| Winter Palace denizen | Eugene Sheffer | 31 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Former Russian supremo | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 29 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Russian monarch (4) | Puzzler | 22 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Instructs architect to carry a ruler (4) | Puzzler Cryptic | 22 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Onetime resident of the Winter Palace | New York Times | 16 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Russian emperor | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 05 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Russian monarch (4) | Puzzler | 04 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Old Russian ruler | Universal | 03 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Former Russian leader | Universal | 25 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Former Russian ruler | USA Today | 24 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Star disguised as old Russian ruler (4) | Puzzler Cryptic | 20 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Bygone Russian ruler | Universal | 16 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Ruler of Imperial Russia | LA Times Daily | 15 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Title that's an anagram of 7-Down |  |  | 
          
            | Despot | Eugene Sheffer | 03 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Russian emperor | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 28 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | Old Russian dynast | Premier Sunday | 24 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | Former Russian ruler | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 18 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | Pre-1917 Russian emperor | The Telegraph Mini | 18 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | Ruler until 1917 | LA Times Daily | 16 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | Title of Russian emperors (4) | Puzzler | 15 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | Russian ruler of old | New York Times | 12 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | Romanov ruler | Eugene Sheffer | 05 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | Title of Russian emperors (4) | Puzzler | 29 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Russian ruler, once | Universal | 26 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Old Russian ruler | USA Today | 22 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Bygone Russian ruler | New York Times | 21 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Former Russian ruler | USA Today | 20 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Bygone Russian ruler | Universal | 16 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Title of the old emperor of Russia (4) | The Sun Mini | 16 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Ruler opposed by the Bolsheviks | New York Times | 15 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Russian emperor of the past |  |  | 
          
            | Art's required to become a Russian leader (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Word related to "kaiser" |  |  | 
          
            | A ruler of Russia prior to the 1917 revolution (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Former leader now on a star |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas II, e.g. | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 05 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Despot | Eugene Sheffer | 02 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Russian monarch | LA Times Daily | 02 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Official authority has some appointments arranged (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Former Russian leader | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 30 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Title of the emperor of Russia | The Sun Mini | 28 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Old Russian ruler | Commuter | 21 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Nicholas II, e.g. | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 20 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Ruling title that dates back to the Byzantine Empire | New York Times | 18 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Once powerful Russian arts organisation (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Former Emperor of Russia (4) | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 17 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Russian emperor's title (4) | Puzzler | 16 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Former Russian leader | Universal | 14 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Former Russian ruler | LA Times Daily | 11 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | One leader who was into the arts |  |  | 
          
            | Bygone Russian ruler | USA Today | 09 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Russian leader to support American Republicans, at first (4) | The Guardian Quick Cryptic | 07 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Russian monarch | The Sun Mini | 03 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Man on board eclipsing second most powerful Russian once (4) | The Guardian Cryptic | 26 May 2025 | 
          
            | Pre-1917 Russian ruler | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 24 May 2025 | 
          
            | Old Russian ruler | Commuter | 22 May 2025 | 
          
            | Old Russian leader | Mirror Tea Time | 22 May 2025 | 
          
            | Boris Godunov, e.g. | Wall Street Journal | 22 May 2025 | 
          
            | Old Russian ruler | Universal | 20 May 2025 | 
          
            | Despot | Eugene Sheffer | 16 May 2025 | 
          
            | Sons pitch compasses and ruler | The Times Cryptic | 16 May 2025 | 
          
            | Informant recalled catching son leading 11 | The Telegraph Cryptic | 15 May 2025 | 
          
            | Russian ruler until 1917 | USA Today | 12 May 2025 | 
          
            | New arts supremo | Mirror Cryptic | 11 May 2025 | 
          
            | Initially this sovereign administered Russia (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Emperor of Russia | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 10 May 2025 | 
          
            | Russian ruler | Mirror Quick | 09 May 2025 | 
          
            | Despot | Eugene Sheffer | 08 May 2025 | 
          
            | Godunov was one |  |  | 
          
            | Rats (anag) (4) | The Guardian Quick | 07 May 2025 | 
          
            | Old ruler for a bit of student's arithmetic (4) | Puzzler Cryptic | 04 May 2025 | 
          
            | Bygone Russian ruler | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 03 May 2025 | 
          
            | Old ruler's star-turn (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Rats out Russian ruler (4) |  |  | 
          
            | New star played a major role in Russia |  |  | 
          
            | Peter the Great, e.g. | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 28 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Winter Palace occupant | Wall Street Journal | 24 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Emperor covering last of gladiators in sticky stuff (4) | Puzzler Cryptic | 23 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Russian emperor's title | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 22 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Ivan the Terrible, say | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 20 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Title of the emperor of Russia (4) | Puzzler | 19 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Russia's Ivan, eg | The Sun Mini | 17 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Russian title etymologically related to "caesar" |  |  | 
          
            | Pre-1917 Russian ruler | Universal | 16 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Former ruler took snipe at revolutionary leaders (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Hats off to synod, appointing radical figure of authority (4) | The Guardian Cryptic | 04 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Bygone ruler | Eugene Sheffer | 03 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Russian emperor | The Telegraph Quick | 02 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Former Russian title | USA Today | 31 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Ruler until 1917 | LA Times Daily | 30 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Bygone autocrat | LA Times Daily | 29 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Winter Palace denizen | Eugene Sheffer | 24 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Russian emperor's title (4) | Puzzler | 23 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Opera star is disturbed by regressive emperor |  |  | 
          
            | Sailor captures south for dictator |  |  | 
          
            | Russian ruler back in Ezra's time | The Times Quick Cryptic | 18 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | An emperor of Russia before 1917 (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Leading 11 Down, e.g. | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 16 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Russian Revolution figure | Universal | 16 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Slavic monarch, once |  |  | 
          
            | Russian leader gets arrested - content? (4) | The Guardian Quick Cryptic | 15 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Old monarch (var.) |  |  | 
          
            | Title of the emperor of Russia (4) | Puzzler | 11 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Bygone Russian ruler | Universal | 08 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Peter the Great or Nicholas II | LA Times Daily | 02 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | 19th century Russian ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Title derived from the Latin word for "caesar" | USA Today | 01 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Then, some aristocratic Russian leaders had him as head (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Russian ruler | Eugene Sheffer | 28 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | A good man rises to a king and emperor |  |  | 
          
            | Old Russian ruler | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 27 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | Title of Russian emperors (4) | Puzzler | 24 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | Defeated monarch |  |  | 
          
            | Principally revere a saint that's rejected Russian despot (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Winter Palace resident | LA Times Mini | 22 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | Bygone Russian ruler | USA Today | 21 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | Arts displayed by a former ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Ruler talks strategy around Republican leaders (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Ruler suppressed in Communist's ardour | The Times Cryptic | 14 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | Old Russian leader | USA Today | 12 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | Peter the Great, e.g. | Premier Sunday | 09 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | Pre-1917 autocrat | LA Times Daily | 09 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | Title of the Russian monarch between 1547 and 1721 (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Former Russian ruler | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 06 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | Nicholas II, e.g. | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 05 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | Russian emperor | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 03 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | Ousted Russian ruler | LA Times Daily | 02 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | Former Russian ruler becoming a star (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Romanov ruler | Eugene Sheffer | 31 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Russia's Terrible one, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Title of the emperor of Russia | Puzzler Backwords | 29 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Winter Palace figure | LA Times Daily | 25 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Erstwhile autocrat | Newsday | 23 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Russian emperor | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 21 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Title of Russian emperors | Puzzler Backwords | 17 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Nicholas II was the last one | New York Times | 12 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Bygone autocrat | Newsday | 12 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Bygone despot | Wall Street Journal | 11 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Title of an emperor of Russia (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Russian emperor days gone by |  |  | 
          
            | Was a star attraction in Russia! |  |  | 
          
            | Russian emperor (4) | Puzzler | 07 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Bygone Russian ruler | USA Today | 02 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Peter or Paul, e.g. | Wall Street Journal | 02 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Borders of Thebes after Peter the Great for example (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Poets are able to reveal old ruler (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Title of the emperor of Russia | The Sun Mini | 31 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Former Russian ruler | USA Today Quick | 30 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Russian ruler | Puzzler Backwords | 30 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Russian ruler of old | USA Today | 28 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Title of Russian emperors (4) | Puzzler | 28 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Peter or Paul, e.g. | New York Times | 27 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Winter Palace denizen | Eugene Sheffer | 26 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Title of emperor of Russia |  |  | 
          
            | Russian emperor's title | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 26 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Former Russian monarch | Universal | 22 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Until 1917, emperor of Russia |  |  | 
          
            | Star maker in old Russia (4) |  |  | 
          
            | A male monarch or Emperor in Russia (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas II of Russia, e.g. | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 18 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Former Russian ruler | LA Times Daily | 16 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Rats run around the old ruler (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Old Russian ruler (4) | Puzzler | 14 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Person of authority; arts (anag.) | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 11 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Old Russian monarch (var.) |  |  | 
          
            | Old Russian ruler | Puzzler Backwords | 08 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Bygone ruler | Eugene Sheffer | 07 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Onetime Kremlin ruler | New York Times | 05 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Bygone Russian autocrat | Universal | 04 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Bygone Russian ruler | USA Today | 02 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Pre-1917 Russian ruler | USA Today | 01 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Russian ruler | Mirror Quick | 01 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | New arts supremo | Mirror Cryptic | 01 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Former Russian figurehead | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 01 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Russian ruler | Eugene Sheffer | 30 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | Pre-October Revolution ruler |  |  | 
          
            | King Schwarzenegger - as "Terminator" - enthralling comeback (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Title of former Russian emperor |  |  | 
          
            | Russian ruler (4) | Puzzler | 28 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | Old autocrat | Wall Street Journal | 26 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | Slavic monarch | USA Today Quick | 24 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | Title for Boris Godunov |  |  | 
          
            | Ruler of rats? (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Ruler in somewhat sardonic mood (4) |  |  | 
          
            | A former leader found in the Ivory Coast, Sardinia and USSR (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Ruler of Russia until the 1917 revolution (4) |  |  | 
          
            | A number of militants arrested great despot (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Russian emperor (4) | Puzzler | 15 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | Former Russian emperor | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 14 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | Russian ruler | Mirror Quick | 13 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | New arts supremo | Mirror Cryptic | 13 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | Alexis I, e.g. | Premier Sunday | 10 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | Personage who sat uneasily before the start of the Revolution (4) |  |  | 
          
            | One such as Ivan involved in the arts (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Pre-1917 ruler | Wall Street Journal | 06 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | Autocrat | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 03 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | Autooratic ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas II was the final one of Russia (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Russian emperor (4) | Puzzler | 27 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Ivan the Terrible or Peter the Great (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Star turn as leader of Russia (4) |  |  | 
          
            | St Basil's Basilica ultimately right for Nicholas perhaps (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Instructs architect to carry a ruler (4) | Puzzler Cryptic | 25 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Bygone European ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Russian monarch | Puzzler Backwords | 21 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Leading Russian trembles after going to extremes |  |  | 
          
            | Despot | Eugene Sheffer | 16 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Historic Russian ruler (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Edict issuer in "Fiddler on the Roof" | New York Times | 13 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Eastern ruler revised rates out east (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Old Russian ruler | Universal | 09 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Russia's Ivan, eg | Puzzler Backwords | 08 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Star is shaken at being a Romanov (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Star for the old Russian? |  |  | 
          
            | Old Russian leader | Mirror Tea Time | 05 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Ruler found in East Sardinia (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Russian monarch | LA Times Daily | 03 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Old Russian tyrant |  |  | 
          
            | Leaders of the Soviets assassinated Russian ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Governmental authority placed in reports, arguably (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Ex-Russian ruler (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Title of Russian emperors | Puzzler Backwords | 26 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | Enemy of the Bolsheviks | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 23 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | Russian title derived from "Caesar" | USA Today | 20 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | February Revolution abdicator | New York Times | 19 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | 3 Down (anag.) | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 16 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | Russia's Ivan, eg | Puzzler | 12 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | Old Russian leader | LA Times Daily | 11 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | Peter or Paul; not Mary |  |  | 
          
            | Old Russian ruler (alt.) |  |  | 
          
            | Emperor | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 09 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | Good man upset by a leader of Russia (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Old Russian leader | Mirror Tea Time | 06 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | Ivan the Terrible, e.g. | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 05 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | Ruler in somewhat sarcastic mood (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Romanov ruler | Wall Street Journal | 03 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | Ruler at the Winter Palace | New York Times | 03 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | Rats to the former leader! |  |  | 
          
            | Pre-Soviet emperor |  |  | 
          
            | Ferdinand I of Bulgaria, e.g. | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 30 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Title first used by Ivan the Great | New York Times | 30 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | He used to be emperor of Russia |  |  | 
          
            | He was a leader in the arts |  |  | 
          
            | Title of the emperor of Russia (4) | Puzzler | 25 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Russian ruler; rats (anag.) | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 25 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Russian emperor's title | Puzzler Backwords | 24 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Leader held up by some Rastafarians (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Russian ruler | Mirror Quick | 23 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Former Russian leader; star (anag.) | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 23 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | New arts supremo | Mirror Cryptic | 23 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Pre-Russian Revolution leader | USA Today | 21 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Bygone autocrat | LA Times Daily | 17 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Ivan the Terrible, e.g. | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 16 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | New arts supremo | Mirror Cryptic | 16 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Russian ruler | Mirror Quick | 16 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Russian emperor's title (4) | Puzzler | 10 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Russian autocrat (4) | The Guardian Quick | 07 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Ivan the Terrible, e.g. | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 07 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Old autocrat | Premier Sunday | 04 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Romanov ruler | Eugene Sheffer | 31 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | Former Russian ruler | USA Today | 31 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | Russian ruler | Mirror Quick | 25 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | New arts supremo | Mirror Cryptic | 25 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | Ivan was a terrible one |  |  | 
          
