| Dictatorial figure |
New York Times |
30 Nov 2025 |
| Autocrat |
The Times Sunday Concise |
31 Aug 2025 |
| Tyrant |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
17 Aug 2025 |
| One absolutely in control of French location (6) |
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| Cruel ruler |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Jul 2025 |
| New depots one controls, absolutely (6) |
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| Absolute ruler (6) |
Mirror Classic |
06 Jun 2025 |
| What acne treatment promises to do for tyrant? |
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| Tyrannical boss posted shifts |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
12 May 2025 |
| Remove the blemishes from an autocrat? (6) |
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| Person with more than enough power to clean up mess? (6) |
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| 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) |
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| Ruler of Germany given notice by English |
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| Tyrant in extremely desperate situation (6) |
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| 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) |
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| Dictator keeping sulphur in warehouse |
The Sun Two Speed |
03 Feb 2025 |
| Autocrat |
The Sun Two Speed |
03 Feb 2025 |
| A tyrant is the chap to shoot (6) |
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| Tyrant posted abroad |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
20 Jan 2025 |
| Make the tyrant less rash? (6) |
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| Leaders of Democrats edgily notice tyrannous ruler (6) |
The Guardian Quiptic |
05 Jan 2025 |
| Autocrat seized by renegades potentially |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
03 Jan 2025 |
| The dictator finds direction in the station (6) |
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| Dictator from south in bus station |
The Sun Two Speed |
01 Jan 2025 |
| Autocrat |
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 |
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| Tyrant |
TV |
22 Dec 2024 |
| Tyrant some Parisian beat up |
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| Dictator posted elsewhere (6) |
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| Autocrat takes son into store (6) |
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| One invested with absolute power (6) |
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| Tyrant |
The Times Concise |
31 Oct 2024 |
| Tyrant |
The Telegraph Quick |
31 Oct 2024 |
| Remove the dictator's leopard skin? (6) |
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| Head of security in railroad station, one with absolute power |
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| The chap to shoot is a tyrant! (6) |
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| Sped off - back to the tyrant (6) |
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| Stop sedition holding up tyrant (6) |
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| Tyrant has a supply base round the south (6) |
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| Tyrant posted at sea (6) |
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| Mailed tyrant? (6) |
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| 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) |
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| Tyrant posted off to foreign depots (6) |
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| Tyrannical little man on dope! (5) |
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| He exercises arbitrary control of French place (6) |
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| Steward originally found in bus garage, tyrant (6) |
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| He's in absolute control of different depots (6) |
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| Tyrant |
Commuter |
03 Jun 2024 |
| Absolute ruler, tyrant |
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| Tyrant, dictator |
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| Ruthless ruler |
New York Times |
29 May 2024 |
| He cruelly controls new depots (6) |
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| He has absolute control of the French drug |
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| Autocrat's clear skin? |
The Times Cryptic |
10 May 2024 |
| Tyrant, autocrat (6) |
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| The tyrant is posted, perhaps (6) |
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| Tyrant posted letters wrongly (6) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
26 Apr 2024 |
| Posted out a ruler of the imperious measure (6) |
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| Ed reaches the spot where the tyrant is to be found |
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| Dictator posted away (6) |
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| Extremists in disguise detect authoritarian figure (6) |
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| First of surprises in store for autocrat |
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| Tyrant posted elsewhere (6) |
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| You can easily spot Ed! He's the tyrant |
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| Erase marks from ruler? (6) |
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| Erase marks from ruler? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
08 Mar 2024 |
| Tops! Ed returns with tyrant (6) |
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| He has absolute control of the French vessel (6) |
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| Remove the taint of tyrant from? (6) |
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| Order posted for a tyrant (6) |
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| Tyrannical ruler |
USA Today |
24 Feb 2024 |
| We spot Ed going out - the tyrant! |
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| The tyrant! Posted it to a different destination! (6) |
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| An autocrat does physical training in error (6) |
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| Autocrat |
The Sun Two Speed |
31 Jan 2024 |
| Dictator keeps son in warehouse |
The Sun Two Speed |
31 Jan 2024 |
| Tyrant from regimental HQ receiving head of state |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
29 Jan 2024 |
| Brutal autocrat (6) |
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| Tyrant from regimental HQ receiving head of state (6) |
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| Malevolent leader |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Jan 2024 |
| Sped off - back to the oppressor (6) |
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| Dictator hides potency to some extent (6) |
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| Oppressive ruler |
Wall Street Journal |
07 Dec 2023 |
| Tyrant is free of blemishes? (6) |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Tyrant locking last of opponents in garage |
The Guardian Cryptic |
30 Nov 2021 |
| Democrat finally able to recognise tyrant |
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| 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 |
| Lower classes see one ruling cruelly |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
12 Aug 2021 |
| Finally verified genocide reports by Pol Pot, half-forgotten dictator |
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| Autocratic leader of French area |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
10 Jun 2021 |
| Iron-fisted ruler |
Newsday |
23 May 2021 |
| Dictator imprisoning Sudanese leader in warehouse |
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| 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 |
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| 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! |
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| 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 |
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| Tyrant finally dies in warehouse |
The Sun Two Speed |
02 Apr 2020 |
| Dictator in regiment's HQ receiving head of state |
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| 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 |
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| Oppressive ruler |
LA Times Daily |
13 Mar 2019 |
| Oppressive ruler |
The Washington Post |
13 Mar 2019 |
| Totalitarian leader |
LA Times Daily |
13 Feb 2019 |
| Totalitarian leader |
The Washington Post |
13 Feb 2019 |
| Tyrant posted abroad |
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| Totalitarian ruler |
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| Oppressive ruler |
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| Totalitarian leader |
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| Iron-fisted ruler |
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| Authoritarian period especially constrained |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
The Washington Post |
13 May 2018 |
| Pharaoh, for one |
LA Times Daily |
13 May 2018 |
| Base where society is hiding tyrant |
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| Backward-looking newspaper boss, see, is an autocrat |
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| 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 |
| Pharaoh, for one |
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| Absolute ruler |
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| Ruthless ruler |
