
| Kaiser kin |
|
|
| Biz bigwig |
|
|
| Big wheel |
|
|
| Antidrug honcho |
|
|
| Energy mogul |
|
|
| Drug ___ |
|
|
| All-powerful one |
|
|
| Kaiser kin |
|
|
| Peter I, e.g. |
|
|
| Industrial mogul, e.g. |
|
|
| Russian ruler |
|
|
| Commercial bigwig |
|
|
| Peter the Great, for one |
|
|
| Drug ___ (DEA head) |
|
|
| Commercial bigwig |
|
|
| Energy ___ |
|
|
| Head boss |
|
|
| Industry big shot |
|
|
| Biz bigwig |
|
|
| Bygone despot |
|
|
| Big shot of industry |
|
|
| Autocrat until 1917 |
|
|
| Former Kremlin despot |
|
|
| Undemocratic leader |
|
|
| Russian monarch |
|
|
| One with great power |
|
|
| Ivan the Terrible, e.g. |
|
|
| Business bigwig |
|
|
| Winter Palace resident |
|
|
| Autocrat |
|
|
| Old Russian autocrat |
|
|
| Autocratic ruler |
|
|
| Industrial mogul |
|
|
| Old despot |
|
|
| Policy chief |
|
|
| Former Russian autocrat |
|
|
| Industry big shot |
|
|
| Drug-fighting authority |
|
|
| Former Russian autocrat |
|
|
| Person with unlimited power |
|
|
| Business leader |
|
|
| Old despot |
|
|
| Father of a grand duchess |
|
|
| Baron of business |
|
|
| Industry big shot |
|
|
| Petrograd potentate |
|
|
| Industry mogul |
|
|
| Industry bigwig |
|
|
| Industry VIP |
|
|
| Industry bigwig |
|
|
| Autocrat |
|
|
| Big shot of industry |
|
|
| Bygone despot |
|
|
| Ivan, for one |
|
|
| Romanov ruler |
|
|
| Winter Palace resident |
|
|
| Bygone autocrat |
|
|
| Russian despot |
|
|
| Grand duke's father |
|
|
| Old Russian autocrat |
|
|
| Old-time ruler |
|
|
| Industrial kingpin |
|
|
| Former Russian leader |
|
|
| Bygone autocrat |
|
|
| Powerful leader |
|
|
| Onetime Russian ruler |
|
|
| Peter or Paul |
|
|
| Ivan, for one |
|
|
| Old Russian leader |
|
|
| Old Russian ruler |
|
|
| Industry authority |
|
|
| Powerful ruler of old |
|
|
| Authoritarian figure |
|
|
| Commissioner |
|
|
| Industry magnate |
|
|
| Antidrug biggie |
|
|
| Alexis, for one |
|
|
| Former Russian emperor |
|
|
| Anastasia's father, for one |
|
|
| Antidrug honcho |
|
|
| Antidrug mogul |
|
|
| Mr. Big |
|
|
| Ruler |
|
|
| Onetime russian ruler |
|
|
| Nicholas, e.g. |
|
|
| Leader until 1917 |
|
|
| Drug ___ (government position) |
|
|
| Bygone autocrat |
|
|
| Magnate |
|
|
| Big shot of industry |
|
|
| Pre-Communist Russian ruler |
|
|
| Powerful authority |
|
|
| Peter the Great, e.g. |
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| Autocratic ruler |
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| Alexander I, for one |
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| 6-Down, e.g. |
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| Peter or Paul |
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| Alexander, e.g. |
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| Industrial mogul |
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| Pre-revolutionary ruler |
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| Grand duke's father |
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| Powerbroker |
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| Old Russian leader |
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| Absolute leader |
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| Pre-Revolution ruler |
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| Nicholas I, for one |
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| Old Russian ruler |
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| Former Russian ruler |
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| Big shot |
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| Winter Palace resident |
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| Russian ruler of yore |
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| Russian emperor |
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| Bygone ruler |
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| Pooh Bah |
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| Powerful businessman |
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| Commissioner's title, maybe |
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| Winter Palace ruler |
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| Magnate |
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| Winter Palace dweller |
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| Peter or Paul |
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| Ivan the Terrible, e.g. |
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| Big shot: var. |
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| Bolsheviks' victim |
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| ____ of industry |
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| Drug ___ (Washington pooh-bah) |
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| Drug___ |
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| Ivan, e.g. |
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| Big honcho |
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| Anticrime boss |
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| Pre-1917 honcho |
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| Old-time dictator |
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| Nicholas or Peter |
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| Basil, for one |
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| All-powerful one |
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| 55 Down, e.g. |
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| Drug _____ |
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| Boss |
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| Basil, e.g. |
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| Kaiser kin |
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| Absolute ruler |
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| Ivan or Nicholas |
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| Movie mogul |
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| Tyrant |
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| Boris Godunov was one |
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| Despot |
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| Russian ruler |
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| Person exercising power |
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| Underworld kingpin |
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| Boris of Bulgaria |
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| A Romanov |
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| Slavic sovereign |
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| Nicholas was the last |
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| Slavic ruler |
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| Emperor |
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| Overlord |
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| Dictator |
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| Bowie Kuhn, e.g. |
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| Man of great power |
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| Peter or Nicholas |
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| Ruler |
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| Peter the Great, e.g. |
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| Boris Godunov, e.g. |
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| Obama appointee |
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| Ruler. |
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| Person appointed to control an industry. |
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| Absolute ruler. |
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| Unelected political bigwig |
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| Nicholas II was the last. |
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| Slavic ruler. |
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| Emperor. |
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| One-time Kremlin occupant. |
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| Peter or Nicholas. |
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| See 10 Across. |
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| Autocrat. |
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| Ivan or Alexis. |
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| Monarch. |
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| Nicholas II. |
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| Peter or Paul. |
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| Romanov. |
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| Alexis, for one. |
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| Caesar's relative |
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| Ruler with unlimited power. |
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| Autocrat of old |
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| Powerful one. |
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| Dictator. |
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