            | Pre-1917 ruler | Wall Street Journal | 17 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | Title of Russian emperors (4) | Puzzler | 16 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | Abdicator of 1917 | Wall Street Journal | 13 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | Slavic emperor | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 08 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | Autocrat of old | New York Times | 05 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | Art's thrown out by the Russian ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Winter Palace denizen | Eugene Sheffer | 01 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | Historic ruler (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Russian monarch (4) | Puzzler | 24 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | ___ Bomba (weapon in the largest nuclear test in history) |  |  | 
          
            | Winter Palace occupant | Wall Street Journal | 20 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | A great potentate upsets the arts (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Government official gets a rise (slightly less than fifty percent) |  |  | 
          
            | Which Russian title was first formally assumed by Ivan the Terrible? (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Dancer returned from a back street to become a ruler (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Bygone Russian ruler | New York Times | 10 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Old name for a Russian emperor (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Old time ruler of Russia |  |  | 
          
            | Ruler who was Romanov the face of the Earth? |  |  | 
          
            | Potentate; rats (anag.) | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 05 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Nicholas II, e.g. | Wall Street Journal | 04 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Old Russian leader | USA Today | 04 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Emperor ill treated rats (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Former Russian dynast |  |  | 
          
            | Russian emperor | The Times Concise | 31 May 2024 | 
          
            | Ruler from South Africa entering Turkey (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Old-style name for an old-style ruler | Family Time | 27 May 2024 | 
          
            | Title of Russian emperors (4) | Puzzler | 26 May 2024 | 
          
            | An old Russian ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Person at sea embraces Saint Nicholas, say | The Times Cryptic | 21 May 2024 | 
          
            | Winter Palace dweller of yore (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Former Russian ruler | USA Today | 19 May 2024 | 
          
            | Government appointee that's a Russian infiltrator |  |  | 
          
            | Black stuff covering small ruler once |  |  | 
          
            | Despot | Eugene Sheffer | 13 May 2024 | 
          
            | Erstwhile Russian ruler | Wall Street Journal | 09 May 2024 | 
          
            | Historic Russian leader (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Bygone ruler's title |  |  | 
          
            | Great potentate (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Ruler held up by extra-strong opposition (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Title of the emperor of Russia (4) | Puzzler | 26 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | Former ruler of Russia (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Official authority (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Old Russian ruler (4) | Puzzler | 20 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | Russian ruler | Mirror Quick | 19 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | New arts supremo | Mirror Cryptic | 19 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | Bygone Russian leader | Universal | 15 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | Russian ruler, formerly | Universal | 11 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | In Massachusetts, a respected national leader once |  |  | 
          
            | Ruler of star potential |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas II was the last one | New York Times | 07 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | Ruler beginning the story about Russia (4) |  |  | 
          
            | A tyrant (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Despot | Eugene Sheffer | 01 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | Bygone Russian ruler | USA Today | 31 Mar 2024 | 
          
            | Despot | Eugene Sheffer | 26 Mar 2024 | 
          
            | Star turn for a Russian (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Ivan the Terrible, for one | LA Times Mini | 21 Mar 2024 | 
          
            | Old Russian ruler | Commuter | 21 Mar 2024 | 
          
            | Ousted ruler of old |  |  | 
          
            | This ruler abstracts aristocrats inside (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Shuts a Russian bigwig inside (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Perhaps Nicholas or Alexander's son nursed by Jack | The Guardian Cryptic | 15 Mar 2024 | 
          
            | Nicholas II, for one | Thomas Joseph | 15 Mar 2024 | 
          
            | Star upset ruler (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Title first used by Ivan the Terrible (4) |  |  | 
          
            | 'Rats!' (rudely) to the old monarch (4) |  |  | 
          
            | The ... Of All Russias was forced to abdicate in March, 1917 |  |  | 
          
            | Russian leader before 1917 (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Appointed authority (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Target of a 1917 uprising | New York Times | 06 Mar 2024 | 
          
            | Old Russian ruler | Commuter | 05 Mar 2024 | 
          
            | Holding back drastic ruler (4) | Puzzler Cryptic | 04 Mar 2024 | 
          
            | Imperial Russian ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Despot | Eugene Sheffer | 01 Mar 2024 | 
          
            | Ivan the Terrible or Nicholas II, eg (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Ruler during Tolstoy's time |  |  | 
          
            | Leaders from the Senate meeting a Republican authority figure |  |  | 
          
            | A good man rises to king and emperor |  |  | 
          
            | Tyrant famous soprano knocked back |  |  | 
          
            | Male monarch or emperor (especially of russia prior to 1917) (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas II, for one | Wall Street Journal | 14 Feb 2024 | 
          
            | Ruler of star potential (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Emperor seized by tyrant's army (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Russian emperor's title | Puzzler Backwords | 10 Feb 2024 | 
          
            | Russian monarch (4) | Puzzler | 09 Feb 2024 | 
          
            | ___ Bell (item on display at the Kremlin) |  |  | 
          
            | Boris or Nicholas? (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Old Russian ruler (4) | Puzzler | 23 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | Bygone ruler | Eugene Sheffer | 22 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | Rats! So that's what made him rule Russia! |  |  | 
          
            | Former Eurasian leader | LA Times Daily | 21 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | Bring back Ras Tafari, no remotely current ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Russian dynast | LA Times Daily | 19 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | Russian leader, before the revolution |  |  | 
          
            | Chief actor casts brave girls in central parts |  |  | 
          
            | Old Russian ruler (4) | Puzzler | 16 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | Former autocratic ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Russian ruler, pre-Bolshevik revolution |  |  | 
          
            | Russian ruler, once | LA Times Daily | 10 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | Artist's picture heartily upset Russian leader | The Guardian Quiptic | 08 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | Artist's picture heartily upset Russian leader (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Old Russian autocrat | LA Times Mini | 07 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | Emperor of old | Commuter | 06 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | Pre-revolutionary Russian leader |  |  | 
          
            | One's within rights, arguably to become a ruler (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Russian ruler | Puzzler Backwords | 01 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | Leader of 20, assets regularly wasted, overthrown ... (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Casualty of a 1917 revolution | New York Times | 29 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Russian title that comes from "Caesar" | Universal | 28 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Bygone Russian ruler | LA Times Daily | 27 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Russian ruler until 1917 | Universal | 27 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Old Russian leader | LA Times Daily | 25 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Historical Russian bigwig (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Old Russian emperor (4) | Puzzler | 23 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Russian ruler | Eugene Sheffer | 22 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Russian emperor's title | Puzzler Backwords | 20 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | New arts supremo | Mirror Cryptic | 17 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Russian ruler | Mirror Quick | 17 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Russian ruler of old | Wall Street Journal | 14 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Despot | Eugene Sheffer | 13 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Russian ruler (4) | Puzzler | 07 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Romanov ruler | Eugene Sheffer | 04 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Emperor of Russia until 1917 (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Former Russian ruler (var.) |  |  | 
          
            | Former Russian king (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Ruler of old Russia (var.) |  |  | 
          
            | Important old Russian (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Star turns out to be an emperor (4) | Puzzler Cryptic | 24 Nov 2023 | 
          
            | Title for Alexander I |  |  | 
          
            | Art's needed to become a leader in Russia |  |  | 
          
            | Ruler from South America entering Turkey (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Russian emperior (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Title of the emperor of Russia | Puzzler Backwords | 15 Nov 2023 | 
          
            | Bygone ruler | Eugene Sheffer | 14 Nov 2023 | 
          
            | Russian ruler | Eugene Sheffer | 13 Nov 2023 | 
          
            | Title of Russian emperors | Puzzler Backwords | 03 Nov 2023 | 
          
            | Despot | Eugene Sheffer | 03 Nov 2023 | 
          
            | Among Soviets, a Russian emperor (4) | Puzzler Cryptic | 02 Nov 2023 | 
          
            | Revolutionary painter with Saint Nicholas in Russia? | The Telegraph Cryptic | 01 Nov 2023 | 
          
            | Onetime Russian ruler | USA Today | 29 Oct 2023 | 
          
            | Old Russian leader | New York Times | 23 Oct 2023 | 
          
            | Ruler in times past | Wall Street Journal | 19 Oct 2023 | 
          
            | Old autocrat | LA Times Daily | 14 Oct 2023 | 
          
            | Russian leader, once | Universal | 12 Oct 2023 | 
          
            | Old Russian ruler | USA Today | 27 Sep 2023 | 
          
            | Bygone autocrat | New York Times | 24 Sep 2023 | 
          
            | Despot | Eugene Sheffer | 18 Sep 2023 | 
          
            | Despot | Eugene Sheffer | 14 Sep 2023 | 
          
            | Winter Palace resident | Universal | 14 Sep 2023 | 
          
            | Russian ruler, once | Universal | 11 Sep 2023 | 
          
            | Bygone ruler in 'Anastasia' | USA Today | 09 Sep 2023 | 
          
            | Bygone Russian autocrat | Universal | 05 Sep 2023 | 
          
            | Russian autocrat | LA Times Daily | 04 Sep 2023 | 
          
            | Romanov ruler | Eugene Sheffer | 04 Sep 2023 | 
          
            | Autocrat in capital of Russia sat awkwardly | The Times Cryptic | 29 Aug 2023 | 
          
            | Title that shares etymology with 'kaiser' | New York Times | 27 Aug 2023 | 
          
            | Barbra Streisand entertains revolutionary leader | The Telegraph Cryptic | 22 Aug 2023 | 
          
            | Emperor | The Telegraph Quick | 12 Aug 2023 | 
          
            | Ruler of Russia | Wall Street Journal | 12 Aug 2023 | 
          
            | Ivan the Terrible, eg | The Times Concise | 11 Aug 2023 | 
          
            | Borders of Thebes after Peter the Great, say | The Telegraph Cryptic | 09 Aug 2023 | 
          
            | Old Russian ruler | Wall Street Journal | 25 Jul 2023 | 
          
            | Russian ruler | Wall Street Journal | 22 Jul 2023 | 
          
            | Say Ivan Toney's shots always rebound? Only the headers | The Guardian Cryptic | 21 Jul 2023 | 
          
            | Pre-Lenin Russian ruler | LA Times Daily | 18 Jul 2023 | 
          
            | Despot | Eugene Sheffer | 15 Jul 2023 | 
          
            | Bygone autocrat | New York Times | 14 Jul 2023 | 
          
            | Russian ruler until 1917 | LA Times Daily | 02 Jul 2023 | 
          
            | Old Russian ruler | LA Times Daily | 28 Jun 2023 | 
          
            | Despot | Eugene Sheffer | 27 Jun 2023 | 
          
            | Old overlord | Premier Sunday | 25 Jun 2023 | 
          
            | Old Russian ruler | New York Times | 20 Jun 2023 | 
          
            | Emperor is some leader as tyrannical, in retrospect | The Guardian Cryptic | 16 Jun 2023 | 
          
            | Russian ruler | Eugene Sheffer | 16 Jun 2023 | 
          
            | Old Russian autocrat | Universal | 09 Jun 2023 | 
          
            | Bolshevik's bane | New York Times | 18 May 2023 | 
          
            | Part of it's a residence for an old emperor | The Times Cryptic | 16 May 2023 | 
          
            | Romanov ruler | Eugene Sheffer | 16 May 2023 | 
          
            | Old Russian ruler | Wall Street Journal | 09 May 2023 | 
          
            | Russian title derived from 'Caesar' | New York Times | 08 May 2023 | 
          
            | Nicholas II title | LA Times Daily | 07 May 2023 | 
          
            | Old autocrat | LA Times Daily | 06 May 2023 | 
          
            | Bygone Russian royal | Universal | 21 Apr 2023 | 
          
            | Bygone Russian ruler | LA Times Daily | 17 Apr 2023 | 
          
            | Old imperial title | New York Times | 16 Apr 2023 | 
          
            | Romanov dynast | LA Times Daily | 13 Apr 2023 | 
          
            | Russian title derived from "Caesar" | Universal | 10 Apr 2023 | 
          
            | Winter Palace ruler | LA Times Daily | 08 Apr 2023 | 
          
            | Old Russian ruler | LA Times Daily | 03 Apr 2023 | 
          
            | Rats (anag.) | The Telegraph Quick | 26 Mar 2023 | 
          
            | Bygone Russian royal | LA Times Daily | 21 Mar 2023 | 
          
            | Old autocrat | Premier Sunday | 19 Mar 2023 | 
          
            | Ruler who lived in Russia's Winter Palace | Universal | 18 Mar 2023 | 
          
            | Figure in Russian history | LA Times Daily | 06 Mar 2023 | 
          
            | Tyrant | Canadiana | 06 Mar 2023 | 
          
            | Ruler in some Russian novels | USA Today | 05 Mar 2023 | 
          
            | Bygone sovereign | LA Times Daily | 28 Feb 2023 | 
          
            | Former Russian ruler | The Guardian Quick | 27 Feb 2023 | 
          
            | Ivan the Great, for one | New York Times | 26 Feb 2023 | 
          
            | Leader in the Bulgarian Empire | LA Times Daily | 16 Feb 2023 | 
          
            | 'A Life for the ___' (Mikhail Glinka opera) | New York Times | 11 Feb 2023 | 
          
            | Russian despot | Canadiana | 06 Feb 2023 | 
          
            | Russian ruler until 1917 | Universal | 31 Jan 2023 | 
          
            | Romanov ruler | Eugene Sheffer | 30 Jan 2023 | 
          
            | Nicholas II, e.g | Wall Street Journal | 28 Jan 2023 | 
          
            | Winter Palace inhabitant | Wall Street Journal | 17 Jan 2023 | 
          
            | Bygone Russian royal | Universal | 11 Jan 2023 | 
          
            | Despot | Eugene Sheffer | 10 Jan 2023 | 
          
            | Bygone Russian ruler | Universal | 10 Jan 2023 | 
          
            | Ruler after revolution dreads possessor confiscating article | The Guardian Cryptic | 06 Jan 2023 | 
          
