Word "DESPOT" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a cruel and oppressive dictator
Synonyms:
autocrat, tyrant

Crossword Clues for DESPOT

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Autocrat The Times Sunday Concise 31 Aug 2025
Tyrant The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 17 Aug 2025
One absolutely in control of French location (6)
Cruel ruler Wall Street Journal 09 Jul 2025
New depots one controls, absolutely (6)
Absolute ruler (6) Mirror Classic 06 Jun 2025
What acne treatment promises to do for tyrant?
Tyrannical boss posted shifts The Telegraph Cryptic 12 May 2025
Remove the blemishes from an autocrat? (6)
Person with more than enough power to clean up mess? (6)
Dictator from abroad best overthrown The Telegraph Toughie 01 Apr 2025
Some bride's potentially a tyrant The Times Quick Cryptic 24 Mar 2025
Tyrannical ruler Mirror Classic 11 Mar 2025
Parades potentially showcasing tyrant (6)
Ruler of Germany given notice by English
Tyrant in extremely desperate situation (6)
Tyrant posted letters wrongly (6) Puzzler Cryptic 21 Feb 2025
Autocrat Thomas Joseph 15 Feb 2025
Absolute ruler with a supply base round the south (6)
Autocrat The Sun Two Speed 03 Feb 2025
Dictator keeping sulphur in warehouse The Sun Two Speed 03 Feb 2025
A tyrant is the chap to shoot (6)
Tyrant posted abroad The Times Quick Cryptic 20 Jan 2025
Make the tyrant less rash? (6)
Leaders of Democrats edgily notice tyrannous ruler (6) The Guardian Quiptic 05 Jan 2025
The dictator finds direction in the station (6)
Autocrat seized by renegades potentially The Telegraph Cryptic 03 Jan 2025
Autocrat The Sun Two Speed 01 Jan 2025
Dictator from south in bus station The Sun Two Speed 01 Jan 2025
Tyrannous ruler from French location The Telegraph Cryptic 30 Dec 2024
It's been posted by some tyrant
Tyrant TV 22 Dec 2024
Dictator posted elsewhere (6)
Tyrant some Parisian beat up
Autocrat takes son into store (6)
One invested with absolute power (6)
Remove the dictator's leopard skin? (6)
Tyrant The Times Concise 31 Oct 2024
Tyrant The Telegraph Quick 31 Oct 2024
Head of security in railroad station, one with absolute power
The chap to shoot is a tyrant! (6)
Stop sedition holding up tyrant (6)
Sped off - back to the tyrant (6)
Tyrant has a supply base round the south (6)
Tyrant posted at sea (6)
Mailed tyrant? (6)
Autocratic leader of French facing quandary The Telegraph Toughie 22 Aug 2024
Tyrant beats 20 up The Telegraph Toughie 15 Aug 2024
Autocrat The Sun Two Speed 06 Aug 2024
Dictator succeeded in warehouse The Sun Two Speed 06 Aug 2024
Dictator (6) Puzzler 30 Jul 2024
New depots he controls, absolutely (6)
Tyrant posted off to foreign depots (6)
Tyrannical little man on dope! (5)
He exercises arbitrary control of French place (6)
Steward originally found in bus garage, tyrant (6)
He's in absolute control of different depots (6)
Absolute ruler, tyrant
Tyrant Commuter 03 Jun 2024
Tyrant, dictator
Ruthless ruler New York Times 29 May 2024
He cruelly controls new depots (6)
He has absolute control of the French drug
Autocrat's clear skin? The Times Cryptic 10 May 2024
Tyrant, autocrat (6)
The tyrant is posted, perhaps (6)
Tyrant posted letters wrongly (6) Puzzler Cryptic 26 Apr 2024
Posted out a ruler of the imperious measure (6)
Ed reaches the spot where the tyrant is to be found
Dictator posted away (6)
Extremists in disguise detect authoritarian figure (6)
First of surprises in store for autocrat
Tyrant posted elsewhere (6)
You can easily spot Ed! He's the tyrant
Tops! Ed returns with tyrant (6)
Erase marks from ruler? The Telegraph Toughie 08 Mar 2024
Erase marks from ruler? (6)
He has absolute control of the French vessel (6)
Remove the taint of tyrant from? (6)
Order posted for a tyrant (6)
Tyrannical ruler USA Today 24 Feb 2024
We spot Ed going out - the tyrant!