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| Tyrannical leader |
Universal |
07 Dec 2017 |
| See supporting extremists in dispute: autocratic type |
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| Kim Jong Un, for one |
USA Today |
26 Sep 2017 |
| Military station detains second oppressor |
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| 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 |
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| Kim Jong Un, for one |
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| Tyrannical leader |
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| Bully has knocked over the Wimbledon favourite — 'e is knocked out! |
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| 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 |
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| One with absolute power is especially disrupting. |
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| Awkward situation after editor upset dictator |
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| Cruel dictator |
Irish Times Simplex |
09 Jan 2016 |
| Tyrant |
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| Remove blemish, as you might think, from nasty ruler? |
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| What acne cream should do for tyrant |
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| One harshly rules what one can't do to a leopard? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
26 Sep 2015 |
| Tyrant posted abroad |
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| Tyrant executes leading journalist coming from the East |
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| 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 |
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| Ruler erodes potential internally |
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| 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 |
| Ironfisted ruler |
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| Harsh ruler |
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| Head of state locked in warehouse, the tyrant |
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| Ruthless ruler |
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| Ruler who rules by force |
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| Coup target |
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| Ruler with absolute power |
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| Dictator |
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| Ironfisted ruler |
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| Tough ruler |
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| Tough ruler |
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| Absolute ruler |
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| Ruler with absolute power |
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| Absolute ruler |
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| Inflexible ruler |
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| Tyrant |
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| Tyrant |
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| 65-Across, e.g. |
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| Tyrant |
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| Ruler with an iron fist |
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| Tyrant |
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| Absolute ruler |
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| 65-Across, e.g. |
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| Oppressor |
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| Ironfisted type |
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| Iron-fisted ruler |
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| Tsar or emperor |
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| Tsar or emperor |
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| Ruthless ruler |
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| Kim Jong-il, e.g. |
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| Autocrat |
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| Autocrat |
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| Ironfisted one |
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| Tyrant |
New York Times |
06 Oct 2008 |
| Ironfisted ruler |
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| Emperor, e.g. |
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| Emperor, e.g. |
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| Rigid ruler |
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| Absolute ruler |
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| Ironfisted one |
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| Idi Amin, notably |
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| Vlad the Impaler, e.g. |
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| Saddam was one |
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| Ironfisted ruler |
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| Dictator |
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| Czar |
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| Autocrat |
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| Oppressor |
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| Oppressive ruler |
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| Tyrant |
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| Ironfisted one |
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| Tyrannical ruler |
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| Banana republic head |
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| Ruler with absolute power |
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| Absolute ruler |
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| Autocrat |
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| Pol Pot, e.g. |
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| Tyrannous type |
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| Hard ruler |
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| Hard ruler |
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| 64-Across, for one |
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| Tyrannical leader |
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| Iron-fisted one |
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| 64-Across, for one |
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| Tyrant |
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| Tyrant |
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| Papa Doc Duvalier, e.g. |
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| Tsar |
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| One with an iron fist |
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| Tyrannous type |
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| Tyrant |
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| Totalitarian ruler |
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| Ivan the Terrible, e.g. |
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| Saddam Hussein, e.g. |
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| Ming the Merciless or Vlad the Impaler |
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| Harsh ruler |
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| Outside in drizzle, identify tyrant |
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| Saddam Hussein, e.g. |
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| Qaddafi, for one |
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| Tyrannical ruler |
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| Ironfisted one |
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| Autocrat |
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| Dictatorial ruler |
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| Democrat's opponent? |
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| Vlad the Impaler, e.g. |
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| Ruthless ruler |
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| Idi Amin, e.g. |
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| Satrap |
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| Autocrat |
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| Tyrant |
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| Caligula was one |
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| Nero or Caligula |
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| Cruel dictator |
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| Nero or Ivan |
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| Absolute ruler |
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| Autocrat. |
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| 45 Across, for example. |
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| Ruler of a kind. |
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| One with absolute authority. |
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| Monocrat. |
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| Overlord. |
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| Byzantine emperor. |
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| Tyrant. |
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| Robespierre, to foes |
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| Iron-handed ruler. |
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| An absolute ruler. |
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| Mogul. |
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| See 28 Down. |
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| Dictator. |
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