            | Bulgarian ruler of old | USA Today | 31 Dec 2022 | 
          
            | Ruler thwacking student across rump, originally | The Guardian Cryptic | 22 Dec 2022 | 
          
            | Russian ruler | Eugene Sheffer | 21 Dec 2022 | 
          
            | Wearer of the Great Imperial Crown | Wall Street Journal | 17 Dec 2022 | 
          
            | Title for Ivan the Terrible | USA Today | 09 Dec 2022 | 
          
            | Peter or Paul, but not Mary | New York Times | 12 Nov 2022 | 
          
            | Bygone Russian leader | Universal | 01 Nov 2022 | 
          
            | Former Russian ruler | USA Today | 29 Oct 2022 | 
          
            | Urban site regularly lying about despot | The Telegraph Toughie | 28 Oct 2022 | 
          
            | Former Russian ruler | Universal | 18 Oct 2022 | 
          
            | Bygone autocrat | LA Times Daily | 16 Oct 2022 | 
          
            | Romanov ruler | Eugene Sheffer | 12 Oct 2022 | 
          
            | Bygone Russian ruler | New York Times | 10 Oct 2022 | 
          
            | Bygone Winter Palace resident | New York Times | 16 Sep 2022 | 
          
            | Despot | Eugene Sheffer | 14 Sep 2022 | 
          
            | Ruler whose title is derived from the name 'Caesar' | New York Times | 13 Sep 2022 | 
          
            | Bolshevik’s foe | Wall Street Journal | 12 Sep 2022 | 
          
            | Fyodor the Blessed, e.g | New York Times | 09 Sep 2022 | 
          
            | Old Russian leader, somewhat drastic in retrospect |  |  | 
          
            | Despot | Eugene Sheffer | 03 Sep 2022 | 
          
            | Despot | Eugene Sheffer | 01 Sep 2022 | 
          
            | Russian ruler | Eugene Sheffer | 29 Aug 2022 | 
          
            | Nicholas II, for one | Thomas Joseph | 24 Aug 2022 | 
          
            | He's sarcastically blessed in 'Fiddler on the Roof' | Newsday | 20 Aug 2022 | 
          
            | Winter Palace monarch | LA Times Daily | 17 Aug 2022 | 
          
            | Russian despot | Canadiana | 15 Aug 2022 | 
          
            | Former Russian ruler | Universal | 12 Aug 2022 | 
          
            | Bygone Russian royal | LA Times Daily | 11 Aug 2022 | 
          
            | Anastasia’s father, for one | Wall Street Journal | 09 Aug 2022 | 
          
            | Russian monarch of old | Family Time | 07 Aug 2022 | 
          
            | Old title derived from 'Caesar' | USA Today | 05 Aug 2022 | 
          
            | Romanov ruler | Eugene Sheffer | 05 Aug 2022 | 
          
            | Pre-1917 Russian ruler | USA Today | 04 Aug 2022 | 
          
            | Serbian Empire title | USA Today | 01 Aug 2022 | 
          
            | Despot | Eugene Sheffer | 21 Jul 2022 | 
          
            | Ivan the Terrible, for one | New York Times | 19 Jul 2022 | 
          
            | Old imperial title | New York Times | 17 Jul 2022 | 
          
            | Ruler of imperialist Russia | LA Times Daily | 11 Jul 2022 | 
          
            | Tyrant | Canadiana | 11 Jul 2022 | 
          
            | Ruler until 1917 | LA Times Daily | 10 Jul 2022 | 
          
            | Despot of old | Premier Sunday | 10 Jul 2022 | 
          
            | Russian ruler | Eugene Sheffer | 08 Jul 2022 | 
          
            | Peter the Great, e.g | Wall Street Journal | 06 Jul 2022 | 
          
            | Leader overthrown by a revolution | New York Times | 06 Jul 2022 | 
          
            | Old Russian ruler | Universal | 17 Jun 2022 | 
          
            | Bygone ruler also spelled with a "cz" | Universal | 16 Jun 2022 | 
          
            | Pre-1917 Russian ruler | Universal | 11 Jun 2022 | 
          
            | Ruler requests a refund in part |  |  | 
          
            | Ruler requests a refund in part | The Guardian Quiptic | 30 May 2022 | 
          
            | Old ruler who lived in Saint Petersburg | Universal | 28 May 2022 | 
          
            | Russian royal, once | Universal | 23 May 2022 | 
          
            | Ruler protected by assistants arriving | The Times Cryptic | 23 May 2022 | 
          
            | Russian sovereign | The Washington Post | 17 May 2022 | 
          
            | Russian sovereign | LA Times Daily | 17 May 2022 | 
          
            | Russian dynast | The Washington Post | 10 May 2022 | 
          
            | Russian dynast | LA Times Daily | 10 May 2022 | 
          
            | Russian monarch prior to 1917 | Family Time | 09 May 2022 | 
          
            | Unseen villain in “Fiddler on the Roof” | Wall Street Journal | 05 May 2022 | 
          
            | Nicholas II, for one | Thomas Joseph | 26 Apr 2022 | 
          
            | Pre-10 Across ruler | The Washington Post Sunday | 17 Apr 2022 | 
          
            | Ruler of the past | Wall Street Journal | 16 Apr 2022 | 
          
            | *Road goo | Universal | 25 Mar 2022 | 
          
            | Winter Palace resident | Wall Street Journal | 22 Mar 2022 | 
          
            | Those beginning to scheme against reigning monarch | The Guardian Cryptic | 15 Mar 2022 | 
          
            | Despot | Eugene Sheffer | 08 Mar 2022 | 
          
            | Ivan or Peter | Canadiana | 07 Mar 2022 | 
          
            | Peter the Great, e.g | LA Times Daily | 01 Mar 2022 | 
          
            | Peter the Great, e.g | The Washington Post | 01 Mar 2022 | 
          
            | Russian ruler, once | Universal | 08 Feb 2022 | 
          
            | Russian autocrat | The Washington Post | 07 Feb 2022 | 
          
            | Russian autocrat | LA Times Daily | 07 Feb 2022 | 
          
            | Old Russian ruler | USA Today | 05 Feb 2022 | 
          
            | Romanov ruler | New York Times | 30 Jan 2022 | 
          
            | Old monarchical title | The Washington Post Sunday | 30 Jan 2022 | 
          
            | Bridegroom in a Rimsky-Korsakov opera | Newsday | 22 Jan 2022 | 
          
            | Ruler of old Russia | Universal | 16 Jan 2022 | 
          
            | Powerful person in sports arena |  |  | 
          
            | 'The Family Romanov' monarch | USA Today | 16 Jan 2022 | 
          
            | Bygone autocrat | Wall Street Journal | 10 Jan 2022 | 
          
            | Pre-Soviet ruler | Universal | 07 Jan 2022 | 
          
            | Bygone Russian ruler | Wall Street Journal | 03 Jan 2022 | 
          
            | Bygone Russian ruler | Universal | 02 Jan 2022 | 
          
            | Despot | Eugene Sheffer | 31 Dec 2021 | 
          
            | Bygone dictator | LA Times Daily | 30 Dec 2021 | 
          
            | Russian Revolution target | Universal | 26 Dec 2021 | 
          
            | Emperor penguins ultimately eaten by sailor | The Telegraph Cryptic | 15 Dec 2021 | 
          
            | Romanov ruler | Eugene Sheffer | 15 Dec 2021 | 
          
            | Alexander I, e.g | The Washington Post Sunday | 12 Dec 2021 | 
          
            | Romanov royal | Premier Sunday | 12 Dec 2021 | 
          
            | Winter Palace monarch | LA Times Daily | 08 Dec 2021 | 
          
            | Old Russian ruler | Universal | 04 Dec 2021 | 
          
            | Extra studies hold up government-appointed ‘expert' |  |  | 
          
            | Ruler of Imperial Russia | Wall Street Journal | 01 Dec 2021 | 
          
            | Bygone Russian ruler | USA Today | 30 Nov 2021 | 
          
            | Emperor shoots arrogant guards |  |  | 
          
            | Turn traitor to implicate second man in command |  |  | 
          
            | Ruler in pre-Communist Russia | New York Times | 22 Nov 2021 | 
          
            | Past 15-Across leader | LA Times Daily | 19 Nov 2021 | 
          
            | Russian ruler ‘beats a retreat' … bottles it |  |  | 
          
            | Old Russian ruler | LA Times Daily | 14 Nov 2021 | 
          
            | Nicholas II, for one | Wall Street Journal | 06 Nov 2021 | 
          
            | The first Fabergé egg was created for one | New York Times | 04 Nov 2021 | 
          
            | Despot | Eugene Sheffer | 02 Nov 2021 | 
          
            | Despot | Eugene Sheffer | 01 Nov 2021 | 
          
            | Dreaded individual almost returned as leader |  |  | 
          
            | Romanov ruler | Wall Street Journal | 23 Oct 2021 | 
          
            | Russian emperor | The Guardian Speedy | 17 Oct 2021 | 
          
            | Russian ruler | Eugene Sheffer | 11 Oct 2021 | 
          
            | Bygone Russian ruler | Universal | 11 Oct 2021 | 
          
            | Former resident of Russia's Winter Palace | Universal | 08 Oct 2021 | 
          
            | Russian despot | New York Times | 05 Oct 2021 | 
          
            | Old Russian autocrat | Universal | 04 Oct 2021 | 
          
            | Old overlord | Premier Sunday | 03 Oct 2021 | 
          
            | Former Russian ruler | The Washington Post | 30 Sep 2021 | 
          
            | Former Russian ruler | LA Times Daily | 30 Sep 2021 | 
          
            | Old Russian ruler | Wall Street Journal | 27 Sep 2021 | 
          
            | “May God bless and keep the ___ … far away from us!” (“Fiddler on the Roof” line) | New York Times | 26 Sep 2021 | 
          
            | Russian leader until 1917 | Universal | 25 Sep 2021 | 
          
            | Old Russian ruler | Universal | 20 Sep 2021 | 
          
            | Despot | Eugene Sheffer | 17 Sep 2021 | 
          
            | Nicholas II, for one | Thomas Joseph | 11 Sep 2021 | 
          
            | Russian ruler | Eugene Sheffer | 10 Sep 2021 | 
          
            | Old Russian ruler | USA Today | 07 Sep 2021 | 
          
            | Russian ruler | Eugene Sheffer | 06 Sep 2021 | 
          
            | Pre-U.S.S.R. leader | The Washington Post Sunday | 05 Sep 2021 | 
          
            | Nicholas II, for one | Thomas Joseph | 30 Aug 2021 | 
          
            | Old Russian ruler | Irish Times Simplex | 26 Aug 2021 | 
          
            | Nicholas II, for one | Thomas Joseph | 25 Aug 2021 | 
          
            | Nicholas II, e.g | Wall Street Journal | 14 Aug 2021 | 
          
            | Heartless traitors pick one king for another |  |  | 
          
            | Bygone Russian title | USA Today | 09 Aug 2021 | 
          
            | Winter Palace resident | LA Times Daily | 08 Aug 2021 | 
          
            | Bygone autocrat | The Washington Post Sunday | 08 Aug 2021 | 
          
            | Winter Palace resident | The Washington Post | 08 Aug 2021 | 
          
            | House of Romanov ruler | Family Time | 02 Aug 2021 | 
          
            | Nicholas was the last to survive a revolution – initially |  |  | 
          
            | Partially backing Starmer as the leader | The Telegraph Cryptic | 20 Jul 2021 | 
          
            | Old Russian ruler | New York Times | 19 Jul 2021 | 
          
            | Ruler‘s occult arts |  |  | 
          
            | Bygone ruler | The Washington Post | 16 Jul 2021 | 
          
            | Bygone ruler | LA Times Daily | 16 Jul 2021 | 
          
            | Emperor until 1917 | Wall Street Journal | 15 Jul 2021 | 
          
            | Bulgarian monarchy title |  |  | 
          
            | Peter I of Russia, e.g | The Washington Post Sunday | 11 Jul 2021 | 
          
            | Despot | Eugene Sheffer | 10 Jul 2021 | 
          
            | Fabergé egg recipient | New York Times | 10 Jul 2021 | 
          
            | Russian emperor | The Telegraph Quick | 06 Jul 2021 | 
          
            | Old Eurasian ruler | LA Times Daily | 25 Jun 2021 | 
          
            | Old Eurasian ruler | The Washington Post | 25 Jun 2021 | 
          
            | Romanov V.I.P | New York Times | 18 Jun 2021 | 
          
            | Historical lead-in to -evna or -evich | New York Times | 17 Jun 2021 | 
          
            | Artist, good person set up as policy chief |  |  | 
          
            | Winter Palace resident | The Washington Post | 26 May 2021 | 
          
            | Winter Palace resident | LA Times Daily | 26 May 2021 | 
          
            | Boris Godunov, for one | New York Times | 19 May 2021 | 
          
            | Peter or Paul (but not Mary) | LA Times Daily | 11 May 2021 | 
          
            | Peter or Paul (but not Mary) | The Washington Post | 11 May 2021 | 
          
            | Old autocrat | Premier Sunday | 09 May 2021 | 
          
            | Ciphers removed in strip-search of despot | Irish Times Crosaire | 30 Apr 2021 | 
          