The tyrant! Posted it to a different destination! (6)
An autocrat does physical training in error (6)
Dictator keeps son in warehouse The Sun Two Speed 31 Jan 2024
Autocrat The Sun Two Speed 31 Jan 2024
Tyrant from regimental HQ receiving head of state (6)
Brutal autocrat (6)
Tyrant from regimental HQ receiving head of state The Telegraph Cryptic 29 Jan 2024
Malevolent leader Wall Street Journal 20 Jan 2024
Sped off - back to the oppressor (6)
Dictator hides potency to some extent (6)
Oppressive ruler Wall Street Journal 07 Dec 2023
Tyrant is free of blemishes? (6)
Head of sales in store is horribly powerful type The Times Quick Cryptic 19 Oct 2023
Tyrant Universal 13 Oct 2023
Stopped heartless revolutionary dictator The Guardian Quiptic 04 Sep 2023
Tyrant Universal 12 Mar 2023
Tyrant Thomas Joseph 10 Jan 2023
Cruel ruler Premier Sunday 18 Sep 2022
Dictator in terminal receiving head of state The Telegraph Cryptic 08 Aug 2022
Tyrant The Telegraph Quick 20 Jun 2022
Cruel tyrant kills editor on return The Times Cryptic 31 May 2022
Head's journalist in the ascendant, tyrannical type
Some Parisian with big belly, a tyrant The Times Cryptic 04 Apr 2022
Oppressive ruler The Washington Post 03 Apr 2022
Oppressive ruler LA Times Daily 03 Apr 2022
Penny, Earl and Mark Cromwell, for example Irish Times Crosaire 12 Mar 2022
Tyrant Thomas Joseph 08 Mar 2022
Tyrant locking last of opponents in garage
Tyrant locking last of opponents in garage The Guardian Cryptic 30 Nov 2021
Democrat finally able to recognise tyrant
Democrat finally able to recognise tyrant The Guardian Quiptic 15 Nov 2021
Outside in drizzle, identify tyrant The Times Cryptic 01 Nov 2021
Absolute ruler The Guardian Speedy 26 Sep 2021
Tyrant The Telegraph Quick 25 Sep 2021
Finally verified genocide reports by Pol Pot, half-forgotten dictator
Lower classes see one ruling cruelly The Telegraph Cryptic 12 Aug 2021
Autocratic leader of French area The Telegraph Cryptic 10 Jun 2021
Iron-fisted ruler Newsday 23 May 2021
Dictator imprisoning Sudanese leader in warehouse
Excellent journalist set about cruel person The Telegraph Cryptic 11 Mar 2021
Autocrat The Sun Two Speed 04 Mar 2021
Tyrant ultimately dies in warehouse The Sun Two Speed 04 Mar 2021
Those in heart of Aden see authoritarian figure
Penny, Earl and Mark Cromwell, for example Irish Times Crosaire 27 Feb 2021
Tyrant Thomas Joseph 10 Feb 2021
Tyrant Eugene Sheffer 05 Feb 2021
Ruthless ruler USA Today 07 Jan 2021
Absolute ruler LA Times Daily 13 Dec 2020
Absolute ruler The Washington Post 13 Dec 2020
Autocrat Wall Street Journal 20 Oct 2020
Dictator succeeded in warehouse The Sun Two Speed 16 Oct 2020
Ruthless ruler Wall Street Journal 30 Sep 2020
Oppressive ruler New York Times 20 Sep 2020
Tyrant The Telegraph Quick 02 Sep 2020
In return, stop sedition cases, dictator!
Posted all over the place by Stalin Irish Times Crosaire 06 Aug 2020
Cruel and oppressive dictator The Guardian Speedy 21 Jun 2020
Cruel ruler The Washington Post Sunday 14 Jun 2020
Iron-fisted ruler Universal 27 Apr 2020
Tyrant from regimental HQ around the South
Tyrant finally dies in warehouse The Sun Two Speed 02 Apr 2020
Dictator in regiment's HQ receiving head of state
Little point claiming extra power for dictator The Telegraph Cryptic 22 Dec 2019
Dictator from south in bus station The Sun Two Speed 21 Dec 2019
Dictator free from blemish? The Telegraph Cryptic 24 Nov 2019
Upsets shirty types working on paper for tyrant Irish Times Crosaire 16 Nov 2019
Tyrannical ruler Newsday 06 Nov 2019
Oppressive ruler The Times Concise 24 Oct 2019
Tyrant Newsday 11 Sep 2019
Absolute ruler Family Time 19 May 2019
Oppressor Newsday 03 May 2019
Tyrant and son in warehouse The Sun Two Speed 28 Apr 2019
Totalitarian ruler Universal 22 Apr 2019
A tyrant's place after poor exam results
Oppressive ruler The Washington Post 13 Mar 2019
Oppressive ruler LA Times Daily 13 Mar 2019
Totalitarian leader The Washington Post 13 Feb 2019
Totalitarian leader LA Times Daily 13 Feb 2019
Tyrant posted abroad
Totalitarian ruler
Oppressive ruler
Iron-fisted ruler
Totalitarian leader
Authoritarian period especially constrained
Iron-fisted ruler USA Today 21 Nov 2018
Dictator keeps sulphur in warehouse The Sun Two Speed 21 Nov 2018
Autocrat is very downcast when northern den is obliterated
Dictator Newsday 29 Aug 2018
Tyrant's ability to sense breaking point The Telegraph Toughie 24 Aug 2018
Tyrant's son entering warehouse The Sun Two Speed 26 Jun 2018
Pharaoh, for one LA Times Daily 13 May 2018
Pharaoh, for one The Washington Post 13 May 2018
Base where society is hiding tyrant
Backward-looking newspaper boss, see, is an autocrat
Posted different letters to ruthless leader Irish Times Crosaire 24 Mar 2018
Bully drank up, putting away last of Chablis The Telegraph Toughie 07 Feb 2018
Absolute ruler
Pharaoh, for one
Ruthless ruler
Tyrannical leader Universal 07 Dec 2017
See supporting extremists in dispute: autocratic type
Kim Jong Un, for one USA Today 26 Sep 2017
Military station detains second oppressor
Cruel ruler The Times Concise 24 Aug 2017
Oppressive ruler Wall Street Journal 08 Jul 2017
Tyrant installing son in base The Telegraph Cryptic 01 Jul 2017
Order posted for tyrant The Telegraph Cryptic 01 May 2017
Tyrant posted abroad
Kim Jong Un, for one
Tyrannical leader
Bully has knocked over the Wimbledon favourite — 'e is knocked out!