            | Despot | Eugene Sheffer | 30 Apr 2021 | 
          
            | Ruler hidden in 'sports arena' | USA Today | 17 Apr 2021 | 
          
            | Old ruling title in Bulgaria | USA Today | 07 Apr 2021 | 
          
            | Catherine Palace ruler | USA Today | 04 Apr 2021 | 
          
            | Despot | The Telegraph Quick | 01 Apr 2021 | 
          
            | Nicholas II, for one | Wall Street Journal | 31 Mar 2021 | 
          
            | Anastasia Romanov's father, for one | Universal | 28 Mar 2021 | 
          
            | Bygone ruler | Premier Sunday | 21 Mar 2021 | 
          
            | Old autocrat | LA Times Daily | 11 Mar 2021 | 
          
            | Old autocrat | The Washington Post | 11 Mar 2021 | 
          
            | Alexander I, for one | Universal | 09 Mar 2021 | 
          
            | Bygone Russian ruler | Universal | 04 Mar 2021 | 
          
            | Old despot | LA Times Daily | 26 Feb 2021 | 
          
            | Old despot | The Washington Post | 26 Feb 2021 | 
          
            | Old Russian ruler | Irish Times Simplex | 22 Feb 2021 | 
          
            | 'The Kitchen Boy' monarch | USA Today | 21 Feb 2021 | 
          
            | Romanov ruler | USA Today | 17 Feb 2021 | 
          
            | Former Russian ruler | Newsday | 07 Feb 2021 | 
          
            | Emperor of eastern half of Sikh city |  |  | 
          
            | Bygone royalty | New York Times | 31 Jan 2021 | 
          
            | Pre-Communist leader | Universal | 24 Jan 2021 | 
          
            | One emperor or another's follower briefly returned |  |  | 
          
            | Russian ruler | Eugene Sheffer | 19 Jan 2021 | 
          
            | Peter, for one | Wall Street Journal | 12 Jan 2021 | 
          
            | Ruler in 'War and Peace' | USA Today | 10 Jan 2021 | 
          
            | Romanov title | LA Times Daily | 20 Dec 2020 | 
          
            | Romanov title | The Washington Post | 20 Dec 2020 | 
          
            | Title — Serbia's and Russia's leaders carry it |  |  | 
          
            | Type of old Russian leader | Family Time | 14 Dec 2020 | 
          
            | Bygone despot | LA Times Daily | 06 Dec 2020 | 
          
            | Former Russian title | USA Today | 03 Dec 2020 | 
          
            | Onetime title for Bulgaria's Simeon II, the last person to use it | New York Times | 28 Nov 2020 | 
          
            | Rats mistreated by monarch |  |  | 
          
            | Winter Palace monarch | The Washington Post | 01 Nov 2020 | 
          
            | Winter Palace monarch | LA Times Daily | 01 Nov 2020 | 
          
            | Ras Tafari, somewhat elevated emperor |  |  | 
          
            | Former Bulgarian monarch | New York Times | 23 Oct 2020 | 
          
            | Former Russian ruler | USA Today | 16 Oct 2020 | 
          
            | Former Russian ruler | Universal | 13 Oct 2020 | 
          
            | Bygone Russian leader | Family Time | 11 Oct 2020 | 
          
            | More out there | New York Times | 11 Oct 2020 | 
          
            | October Revolution target | Wall Street Journal | 10 Oct 2020 | 
          
            | Bygone Russian title | LA Times Daily | 09 Oct 2020 | 
          
            | Bygone Russian title | The Washington Post | 09 Oct 2020 | 
          
            | 'Russian Ark' title | USA Today | 07 Oct 2020 | 
          
            | Pre-1917 ruler | The Washington Post Sunday | 06 Sep 2020 | 
          
            | Old Russian ruler | USA Today | 05 Sep 2020 | 
          
            | Sailor transporting Saint Nicholas to Russia? |  |  | 
          
            | Bygone Russian title | Universal | 01 Sep 2020 | 
          
            | Ras Tafari, somewhat elevated emperor |  |  | 
          
            | Government policy co-ordinator that's arguably not all there |  |  | 
          
            | Peter the Great, e.g | Universal | 16 Aug 2020 | 
          
            | Bygone Russian ruler | USA Today | 14 Aug 2020 | 
          
            | Religious follower mostly backing despot | The Telegraph Toughie | 07 Aug 2020 | 
          
            | Bygone Russian bigwig | Universal | 05 Aug 2020 | 
          
            | Old autocrat |  |  | 
          
            | Ivan or Peter, e.g | New York Times | 22 Jul 2020 | 
          
            | Ruler of old Russia | USA Today | 16 Jul 2020 | 
          
            | Target of a 1917 ouster | Wall Street Journal | 14 Jul 2020 | 
          
            | Nicholas II was the last one | Universal | 13 Jul 2020 | 
          
            | Ivan the Terrible, for one | Universal | 06 Jul 2020 | 
          
            | Russian lead-in to -evich or -evna | New York Times | 27 Jun 2020 | 
          
            | Deposed Russian ruler | LA Times Daily | 18 Jun 2020 | 
          
            | Deposed Russian ruler | The Washington Post | 18 Jun 2020 | 
          
            | Starts with the straight approach — right for tyrant |  |  | 
          
            | Bygone despot | The Washington Post | 10 Jun 2020 | 
          
            | Ex-leader's requests are largely ignored |  |  | 
          
            | Peter the Great, e.g | The Washington Post | 17 May 2020 | 
          
            | Peter the Great, e.g | LA Times Daily | 17 May 2020 | 
          
            | Alexis or Peter, e.g | Premier Sunday | 17 May 2020 | 
          
            | Nicholas II, say | Irish Times Simplex | 15 May 2020 | 
          
            | Ruler in old times |  |  | 
          
            | Former Russian ruler | The Guardian Speedy | 10 May 2020 | 
          
            | Despot | Canadiana | 27 Apr 2020 | 
          
            | Crimean War leader | New York Times | 24 Apr 2020 | 
          
            | Russia's Alexis I, e.g | Premier Sunday | 19 Apr 2020 | 
          
            | The straight approach initially, then right tyrant | The Telegraph Cryptic | 18 Apr 2020 | 
          
            | Vasily IV, for one | Wall Street Journal | 16 Apr 2020 | 
          
            | Winter Palace ruler | Wall Street Journal | 04 Apr 2020 | 
          
            | Ousted ruler of 1917 | Universal | 29 Mar 2020 | 
          
            | Old Russian ruler | LA Times Daily | 25 Mar 2020 | 
          
            | Old Russian ruler | The Washington Post | 25 Mar 2020 | 
          
            | Bygone Bulgarian bigwig | The Washington Post | 21 Mar 2020 | 
          
            | Bygone Bulgarian bigwig | LA Times Daily | 21 Mar 2020 | 
          
            | 'A Life for the ___' (Mikhail Glinka opera) | New York Times | 08 Mar 2020 | 
          
            | Ruler in the Romanov line | New York Times | 03 Mar 2020 | 
          
            | Russian emperor | The Sun Two Speed | 22 Feb 2020 | 
          
            | Tyrant in flats arrested | The Sun Two Speed | 22 Feb 2020 | 
          
            | Emperor | The Telegraph Quick | 22 Feb 2020 | 
          
            | Ruler in old Moscow | USA Today | 17 Feb 2020 | 
          
            | Alexandra's husband was one | Family Time | 16 Feb 2020 | 
          
            | Nicholas I was one | Family Time | 10 Feb 2020 | 
          
            | Autocrat of yore |  |  | 
          
            | Bygone monarch |  |  | 
          
            | Ivan or Nicholas | The Washington Post | 03 Feb 2020 | 
          
            | Ivan or Nicholas | LA Times Daily | 03 Feb 2020 | 
          
            | Peter or Paul (but not Mary) |  |  | 
          
            | Peter or Paul (but not Mary) | New York Times | 02 Feb 2020 | 
          
            | Royal until 1917 | LA Times Daily | 19 Jan 2020 | 
          
            | Royal until 1917 | The Washington Post | 19 Jan 2020 | 
          
            | Celebrity's son steps down for the old aristocrat |  |  | 
          
            | What's a Russian without his former boss? |  |  | 
          
            | Russian ruler no more | Family Time | 30 Dec 2019 | 
          
            | Russian ruler of old | Family Time | 16 Dec 2019 | 
          
            | Bulgarian monarchy title |  |  | 
          
            | King's star exploded |  |  | 
          
            | Romanov royal of Russia | Jonesin | 26 Nov 2019 | 
          
            | Bulgarian monarchy title |  |  | 
          
            | Emperor of Russia | The Guardian Speedy | 27 Oct 2019 | 
          
            | Ruler returning in anger as tyrant |  |  | 
          
            | Ruler until 1917 | The Washington Post | 13 Oct 2019 | 
          
            | Ruler until 1917 | LA Times Daily | 13 Oct 2019 | 
          
            | Kremlin inhabitant of old | Universal | 11 Oct 2019 | 
          
            | Emperor of Russia | New York Times | 02 Oct 2019 | 
          
            | Title until 1917 | The Washington Post Sunday | 29 Sep 2019 | 
          
            | Winter Palace user | Wall Street Journal | 21 Sep 2019 | 
          
            | Royal Russian, long ago | Family Time | 16 Sep 2019 | 
          
            | Peter or Nicholas | Universal | 14 Sep 2019 | 
          
            | Potentate | The Telegraph Quick | 07 Sep 2019 | 
          
            | Romanov ruler | Wall Street Journal | 31 Aug 2019 | 
          
            | Head toppled, it's a Russian leader? |  |  | 
          
            | Ruler advised by boyars | The Washington Post Sunday | 11 Aug 2019 | 
          
            | Bygone dynast | LA Times Daily | 19 Jul 2019 | 
          
            | Bygone dynast | The Washington Post | 19 Jul 2019 | 
          
            | Old Russian monarch | Universal | 18 Jul 2019 | 
          
            | Ivan the Terrible, e.g | The Washington Post | 17 Jul 2019 | 
          
            | Ivan the Terrible, e.g | LA Times Daily | 17 Jul 2019 | 
          
            | Russian ruler | Canadiana | 15 Jul 2019 | 
          
            | Nicholas II was the last | USA Today | 11 Jul 2019 | 
          
            | Title based on the name 'Caesar' | New York Times | 04 Jul 2019 | 
          
            | Russian leader long ago — was beheaded and overthrown? |  |  | 
          
            | Title also spelled with a "cz" | Universal | 16 Jun 2019 | 
          
            | Russian Revolution target | New York Times | 11 Jun 2019 | 
          
            | Romanov royal | Premier Sunday | 09 Jun 2019 | 
          
            | Russian emperor, once | Universal | 07 Jun 2019 | 
          
            | Autocrat of yore |  |  | 
          
            | Pre-1917 ruler | New York Times | 27 May 2019 | 
          
            | Powerful man buried in crypt's a Romanov | The Telegraph Cryptic | 25 May 2019 | 
          
            | Tyrant seen among Russian leaders |  |  | 
          
            | Originally the supreme autocrat, leader of Russia |  |  | 
          
            | Ruler until 1917 | Wall Street Journal | 04 May 2019 | 
          
            | Winter Palace figure | Wall Street Journal | 01 May 2019 | 
          
            | Bolshevik's foe | New York Times | 28 Apr 2019 | 
          
            | Old Russian ruler | New York Times | 23 Apr 2019 | 
          
            | Romanov leader | New York Times | 16 Apr 2019 | 
          
            | Old Russian title that's an anagram of 57-Down | New York Times | 15 Apr 2019 | 
          
            | Boris Godunov, for one | The Washington Post | 07 Apr 2019 | 
          
            | Nicholas II was the last one | New York Times | 07 Apr 2019 | 
          
            | Boris Godunov, for one | LA Times Daily | 07 Apr 2019 | 
          
            | See 84-Down | Wall Street Journal | 06 Apr 2019 | 
          
            | Ivan IV, from 1547 to 1584 | LA Times Daily | 29 Mar 2019 | 
          
            | Ivan IV, from 1547 to 1584 | The Washington Post | 29 Mar 2019 | 
          
            | Russian ruler | The Telegraph Quick | 20 Mar 2019 | 
          
            | Onetime ruler in the Winter Palace | New York Times | 20 Mar 2019 | 
          
            | Ivan or Peter | Universal | 14 Mar 2019 | 
          
            | 'The Tale of ___ Saltan' (Rimsky-Korsakov opera) | New York Times | 13 Mar 2019 | 
          
            | Ruler set his sofa afar finally |  |  | 
          
            | Title derived from 'Caesar' | The Washington Post | 10 Mar 2019 | 
          
            | Title derived from "Caesar" | LA Times Daily | 10 Mar 2019 | 
          
            | Peter or Paul | New York Times | 06 Mar 2019 | 
          
            | Despot of old | Premier Sunday | 17 Feb 2019 | 
          
            | Supremo | The Telegraph Quick | 02 Feb 2019 | 
          
            | Nicholas II was the last | Wall Street Journal | 24 Jan 2019 | 
          
            | Autocrat of old | Wall Street Journal | 19 Jan 2019 | 
          
            | Ruler of old Russia | New York Times | 07 Jan 2019 | 
          
            | Nicholas II was the last |  |  | 
          
            | Russian Revolution target |  |  | 
          
            | Ivan the Terrible, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Old Russian ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Old autocrat |  |  | 
          
            | Ruler until 1917 |  |  | 
          
            | Title derived from "Caesar" |  |  | 
          
            | Bygone Russian ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Former Russian ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Old Russian monarch |  |  | 
          
            | Peter or Nicholas |  |  | 
          
            | Romanov ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Russian emperor, once |  |  | 
          
            | Title based on the name "Caesar" |  |  | 
          
            | Ruler of old Russia |  |  | 
          
            | Romanov leader |  |  | 
          
            | Pre-1917 ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Peter or Paul |  |  | 
          
            | Onetime ruler in the Winter Palace |  |  | 
          
            | Old Russian title that's an anagram of 57-Down |  |  | 
          
            | Old Russian ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas II was the last one |  |  | 
          
            | Bolshevik's foe |  |  | 
          
            | "The Tale of ___ Saltan" (Rimsky-Korsakov opera) |  |  | 
          
            | Title also spelled with a "cz" |  |  | 
          
            | Kremlin inhabitant of old |  |  | 
          
            | Winter Palace user |  |  | 
          
            | Bygone dynast |  |  | 
          
            | See 84-Down |  |  | 
          
            | Boris Godunov, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Ivan IV, from 1547 to 1584 |  |  | 
          
            | Emperor of Russia |  |  | 
          
            | Ivan or Peter |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas II was the last |  |  | 
          
            | Autocrat of old |  |  | 
          
            | Ivan or Nicholas |  |  | 
          
            | Peter the Great, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Winter Palace figure |  |  | 
          
            | Ruler until 1917 |  |  | 
          
            | Ivan the Terrible, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Romanov ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas I, for one | Universal | 26 Dec 2018 | 
          
            | Nicholas, for one | LA Times Daily | 23 Dec 2018 | 
          
            | Nicholas, for one | The Washington Post | 23 Dec 2018 | 
          
            | Kremlin dweller, once | Universal | 21 Dec 2018 | 
          
            | Regularly test a Republican leader |  |  | 
          
            | Autocrat of yore |  |  | 
          
            | Russian despot | Canadiana | 03 Dec 2018 | 
          
            | Sailor carrying second Russian emperor |  |  | 
          
            | Evictor of the Jews in 'Fiddler on the Roof' | New York Times | 02 Dec 2018 | 
          
            | Olden designation often given to old Slavic monarchs |  |  | 
          
            | Fabergé egg collector | New York Times | 01 Dec 2018 | 
          
            | Way-bygone monarch | Universal | 23 Nov 2018 | 
          
            | Old Russian ruler | Family Time | 18 Nov 2018 | 
          
            | Bolshevik's foe | The Washington Post Sunday | 18 Nov 2018 | 
          
            | Russian ruler no more | Universal | 11 Nov 2018 | 
          
            | Ruler of Russia | Wall Street Journal | 10 Nov 2018 | 
          
            | Nicholas II's title | Universal | 31 Oct 2018 | 
          
            | Russian leader (once) | The Telegraph Quick | 31 Oct 2018 | 
          
            | Romanov's title | Family Time | 28 Oct 2018 | 
          
            | Royalists are imprisoning emperor |  |  | 
          
            | Anastasia's pop, for one | Universal | 13 Oct 2018 | 
          
            | Pre-revolution ruler | Universal | 09 Oct 2018 | 
          
            | Russian leader, once | Universal | 06 Oct 2018 | 
          
            | Former Slavic ruler | The Washington Post Sunday | 23 Sep 2018 | 
          
            | Pre-revolution leader | Universal | 17 Sep 2018 | 
          
            | Nicholas I, for one | Family Time | 10 Sep 2018 | 
          
            | Peter I, e.g | Jonesin | 04 Sep 2018 | 
          
            | Way-old ruler | Universal | 04 Sep 2018 | 
          
            | Ruler not seen since 1917 | Universal | 27 Aug 2018 | 
          
            | Tolstoy's ruler | Family Time | 06 Aug 2018 | 
          
            | Old Russian bigwig | Universal | 04 Aug 2018 | 
          
            | Deposed autocrat | Wall Street Journal | 31 Jul 2018 | 
          
            | Sailor keeps a small ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Ruler of long ago | Universal | 25 Jul 2018 | 
          
            | Great Imperial Crown ruler | Universal | 23 Jul 2018 | 
          
            | Ruler of old | Universal | 21 Jul 2018 | 
          
            | Bygone title | Universal | 06 Jul 2018 | 
          
            | Russian leader it is fair to ignore on a regular basis | The Telegraph Cryptic | 03 Jul 2018 | 
          
            | Peter or Paul, but not Mary | New York Times | 22 Jun 2018 | 
          
            | Ruler of Russia no more | Family Time | 11 Jun 2018 | 
          
            | Autocrat of yore |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas, for one | Universal | 30 May 2018 | 
          
            | Nicholas I or II, e.g | Jonesin | 29 May 2018 | 
          
            | Rastafarian leaders backing former emperor |  |  | 
          
            | Russian monarch of yore | Universal | 18 May 2018 | 
          
            | Ruler no longer | Family Time | 14 May 2018 | 
          
            | Content of constant sarcasm of foreign despot | Irish Times Crosaire | 12 May 2018 | 
          
            | Former autocrat | The Washington Post | 10 May 2018 | 
          
            | Bygone autocrat |  |  | 
          
            | Former autocrat | LA Times Daily | 10 May 2018 | 
          
            | Romanov sovereign | Wall Street Journal | 01 May 2018 | 
          
            | Peter, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Romanov ruler | New York Times | 30 Apr 2018 | 
          
            | Russian ruler, once | Family Time | 29 Apr 2018 | 
          
            | Old Russian ruler | Premier Sunday | 29 Apr 2018 | 
          
            | Boris Godunov, e.g | Wall Street Journal | 21 Apr 2018 | 
          
            | Ruler long gone | Universal | 16 Apr 2018 | 
          
            | Issuer of ukases | New York Times | 12 Apr 2018 | 
          
            | Patriots are mobbing an emperor |  |  | 
          
            | Roots of St Ignatius Loyola, soldier and absolutist |  |  | 
          
            | Winter Palace inhabitant, once | Universal | 08 Apr 2018 | 
          
            | Old type of Russian ruler | Family Time | 02 Apr 2018 | 
          
            | Russian autocrat | Premier Sunday | 01 Apr 2018 | 
          
            | 'Time it right,' he ruled | The Telegraph Toughie | 23 Mar 2018 | 
          
            | Compliments Aristophanes' content of The Emperor | Irish Times Crosaire | 23 Mar 2018 | 
          
            | Peter the Great, for one | New York Times | 20 Mar 2018 | 
          
            | Beats a retreat, protecting powerful ruler | The Telegraph Cryptic | 17 Mar 2018 | 
          
            | Old Russian leader | LA Times Daily | 13 Mar 2018 | 
          
            | Old Russian leader | The Washington Post | 13 Mar 2018 | 
          
            | Ex-leader of Russia | Universal | 11 Mar 2018 | 
          
            | Onetime Winter Palace occupant | Family Time | 11 Mar 2018 | 
          
            | Alexander or Peter | Universal | 09 Mar 2018 | 
          
            | Nicholas II was the last one | Jonesin | 06 Mar 2018 | 
          
            | Napoleon foe Alexander I, e.g | The Chronicle of Higher Education | 23 Feb 2018 | 
          
            | Winter Palace resident | Family Time | 18 Feb 2018 | 
          
            | Old ruler head of school dropped in flipping grass |  |  | 
          
            | Peter or Paul, but not Mary | Family Time | 22 Jan 2018 | 
          
            | Old authoritarian spews out: "Rats!" |  |  | 
          
            | Russian ruler, before 1917 | Jonesin | 16 Jan 2018 | 
          
            | Russian head, once |  |  | 
          
            | Way-bygone monarch |  |  | 
          
            | Napoleon foe Alexander I, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Winter Palace resident |  |  | 
          
            | Deposed Russian ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Former autocrat |  |  | 
          
            | Anastasia's pop, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Bygone autocrat |  |  | 
          
            | Bygone despot |  |  | 
          
            | Bygone title |  |  | 
          
            | Kremlin dweller, once |  |  | 
          
            | Pre-revolution leader |  |  | 
          
            | Pre-revolution ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Ruler of old |  |  | 
          
            | Russian leader, once |  |  | 
          
            | Boris Godunov, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Deposed autocrat |  |  | 
          
            | Ruler of Russia |  |  | 
          
            | Slavic monarch |  |  | 
          
            | Romanov ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Peter or Paul, but not Mary |  |  | 
          
            | Fabergé egg collector |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas II's title |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Evictor of the Jews in "Fiddler on the Roof" |  |  | 
          
            | Issuer of ukases |  |  | 
          
            | Peter the Great, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Winter Palace inhabitant, once |  |  | 
          
            | Way-old ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Russian ruler no more |  |  | 
          
            | Russian monarch of yore |  |  | 
          
            | Ruler of long ago |  |  | 
          
            | Ruler not seen since 1917 |  |  | 
          
            | Ruler long gone |  |  | 
          
            | Old Russian bigwig |  |  | 
          
            | Great Imperial Crown ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas I, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Romanov sovereign |  |  | 
          
            | Russian ruler | New York Times | 20 Dec 2017 | 
          
            | Old Russian emperor | The Sun Two Speed | 10 Dec 2017 | 
          
            | Holding back drastic ruler | The Sun Two Speed | 10 Dec 2017 | 
          
            | Leader wearing the Great Imperial Crown | New York Times | 10 Dec 2017 | 
          
            | Bygone royal | The Washington Post Sunday | 10 Dec 2017 | 
          
            | Celebrity model moving to the front with an old Russian monarch |  |  | 
          
            | Russian emperor | The Times Concise | 04 Dec 2017 | 
          
            | Russian ruler, once | Universal | 18 Nov 2017 | 
          
            | Peter the Great, e.g | New York Times | 13 Nov 2017 | 
          
            | Alexis I, e.g | Premier Sunday | 12 Nov 2017 | 
          
            | Old ruler of Russia | Universal | 26 Oct 2017 | 
          
            | Tyrant's title until 1917 | Universal | 24 Oct 2017 | 
          
            | Nicholas II, for one | Universal | 20 Oct 2017 | 
          
            | Leader with a title derived from the name 'Caesar' | New York Times | 18 Oct 2017 | 
          
            | Nicholas II was the last one | The Washington Post | 12 Oct 2017 | 
          
            | Nicholas II was the last one | LA Times Daily | 12 Oct 2017 | 
          
            | Victim of a revolution | New York Times | 08 Oct 2017 | 
          
            | Old Russian ruler | Universal | 07 Oct 2017 | 
          
            | Prerevolution autocrat | The Chronicle of Higher Education | 06 Oct 2017 | 
          
            | Ruler in for astonishing upset |  |  | 
          
            | Ruler initially used in producing triangle, square and rectangle |  |  | 
          
            | Russia had one in the 20th century | LA Times Daily | 08 Sep 2017 | 
          
            | Russia had one in the 20th century | The Washington Post | 08 Sep 2017 | 
          
            | Deposed Russian of old | Family Time | 28 Aug 2017 | 
          
            | Supremo starts to think seriously about reform | The Telegraph Toughie | 08 Aug 2017 | 
          
            | Pre-1917 despot | New York Times | 02 Aug 2017 | 
          
            | Winter Palace ruler | LA Times Daily | 30 Jul 2017 | 
          
            | Winter Palace ruler | The Washington Post | 30 Jul 2017 | 
          
            | Bolshevik's target | New York Times | 28 Jul 2017 | 
          
            | Russian ruler | The Times Concise | 20 Jul 2017 | 
          
            | Peter or Ivan, historically | Family Time | 17 Jul 2017 | 
          
            | Starts to teach students about ruthless ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Ruler pre-1917 | Family Time | 02 Jul 2017 | 
          
            | Simeon I of Bulgaria, e.g | Premier Sunday | 02 Jul 2017 | 
          
            | Russian ruler of yore | Premier Sunday | 25 Jun 2017 | 
          
            | Crimean War leader | LA Times Daily | 22 Jun 2017 | 
          
            | Pre-Red head | New York Times | 22 Jun 2017 | 
          
            | Crimean War leader | The Washington Post | 22 Jun 2017 | 
          
            | Winter Palace occupant | Wall Street Journal | 17 Jun 2017 | 
          
            | Pre-1917 autocrat | Family Time | 11 Jun 2017 | 
          
            | Russian emperor | The Telegraph Quick | 05 Jun 2017 | 
          
            | 1917 revolution victim | Universal | 22 May 2017 | 
          
            | Ruler that doesn't work anymore | LA Times Daily | 12 May 2017 | 
          
            | Ruler that doesn't work anymore | The Washington Post | 12 May 2017 | 
          
            | Anastasia's father's title | Universal | 06 May 2017 | 
          
            | Autocrat of yore |  |  | 
          
            | Catherine Palace resident | Wall Street Journal | 25 Apr 2017 | 
          
            | Emperor‘s wandering star |  |  | 
          
            | 1917 dethronee | New York Times | 19 Apr 2017 | 
          
            | Bygone big shot | Wall Street Journal | 19 Apr 2017 | 
          
            | Emperor Tiberius, sombre and reclusive for starters |  |  | 
          
            | Bygone autocrat | Premier Sunday | 16 Apr 2017 | 
          
            | Leaders of the Spanish Armada rescued emperor | Irish Times Crosaire | 11 Apr 2017 | 
          
            | Pre-1917 bigwig | Family Time | 10 Apr 2017 | 
          
            | Alternative way to write "czar" | Family Time | 02 Apr 2017 | 
          
            | Alexander III or Nicholas II | Wall Street Journal | 01 Apr 2017 | 
          
            | Pre-revolution bigwig | LA Times Daily | 25 Mar 2017 | 
          
            | Emperor Haile Selassie's follower mostly rejected | The Telegraph Cryptic | 25 Mar 2017 | 
          