Cruel and absolute ruler The Times Concise 12 Sep 2016
Tyrant The Washington Post 01 Sep 2016
Tyrant New York Times 21 Aug 2016
Tyrant The Times Concise 07 Aug 2016
Iron-fisted ruler Jonesin 10 May 2016
Unrestricted ruler LA Times Daily 27 Mar 2016
Awkward situation after editor upset dictator
One with absolute power is especially disrupting.
Awkward situation after editor upset dictator
Cruel dictator Irish Times Simplex 09 Jan 2016
Tyrant
Remove blemish, as you might think, from nasty ruler?
What acne cream should do for tyrant
One harshly rules what one can't do to a leopard? The Telegraph Cryptic 26 Sep 2015
Tyrant posted abroad
Tyrant executes leading journalist coming from the East
Tyrant giving drug to small boy The Times Cryptic 29 Apr 2015
Oppressor free of blemish? The Times Cryptic 20 Mar 2015
Ruthless ruler posted abroad
Ruler erodes potential internally
Ironfisted ruler USA Today 19 Feb 2015
Little man with big belly who treats others badly? The Times Cryptic 18 Feb 2015
Harsh ruler USA Today 01 Feb 2015
Harsh ruler
Ironfisted ruler
Head of state locked in warehouse, the tyrant
Ruler with absolute power
Ruthless ruler
Coup target
Ruler who rules by force
Ironfisted ruler
Dictator
Absolute ruler
Tough ruler
Tough ruler
Tyrant
Tyrant
Absolute ruler
Inflexible ruler
65-Across, e.g.
Absolute ruler
Tyrant
Ruler with absolute power
Ruler with an iron fist
Tyrant
65-Across, e.g.
Oppressor
Ironfisted type
Tsar or emperor
Tsar or emperor
Iron-fisted ruler
Autocrat
Autocrat
Ironfisted one
Kim Jong-il, e.g.
Ruthless ruler
Tyrant New York Times 06 Oct 2008
Emperor, e.g.
Emperor, e.g.
Ironfisted ruler
Vlad the Impaler, e.g.
Idi Amin, notably
Ironfisted one
Rigid ruler
Absolute ruler
Dictator
Czar
Autocrat
Oppressive ruler
Oppressor
Saddam was one
Ironfisted ruler
Absolute ruler
Tyrannical ruler
Ruler with absolute power
Autocrat
Banana republic head
Ironfisted one
Tyrant
Tyrant
64-Across, for one
Iron-fisted one
Hard ruler
64-Across, for one
Tyrannical leader
Tyrant
Pol Pot, e.g.
Tyrannous type
Hard ruler
One with an iron fist
Tsar
Papa Doc Duvalier, e.g.
Tyrant
Totalitarian ruler
Tyrannous type
Ivan the Terrible, e.g.
Saddam Hussein, e.g.
Ming the Merciless or Vlad the Impaler
Saddam Hussein, e.g.
Harsh ruler
Outside in drizzle, identify tyrant
Ironfisted one
Autocrat
Tyrannical ruler
Qaddafi, for one
Dictatorial ruler
Vlad the Impaler, e.g.
Democrat's opponent?
Ruthless ruler
Idi Amin, e.g.
Satrap
Autocrat
Tyrant
Caligula was one
Nero or Caligula
Cruel dictator
Absolute ruler
Nero or Ivan
Robespierre, to foes
Monocrat.
An absolute ruler.
Mogul.
Dictator.
Autocrat.
Ruler of a kind.
Byzantine emperor.
One with absolute authority.
Iron-handed ruler.
See 28 Down.
Overlord.
Tyrant.
45 Across, for example.
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