            | Pre-revolution bigwig | The Washington Post | 25 Mar 2017 | 
          
            | Olden designation often given to old Slavic monarchs |  |  | 
          
            | Hats off to South Africa�s rugby adjudicator | The Telegraph Toughie | 17 Mar 2017 | 
          
            | Emperor in pants, a rapscallion |  |  | 
          
            | Many an Ivan, in old Russia | LA Times Daily | 21 Feb 2017 | 
          
            | Winter Palace ruler of old | Universal | 18 Feb 2017 | 
          
            | Emperor partly beats a retreat |  |  | 
          
            | Russian leader until 1917 | Universal | 13 Feb 2017 | 
          
            | Russian leader up to 1917 | Universal | 11 Feb 2017 | 
          
            | Second to enter pitch, a person in authority |  |  | 
          
            | Bygone Winter Palace resident | New York Times | 02 Feb 2017 | 
          
            | Peter or Ivan the Terrible, e.g | Universal | 30 Jan 2017 | 
          
            | Nicholas II, for one | The Washington Post | 27 Jan 2017 | 
          
            | Russian ruler of the past | Wall Street Journal | 23 Jan 2017 | 
          
            | Totalitarian of old | The Washington Post | 18 Jan 2017 | 
          
            | Russian ruler until 1917 | LA Times Daily | 16 Jan 2017 | 
          
            | Old Russian dynast | LA Times Daily | 15 Jan 2017 | 
          
            | Monarch of old | Universal | 07 Jan 2017 | 
          
            | Boris Godunov was one | Universal | 04 Jan 2017 | 
          
            | Bygone Winter Palace resident |  |  | 
          
            | Old Russian ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Tyrant's title until 1917 |  |  | 
          
            | Crimean War leader |  |  | 
          
            | Old Russian dynast |  |  | 
          
            | Victim of a revolution |  |  | 
          
            | Russian ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Pre-Red head |  |  | 
          
            | Pre-1917 despot |  |  | 
          
            | Peter the Great, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Leader with a title derived from the name "Caesar" |  |  | 
          
            | Leader wearing the Great Imperial Crown |  |  | 
          
            | Bolshevik's target |  |  | 
          
            | 1917 dethronee |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas II, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Monarch of old |  |  | 
          
            | Anastasia's father's title |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas II was the last one |  |  | 
          
            | Old despot |  |  | 
          
            | Ruler that doesn't work anymore |  |  | 
          
            | Russia had one in the 20th century |  |  | 
          
            | Russian ruler until 1917 |  |  | 
          
            | Winter Palace ruler |  |  | 
          
            | 1917 revolution victim |  |  | 
          
            | Boris Godunov was one |  |  | 
          
            | Old ruler of Russia |  |  | 
          
            | Winter Palace ruler of old |  |  | 
          
            | Prerevolution autocrat |  |  | 
          
            | Russian ruler, once |  |  | 
          
            | Peter or Ivan the Terrible, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Mighty monarch no more | Universal | 20 Dec 2016 | 
          
            | Kremlin VIP, once | Universal | 27 Nov 2016 | 
          
            | Peter or Paul, but not Mary | USA Today | 21 Nov 2016 | 
          
            | Ruler of yore | Premier Sunday | 20 Nov 2016 | 
          
            | Winter Palace resident | New York Times | 08 Nov 2016 | 
          
            | Alexis I, for one | USA Today | 03 Nov 2016 | 
          
            | Russian ruler | Wall Street Journal | 26 Oct 2016 | 
          
            | Russian ruler | The Guardian Speedy | 22 Oct 2016 | 
          
            | Early 20th-century abdicator | New York Times | 13 Oct 2016 | 
          
            | Bolshevik's quarry | The Washington Post | 12 Oct 2016 | 
          
            | Position last held in Russia by Nicholas II | The Telegraph General Knowledge | 09 Oct 2016 | 
          
            | Romanov ruler | The Washington Post | 05 Oct 2016 | 
          
            | The last one was Nicholas II | Universal | 06 Sep 2016 | 
          
            | Some uprising from Caesar, a stonking emperor! |  |  | 
          
            | Russian leader succeeded in turning informer | The Times Cryptic | 26 Aug 2016 | 
          
            | Russian leader succeeded in turning informer |  |  | 
          
            | Onetime Russian ruler | Family Time | 14 Aug 2016 | 
          
            | "Arts" anagram | Universal | 08 Aug 2016 | 
          
            | Top player suffering reverse at first as leading man |  |  | 
          
            | Winter Palace autocrat | New York Times | 26 Jul 2016 | 
          
            | Target of a 1917 uprising | New York Times | 21 Jul 2016 | 
          
            | Leader issuing a ukase | New York Times | 17 Jul 2016 | 
          
            | Old Russian despot | Universal | 13 Jul 2016 | 
          
            | Bygone autocrat | LA Times Daily | 10 Jul 2016 | 
          
            | Pre-1917 ruler | Family Time | 10 Jul 2016 | 
          
            | Supreme authority | The Telegraph Quick | 02 Jul 2016 | 
          
            | Despised figure in 'Fiddler on the Roof' | New York Times | 29 Jun 2016 | 
          
            | Peter the Great or Ivan the Terrible | The Washington Post | 27 Jun 2016 | 
          
            | Peter or Paul | LA Times Daily | 26 Jun 2016 | 
          
            | Emperor obtained backing of a third of the Rastafarians |  |  | 
          
            | Many an Ivan | LA Times Daily | 12 Jun 2016 | 
          
            | Any old Russian ruler | Universal | 08 Jun 2016 | 
          
            | Russian bigwig, pre-1917 | Family Time | 06 Jun 2016 | 
          
            | Old overlord | Premier Sunday | 29 May 2016 | 
          
            | Emperor that hasn't been around for 99 years | Jonesin | 24 May 2016 | 
          
            | Ruler treats army partially |  |  | 
          
            | Old Russian bigwig | Premier Sunday | 01 May 2016 | 
          
            | Khan : Mongolia :: ___ : Russia | New York Times | 24 Apr 2016 | 
          
            | Former Kremlin resident | The Chronicle of Higher Education | 22 Apr 2016 | 
          
            | Russian dynast | The Chronicle of Higher Education | 01 Apr 2016 | 
          
            | Ruler treats army partially |  |  | 
          
            | Bygone despot | Eugene Sheffer | 22 Mar 2016 | 
          
            | Nicholas I was one | Universal | 17 Mar 2016 | 
          
            | Russian bigwig, pre-1917 | Universal | 12 Mar 2016 | 
          
            | Title for a Romanov | USA Today | 06 Mar 2016 | 
          
            | Senior public official setting limits to this area, right? |  |  | 
          
            | Leader gets arrested/detained |  |  | 
          
            | Despots are sheltering despot |  |  | 
          
            | Central figure in a Mussorgsky opera | New York Times | 24 Feb 2016 | 
          
            | Russian despot's star turn |  |  | 
          
            | Ivan the Terrible was Russia's first | Family Time | 14 Feb 2016 | 
          
            | Old despot of Russia | Premier Sunday | 31 Jan 2016 | 
          
            | Old Russian leader | The Sun Two Speed | 30 Jan 2016 | 
          
            | Emperor held by Brits, a Russian | The Sun Two Speed | 30 Jan 2016 | 
          
            | Ruler opposed by the Bolsheviks | Family Time | 25 Jan 2016 | 
          
            | Alexandra's husband | USA Today | 22 Jan 2016 | 
          
            | Autocrat of yore | Universal | 16 Jan 2016 | 
          
            | Russian ruler until 1917 | USA Today | 15 Jan 2016 | 
          
            | Winter Palace ruler | Eugene Sheffer | 04 Jan 2016 | 
          
            | "Arts" anagram |  |  | 
          
            | Former Russian leader |  |  | 
          
            | Russian ruler until 1917 |  |  | 
          
            | Russian dynast |  |  | 
          
            | Former Kremlin resident |  |  | 
          
            | Any old Russian ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Mighty monarch no more |  |  | 
          
            | Early 20th-century abdicator |  |  | 
          
            | Winter Palace resident |  |  | 
          
            | Peter or Paul |  |  | 
          
            | Many an Ivan |  |  | 
          
            | Bygone autocrat |  |  | 
          
            | Winter Palace autocrat |  |  | 
          
            | Despised figure in "Fiddler on the Roof" |  |  | 
          
            | Target of a 1917 uprising |  |  | 
          
            | Leader issuing a ukase |  |  | 
          
            | Autocrat of yore |  |  | 
          
            | Old Russian despot |  |  | 
          
            | Onetime Russian ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Alexandra's husband |  |  | 
          
            | Bygone Russian ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Romanov leader | Eugene Sheffer | 23 Dec 2015 | 
          
            | Onetime Russian ruler | Universal | 21 Dec 2015 | 
          
            | Bygone Russian despot | Universal | 16 Dec 2015 | 
          
            | Ruler upset artist and holy man | The Sun Two Speed | 10 Dec 2015 | 
          
            | Nicholas II, e.g | Wall Street Journal | 08 Dec 2015 | 
          
            | Winter Palace resident, once | USA Today | 06 Dec 2015 | 
          
            | Old authoritarian | Wall Street Journal | 04 Dec 2015 | 
          
            | Russian ruler once | The Telegraph Quick | 02 Dec 2015 | 
          
            | Nicholas I or II, e.g | Universal | 30 Nov 2015 | 
          
            | Ivan was one | USA Today | 28 Nov 2015 | 
          
            | Leader replaced by a chairman | The Washington Post | 18 Nov 2015 | 
          
            | Nicholas I or II, e.g | USA Today | 06 Nov 2015 | 
          
            | Romanov ruler | Premier Sunday | 01 Nov 2015 | 
          
            | Romanov ruler | Eugene Sheffer | 27 Oct 2015 | 
          
            | Star disguised as old Russian ruler | The Sun Two Speed | 24 Oct 2015 | 
          
            | Despotic ruler | USA Today | 24 Oct 2015 | 
          
            | Ruler opposed by the Bolsheviks | Universal | 24 Oct 2015 | 
          
            | Autocrat until 1917 | Universal | 17 Oct 2015 | 
          
            | Autocrat until 1917 | USA Today | 04 Oct 2015 | 
          
            | Ivan or Nicholas, e.g | Universal | 03 Oct 2015 | 
          
            | Ruler withdraws from supra-state |  |  | 
          
            | Romanov title | Premier Sunday | 30 Aug 2015 | 
          
            | Russian ruler before 1917 | USA Today | 18 Aug 2015 | 
          
            | Boris Godunov, for one | USA Today | 12 Aug 2015 | 
          
            | Anagram for "rats" | Universal | 07 Aug 2015 | 
          
            | Bygone despot | USA Today | 06 Aug 2015 | 
          
            | Ruler of old | USA Today | 05 Aug 2015 | 
          
            | Russian head, once | Universal | 04 Aug 2015 | 
          
            | Old emperor | Premier Sunday | 02 Aug 2015 | 
          
            | Onetime Russian monarch | LA Times Daily | 02 Aug 2015 | 
          
            | Ivan the Terrible, e.g | Universal | 25 Jul 2015 | 
          
            | Boris Godunov, for one | Universal | 20 Jul 2015 | 
          
            | Russian despot of old | Universal | 12 Jul 2015 | 
          
            | Nicholas II, for one | Family Time | 12 Jul 2015 | 
          
            | It upsets a ruler, somewhat |  |  | 
          
            | Livadia Palace resident | Wall Street Journal | 26 Jun 2015 | 
          
            | Bygone despot | Universal | 21 Jun 2015 | 
          
            | Russian despot | LA Times Daily | 15 Jun 2015 | 
          
            | Russian ruler of old | Universal | 14 Jun 2015 | 
          
            | That's a ruler -- the ruler hiding there! | The Telegraph Cryptic | 12 Jun 2015 | 
          
            | Russian ruler (S, not Z) | The Times Concise | 04 Jun 2015 | 
          
            | Ruler of Muscovy | New York Times | 03 Jun 2015 | 
          
            | Son breaking sailor's old ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Peter or Ivan | Canadiana | 18 May 2015 | 
          
            | Ruler no more | USA Today | 18 May 2015 | 
          
            | Bygone autocrat | Universal | 27 Apr 2015 | 
          
            | Bygone leader | USA Today | 26 Apr 2015 | 
          
            | Bygone title | USA Today | 12 Apr 2015 | 
          
            | Ruler finally executed in drastic uprising | The Telegraph Cryptic | 12 Apr 2015 | 
          
            | He was a star, in a way |  |  | 
          
            | Russian leader before 1917 | Universal | 07 Apr 2015 | 
          
            | Emperor in knight's armour | The Telegraph Cryptic | 06 Apr 2015 | 
          
            | Rats (anag) | The Guardian Quick | 04 Apr 2015 | 
          
            | Guy sarcastically blessed in ''Fiddler on the Roof'' | Newsday | 04 Apr 2015 | 
          
            | Nicholas I or II | Universal | 31 Mar 2015 | 
          
            | Another spelling for 13-Down | USA Today | 30 Mar 2015 | 
          
            | Alexandra's husband was one | Universal | 24 Mar 2015 | 
          
            | February Revolution target | New York Times | 18 Mar 2015 | 
          
            | Russian leader until 1917 | USA Today | 17 Mar 2015 | 
          
            | Romanov autocrat | Premier Sunday | 15 Mar 2015 | 
          
            | Pre-1917 autocrat | The Chronicle of Higher Education | 13 Mar 2015 | 
          
            | Romanov ruler | Universal | 12 Mar 2015 | 
          
            | Russian despot | Universal | 18 Feb 2015 | 
          
            | Pre-revolutionary ruler (Var.) | Universal | 06 Feb 2015 | 
          
            | Russian ruler of old (Var.) | Universal | 04 Feb 2015 | 
          
            | Kaiser cousin (Var.) | Universal | 30 Jan 2015 | 
          
            | Pre-revolution ruler | USA Today | 29 Jan 2015 | 
          
            | Onetime Russian ruler | USA Today | 26 Jan 2015 | 
          
            | One spelling for a former Russian ruler | Universal | 20 Jan 2015 | 
          
            | Autocrat of yore | USA Today | 18 Jan 2015 | 
          
            | Bygone monarch | New York Times | 15 Jan 2015 | 
          
            | Onetime Kremlin dweller (Var.) | Universal | 15 Jan 2015 | 
          
            | 99-Down, for one | Premier Sunday | 11 Jan 2015 | 
          
            | Bygone Russian leader | USA Today | 07 Jan 2015 | 
          
            | Nicholas I or II, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Despotic ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Bygone despot |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas I or II, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Russian despot |  |  | 
          
            | Bygone title |  |  | 
          
            | Onetime Russian monarch |  |  | 
          
            | 99-Down, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Bygone leader |  |  | 
          
            | Pre-revolutionary ruler (Var.) |  |  | 
          
            | Ruler opposed by the Bolsheviks |  |  | 
          
            | Livadia Palace resident |  |  | 
          
            | Onetime Kremlin dweller (Var.) |  |  | 
          
            | Bygone autocrat |  |  | 
          
            | One spelling for a former Russian ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas I or II |  |  | 
          
            | Ivan the Terrible, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Bygone Russian despot |  |  | 
          
            | Alexandra's husband was one |  |  | 
          
            | Boris Godunov, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas I or II |  |  | 
          
            | Bygone Russian leader |  |  | 
          
            | Boris Godunov, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Romanov title |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas II, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Another spelling for 13-Down |  |  | 
          
            | Ivan was one |  |  | 
          
            | Autocrat of yore |  |  | 
          
            | Romanov autocrat |  |  | 
          
            | Bygone ruler |  |  | 
          
            | 1917 revolution target |  |  | 
          
            | Autocrat until 1917 |  |  | 
          
            | Guy sarcastically blessed in "Fiddler on the Roof" |  |  | 
          
            | Pre-1917 autocrat |  |  | 
          
            | Russian ruler of old (Var.) |  |  | 
          
            | Boris Godunov, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Russian ruler of old |  |  | 
          
            | February Revolution target |  |  | 
          
            | Ruler of Muscovy |  |  | 
          
            | Romanov ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Winter Palace resident, once |  |  | 
          
            | Russian ruler before 1917 |  |  | 
          
            | Russian leader until 1917 |  |  | 
          
            | Russian leader before 1917 |  |  | 
          
            | Ruler no more |  |  | 
          
            | Russian ruler of yore |  |  | 
          
            | Peter the Great, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Ousted autocrat of 1917 |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas II, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Leader replaced by a chairman |  |  | 
          
            | Former Russian autocrat |  |  | 
          
            | Russian despot of old |  |  | 
          
            | Old emperor |  |  | 
          
            | Anagram for "rats" |  |  | 
          
            | Russian despot |  |  | 
          
            | Autocrat until 1917 |  |  | 
          
            | Ivan or Nicholas, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Onetime ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Old authoritarian |  |  | 
          
            | Ruler of old |  |  | 
          
            | Romanov ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Pre-revolution ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Kaiser cousin (Var.) |  |  | 
          
            | Onetime Russian ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Ruler turns up among Laura's things |  |  | 
          
            | Despot of old |  |  | 
          
            | __ Bell (Kremlin attraction) |  |  | 
          
            | Top Romanov (Var.) |  |  | 
          
            | "God Save the __!": Russian Empire anthem |  |  | 
          
            | Russian ruler of yore |  |  | 
          
            | Ivan the Terrible's title (Var.) |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas I was one |  |  | 
          
            | Old Russian royal (Var.) |  |  | 
          
            | Old head of state |  |  | 
          
            | Peter the Great, for one (Var.) |  |  | 
          
            | Pre-revolution ruler (Var.) |  |  | 
          
            | Romanov dynasty member (Var.) |  |  | 
          
            | Peterhof Palace resident |  |  | 
          
            | Old Russian royal |  |  | 
          
            | Former Russian autocrat |  |  | 
          
            | February Revolution victim |  |  | 
          
            | Russian sovereign, once (Var.) |  |  | 
          
            | Pre-communism leader (Var.) |  |  | 
          
            | Old autocrat |  |  | 
          
            | Old Russian bigwig (Var.) |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas,  for one |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas II was the last |  |  | 
          
            | Former despot (Var.) |  |  | 
          
            | Erstwhile despot (Var.) |  |  | 
          
            | Bygone leader (Var.) |  |  | 
          
            | Bygone autocrat (Var.) |  |  | 
          
            | Autocratic ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Ivan or Nicholas |  |  | 
          
            | Old Russian autocrat |  |  | 
          
            | Pre-1917 autocrat |  |  | 
          
            | Title derived from the name "Caesar" |  |  | 
          
            | Pre-revolutionary ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Russian overlord |  |  | 
          
            | Ruler until 1917 |  |  | 
          
            | Pre-1917 autocrat |  |  | 
          
            | Fabergé egg recipient |  |  | 
          
            | Bygone ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Bygone big shot |  |  | 
          
            | Alexandra's Nicholas, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Old emperor of Russia |  |  | 
          
            | Alexandra's husband was one |  |  | 
          
            | Autocrat of old |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas I or II |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Old autocrat |  |  | 
          
            | Crimean War figure |  |  | 
          
            | Big wheel pre-1917 (Var.) |  |  | 
          
            | Pre-1917 Russian ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Pre-1917 autocrat |  |  | 
          
            | Romanov title |  |  | 
          
            | Ruler before Lenin |  |  | 
          
            | Russian autocrat |  |  | 
          
            | Autocrat until 1917 (Var.) |  |  | 
          
            | Alexandra's husband |  |  | 
          
            | Russian ruler of old |  |  | 
          
            | Russian ruler, once |  |  | 
          
            | Moscow monarch, once |  |  | 
          
            | Autocrat |  |  | 
          
            | "The Tale of __ Saltan" (Russian folk story) |  |  | 
          
            | Title for a Romanov |  |  | 
          
            | Fabergé-egg holder? |  |  | 
          
            | Despot |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas or Peter |  |  | 
          
            | 1917 abdicator |  |  | 
          
            | Romanov ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Old Russian autocrat (Var.) |  |  | 
          
            | Old Russian despot |  |  | 
          
            | Old autocrat (Var.) |  |  | 
          
            | Russian ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Anastasia's father, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Bygone monarch (Var.) |  |  | 
          
            | Holy man turns to a king and emperor |  |  | 
          
            | Peterhof Palace resident |  |  | 
          
            | Old Russian monarch |  |  | 
          
            | Member of an old Russian line |  |  | 
          
            | Abdicator of 1917 |  |  | 
          
            | Peter I, for one |  |  | 
          
            | "Arts" anagram |  |  | 
          
            | Ivan the Terrible, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Bygone Kremlin resident |  |  | 
          
            | Ruined Russian ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Russian leader of old |  |  | 
          
            | Ivan or Peter |  |  | 
          
            | Peter I,  for one |  |  | 
          
            | Alexis I, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Abdicator of 1917 |  |  | 
          
            | Anastasia's father was one |  |  | 
          
            | Bygone Russian despot |  |  | 
          
            | Member of an old Russian line |  |  | 
          
            | Winter Palace dweller |  |  | 
          
            | Pre-Soviet royalty |  |  | 
          
            | Ruler in old St. Petersburg |  |  | 
          
            | Anastasia's father, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Old Russian leader |  |  | 
          
            | Bolshevik target |  |  | 
          
            | Singular of 45-Down |  |  | 
          
            | Late 19th-century anarchist's foe |  |  | 
          
            | White Russian |  |  | 
          
            | Winter Palace resident |  |  | 
          
            | Ruler in old St. Petersburg |  |  | 
          
            | Ruler over Tolstoy |  |  | 
          
            | Pre-Soviet ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Bygone Russian despot |  |  | 
          
            | Toppled tyrant |  |  | 
          
            | Old Russian monarch |  |  | 
          
            | Abdicator of 1917 |  |  | 
          
            | Pre-Lenin Russian ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Toppled tyrant |  |  | 
          
            | Winter Palace denizen |  |  | 
          
            | Onetime Kremlin dweller |  |  | 
          
            | Anastasia's father, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Ivan the Terrible, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Bolshevik's quarry |  |  | 
          
            | Bygone monarch |  |  | 
          
            | Emperor of Russia |  |  | 
          
            | Ivan IV was Russia's first |  |  | 
          
            | Onetime Russian leader |  |  | 
          
            | Pre-Russian Revolution ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Ruler opposed by the Bolsheviks |  |  | 
          
            | Erstwhile Russian sovereign |  |  | 
          
            | Winter Palace denizen |  |  | 
          
            | Bygone autocrat |  |  | 
          
            | Deposed Russian ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Kaiser's counterpart |  |  | 
          
            | Variation of 6-Across |  |  | 
          
            | Russian Revolution victim |  |  | 
          
            | One-time Kremlin dweller |  |  | 
          
            | Peter the Great, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Despot until 1917 |  |  | 
          
            | Old Russian monarch |  |  | 
          
            | Deposed despot |  |  | 
          
            | Romanov bigwig |  |  | 
          
            | Romanov ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Bolshevik foe |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas II, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas II was the last one |  |  | 
          
            | Ivan the Terrible, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Anastasia's father was one |  |  | 
          
            | Old Russian despot |  |  | 
          
            | Russia's Nicholas, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Pre-Soviet royalty |  |  | 
          
            | Ex-leader of Russia |  |  | 
          
            | Ruler's partial to drastic backtracking |  |  | 
          
            | Russian leader before 1917 |  |  | 
          
            | Fabergé patron |  |  | 
          
            | Peter the Great, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Winter Palace resident |  |  | 
          
            | Winter Palace resident |  |  | 
          
            | Russian ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Ruler who lived in the Winter Palace |  |  | 
          
            | Pre-Lenin Russian ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Pre-Communism leader |  |  | 
          
            | Old Russian leader |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas I was one |  |  | 
          
            | Former Winter Palace resident |  |  | 
          
            | Former Russian monarch |  |  | 
          
            | Defunct ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Bygone Russian autocrat |  |  | 
          
            | Boris Godunov, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Anastasia's daddy, for one |  |  | 
          
            | All-powerful ruler |  |  | 
          
            | 1917 revolution casualty |  |  | 
          
            | Russian ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Old Russian noble |  |  | 
          
            | Bygone royal Russian |  |  | 
          
            | Winter Palace despot |  |  | 
          
            | Peter I, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Former Russian royalty |  |  | 
          
            | Former Russian despot |  |  | 
          
            | Autocrat until 1917 |  |  | 
          
            | Romanov title |  |  | 
          
            | Old Russian ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Old Russian noble |  |  | 
          
            | Old Russian dynast |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas II, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Ivan IV, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Title in Russian history |  |  | 
          
            | Peter I, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Leader executed by the Bolsheviks |  |  | 
          
            | Emperor of Russia |  |  | 
          
            | Alexandra's Nicholas, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Alexandra Feodorovna's husband, for one |  |  | 
          
            | A ruler before the revolution |  |  | 
          
            | 1917 revolution casualty |  |  | 
          
            | Unseen "Fiddler on the Roof" tyrant |  |  | 
          
            | Unseen "Fiddler on the Roof" tyrant |  |  | 
          
            | Bygone royal Russian |  |  | 
          
            | Old autocrat |  |  | 
          
            | Pre-1917 despot |  |  | 
          
            | Pre-communist leader |  |  | 
          
            | Pre-Communist leader |  |  | 
          
            | Peter the Great, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Romanov ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Old crowned head |  |  | 
          
            | An anagram for "rats" |  |  | 
          
            | A ruler before the revolution |  |  | 
          
            | Peter, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Ivan IV, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas II, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Romanov title |  |  | 
          
            | Russian autocrat |  |  | 
          
            | Russia's Alexis I, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Peter I was one |  |  | 
          
            | Russian ruler of old |  |  | 
          
            | Russian monarch |  |  | 
          
            | Figure in a Rimsky-Korsakov opera |  |  | 
          
            | Father of a grand duke |  |  | 
          
            | Bygone ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Bygone despot |  |  | 
          
            | Former St. Petersburg royal |  |  | 
          
            | Old Russian despot |  |  | 
          
            | Old royal |  |  | 
          
            | Pre-1917 ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Peter the Great, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Absolute ruler before the revolution |  |  | 
          
            | Abdicator of 1917 |  |  | 
          
            | An anagram for "rats" |  |  | 
          
            | Former Kremlin resident |  |  | 
          
            | Former absolute ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Pre-1917 ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Ruler in Rimsky-Korsakov operas |  |  | 
          
            | Ruler in old St. Petersburg |  |  | 
          
            | Big man in Russia, once |  |  | 
          
            | Old ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Old Russian despot |  |  | 
          
            | Bolshevik target |  |  | 
          
            | Former Russian royal |  |  | 
          
            | Michael, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Pre-Communist autocrat |  |  | 
          
            | Title of the first Fabergé egg owner |  |  | 
          
            | Russian ruler of yore |  |  | 
          
            | Peter the Great, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Old Russian despot |  |  | 
          
            | Former despot |  |  | 
          
            | Pre-Communist autocrat |  |  | 
          
            | Bygone ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Former despot |  |  | 
          
            | Autocrat of old |  |  | 
          
            | The last was Nicholas II |  |  | 
          
            | Noted victim of 1917 |  |  | 
          
            | Romanov ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Winter Palace resident |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas or Alexander |  |  | 
          
            | Old Russian royal |  |  | 
          
            | Rasputin's advisee |  |  | 
          
            | Peter the Great, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Russian ruler, of yore |  |  | 
          
            | House of Fabergé patron |  |  | 
          
            | Pre-1917 autocrat |  |  | 
          
            | Opponent of Napoleon |  |  | 
          
            | Russian ruler of yore |  |  | 
          
            | Winter Palace resident, once |  |  | 
          
            | Bygone Russian ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Ruler until 1917 |  |  | 
          
            | Bygone Russian ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Mikhail Romanov, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Autocratic ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Turn-of-the-century Russian ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Rimsky-Korsakov's "The Tale of ___ Saltan" |  |  | 
          
            | Bygone ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Ruler whose more common spelling is rare in crosswords |  |  | 
          
            | Bygone sovereign |  |  | 
          
            | Autocrat of old |  |  | 
          
            | Pre-World War I ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Old Russian ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Villagers' tormentor in "Fiddler on the Roof" |  |  | 
          
            | Anagram for 31-Down |  |  | 
          
            | Villagers' tormentor in "Fiddler on the Roof" |  |  | 
          
            | Title of the first Fabergé egg owner |  |  | 
          
            | Winter Palace ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Bolshevik foe |  |  | 
          
            | Ukase issuer |  |  | 
          
            | Type of despot |  |  | 
          
            | Russian ruler of yore |  |  | 
          
            | Pre-Russian Revolution ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Boris Godunov, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Pre-1917 monarch |  |  | 
          
            | Pre-Lenin leader |  |  | 
          
            | Winter Palace VIP |  |  | 
          
            | Leader overthrown in 1917 |  |  | 
          
            | Deposed despot |  |  | 
          
            | Winter Palace dweller, once |  |  | 
          
            | Crimean War leader |  |  | 
          
            | Mikhail Romanov, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Old Russian despot |  |  | 
          
            | Autocrat of old |  |  | 
          
            | Bygone Russian despot |  |  | 
          
            | Old imperator |  |  | 
          
            | Pre-1917 Russian ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Royal Russian of yore |  |  | 
          
            | Peter or Paul, but not Mary |  |  | 
          
            | Boris Godunov, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Catherine Palace resident, once |  |  | 
          
            | Title in Russian history |  |  | 
          
            | Title derived from "Caesar" |  |  | 
          
            | One-time Winter Palace occupant |  |  | 
          
            | Mikhail Romanov, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Peter or Ivan |  |  | 
          
            | Ivan the Terrible, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Former ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Erstwhile autocrat |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas II of Russia, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Deposed despot |  |  | 
          
            | Peter or Paul, but not Mary |  |  | 
          
            | Pre-1917 Russian ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Bolshevik foe |  |  | 
          
            | Royal Russian of yore |  |  | 
          
            | Pre-1917 ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Old totalitarian ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Old monarch |  |  | 
          
            | Autocrat |  |  | 
          
            | Russian dynast |  |  | 
          
            | 1917 abdicator |  |  | 
          
            | Bolsheviks' bane |  |  | 
          
            | Peter the Great, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Romanov ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Russian despot |  |  | 
          
            | "Terrible" title |  |  | 
          
            | Ivan or Feodor |  |  | 
          
            | Ruler's title derived from "Caesar" |  |  | 
          
            | Old overlord |  |  | 
          
            | Russian ruler before the revolution |  |  | 
          
            | Old monarch |  |  | 
          
            | Russian despot |  |  | 
          
            | Onetime Kremlin dweller |  |  | 
          
            | Russian ruler of old |  |  | 
          
            | Bygone despot |  |  | 
          
            | 1917 abdicator |  |  | 
          
            | Bolsheviks' bane |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas II was the last |  |  | 
          
            | Romanov ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Shah : Iran :: ___ : Russia |  |  | 
          
            | Autocrat until 1917 |  |  | 
          
            | Peter I, II or III |  |  | 
          
            | Male monarch |  |  | 
          
            | Winter Palace ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas II, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Ivan IV, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | 29 Across collector |  |  | 
          
            | Authoritarian |  |  | 
          
            | Bolshevik foe |  |  | 
          
            | Fabergé Egg collector |  |  | 
          
            | Boris Godunov, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Leader opposed by the Bolsheviks |  |  | 
          
            | Loser of 1917 |  |  | 
          
            | Pre-1917 Russian ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Ruler of the past |  |  | 
          
            | Russian Revolution victim |  |  | 
          
            | Russian anarchists' foe, once |  |  | 
          
            | Russian emperor |  |  | 
          
            | Title for a Romanov |  |  | 
          
            | "A Life for the ___" (Glinka opera) |  |  | 
          
            | Absolute ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Old monarch |  |  | 
          
            | The last was Nicholas II |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas II was the last |  |  | 
          
            | Early 1900s ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Pre-Communist leader |  |  | 
          
            | Alexander, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Russian ruler of yore |  |  | 
          
            | Ivan or Peter |  |  | 
          
            | Alexandra Fyororovna's husband, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Ruler before 31-Down |  |  | 
          
            | Leader overthrown in 1917 |  |  | 
          
            | Early anti-Communist |  |  | 
          
            | Bygone crown |  |  | 
          
            | Bygone autocrat |  |  | 
          
            | "The Guns of August" figure |  |  | 
          
            | Autocrat |  |  | 
          
            | Father of a grand duke |  |  | 
          
            | Romanov royal of Russia |  |  | 
          
            | Old ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Romanov title |  |  | 
          
            | Bygone leader |  |  | 
          
            | Title for 9-Down |  |  | 
          
            | Romanov ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Winter Palace dweller, once |  |  | 
          
            | Alexander, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas or Alexander |  |  | 
          
            | Peter or Ivan |  |  | 
          
            | Old monarch |  |  | 
          
            | Noted Russian victim |  |  | 
          
            | Pre-1917 ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Pre-WWI ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Pre-Soviet sovereign |  |  | 
          
            | Ruler of yore |  |  | 
          
            | Old despot |  |  | 
          
            | Old Russian sovereign |  |  | 
          
            | Deposed Russian |  |  | 
          
            | Alexander II, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Ivan IV's title |  |  | 
          
            | Former Russian ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Alexander II, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Former Russian monarch |  |  | 
          
            | Bolsheviks' foe |  |  | 
          
            | Peter the Great, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Imperial leader of yore |  |  | 
          
            | Bolshevik foe |  |  | 
          
            | Russian royal |  |  | 
          
            | Autocrat of yore |  |  | 
          
            | Winter Palace occupant |  |  | 
          
            | Leader opposed by the Bolsheviks |  |  | 
          
            | Old Russian sovereign |  |  | 
          
            | Ruler of yore |  |  | 
          
            | Title for 9-Down |  |  | 
          
            | Basil was one |  |  | 
          
            | Petrograd pooh-bah |  |  | 
          
            | Romanov title |  |  | 
          
            | Feodor I, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Godunov Dynasty member |  |  | 
          
            | Terrible title? |  |  | 
          
            | Ruler of yore |  |  | 
          
            | Former Russian ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Ukase issuer |  |  | 
          
            | Noted 1918 casualty |  |  | 
          
            | Potentate of the past |  |  | 
          
            | Recipient of Faberge eggs |  |  | 
          
            | Ruler of the Cossacks, once |  |  | 
          
            | Paul I, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Peter, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Forced abdicator of 1917 |  |  | 
          
            | Bear head, once |  |  | 
          
            | Ukase issuer |  |  | 
          
            | Peter or Ivan, historically |  |  | 
          
            | Pre-1917 autocrat |  |  | 
          
            | Old autocrat |  |  | 
          
            | Old Russian autocrat |  |  | 
          
            | Ruler of yore |  |  | 
          
            | Royal Russian ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Peter I or Ivan IV |  |  | 
          
            | Romanov, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Peter the Great, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Regal Russian |  |  | 
          
            | Romanov title |  |  | 
          
            | Onetime monarch |  |  | 
          
            | Anastasia's father, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Ivan the Terrible, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Old ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Old leader |  |  | 
          
            | Despot of yore |  |  | 
          
            | Onetime monarch |  |  | 
          
            | Old sovereign |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas II, for one |  |  | 
          
            | House of Romanov ruler, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Peter the Great, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | The first one ruled 1547-84 |  |  | 
          
            | Ruler of the Cossacks |  |  | 
          
            | Pre-Communist leader |  |  | 
          
            | Ivan the Terrible, for example |  |  | 
          
            | Plot target of the Decembrists |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas I or II |  |  | 
          
            | Former Russian royalty |  |  | 
          
            | Early 1900s ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Dweller in the Peterhof |  |  | 
          
            | Cossacks' leader |  |  | 
          
            | Boris Godunov, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Alexis, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Old sovereign |  |  | 
          
            | Peter I, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Old ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Boris Godunov, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Erstwhile Russian sovereign |  |  | 
          
            | Pre-1917 despot |  |  | 
          
            | Ivan the Terrible, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Former Russian autocrat |  |  | 
          
            | Anastasia's father, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Ivan IV, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Van Cleef & Arpels cologne |  |  | 
          
            | Homeland despot |  |  | 
          
            | Ruler of yore |  |  | 
          
            | Bygone autocrat |  |  | 
          
            | Former ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Alexandra's husband, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Russian royalty |  |  | 
          
            | Erstwhile despot |  |  | 
          
            | Figure in a Rimsky-Korsakov opera |  |  | 
          
            | Fyodor I, II or III |  |  | 
          
            | Ivan IV was Russia's first |  |  | 
          
            | Ivan or Peter, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas II was the last one |  |  | 
          
            | Winter Palace VIP |  |  | 
          
            | Former Russian emperor |  |  | 
          
            | Former Russian head |  |  | 
          
            | Ivan the Terrible, for example |  |  | 
          
            | Despot of old |  |  | 
          
            | Despot of the past |  |  | 
          
            | Despot of old |  |  | 
          
            | Peter or Paul |  |  | 
          
            | Imperial autocrat |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas II, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Romanov bigwig |  |  | 
          
            | Palace potentate of the past |  |  | 
          
            | Paul I, Peter II, or Ivan III |  |  | 
          
            | Russian dynast |  |  | 
          
            | Russian leader before 1917 |  |  | 
          
            | Winter Palace ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Winter Palace occupant |  |  | 
          
            | Romanov title |  |  | 
          
            | Winter Palace ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Deposed despot |  |  | 
          
            | Despot of yore |  |  | 
          
            | Despotic ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas II, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Peter I or Ivan IV, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Peter the Great's title |  |  | 
          
            | Autocratic sort |  |  | 
          
            | Former St. Petersburg palace resident |  |  | 
          
            | Alexander, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Old leader |  |  | 
          
            | Ruler with a line? |  |  | 
          
            | Former Russian despot |  |  | 
          
            | Kremlin VIP, once |  |  | 
          
            | Russia's Nicholas II, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas II, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Former Russian ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Russian despot |  |  | 
          
            | Boris Godunov, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Ivan IV or Nicholas II |  |  | 
          
            | Onetime Russian leader |  |  | 
          
            | Peter or Ivan, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Erstwhile ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Old head |  |  | 
          
            | Ruler with a line? |  |  | 
          
            | Peter or Nicholas |  |  | 
          
            | Deposed despot |  |  | 
          
            | Pre-1917 monarch |  |  | 
          
            | Old leader |  |  | 
          
            | Anastasia's father, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Autocrat of yore |  |  | 
          
            | Despot of old |  |  | 
          
            | Godunov, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Fyodor, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Crimean War leader |  |  | 
          
            | Russian ruler of yore |  |  | 
          
            | Autocrat |  |  | 
          
            | Bygone ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Old Russian ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Pre-revolution ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Winter Palace residence |  |  | 
          
            | Old Russian monarch |  |  | 
          
            | Peter or Nicholas |  |  | 
          
            | Old despot |  |  | 
          
            | Leader in the Crimean War |  |  | 
          
            | Napoleon foe |  |  | 
          
            | Slavic emperor |  |  | 
          
            | Pre-1917 Russian ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Ivan the Terrible, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Bygone despot |  |  | 
          
            | Old head |  |  | 
          
            | Pre-1917 ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Onetime Kremlin figure |  |  | 
          
            | Peter or Paul, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas II, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Russian autocrat |  |  | 
          
            | Despot of yore |  |  | 
          
            | Potentate of the past |  |  | 
          
            | Male monarch |  |  | 
          
            | Rasputin advisee |  |  | 
          
            | Tyrannical type |  |  | 
          
            | Winter Palace ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Old autocrat |  |  | 
          
            | Anastasia's father, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Autocrat until 1917 |  |  | 
          
            | Decembrists' unsuccessful plot target in 1825 |  |  | 
          
            | Overlord of old |  |  | 
          
            | Peter, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Ruler of yore |  |  | 
          
            | Former Russian ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Old despot |  |  | 
          
            | Peter the Great, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Russian despot |  |  | 
          
            | Top Romanov |  |  | 
          
            | Autocrat of yore (variant spelling) |  |  | 
          
            | Godunov, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Bolshevik foe |  |  | 
          
            | Bygone leader |  |  | 
          
            | Despot until 1917 |  |  | 
          
            | Lenin foe |  |  | 
          
            | Peter or Paul |  |  | 
          
            | Royal Russian, once |  |  | 
          
            | Russian ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Russian ruler, of yore |  |  | 
          
            | Russian ruler, once |  |  | 
          
            | Winter Palace dweller |  |  | 
          
            | Despot until 1917 |  |  | 
          
            | Leader until 1917 |  |  | 
          
            | Old totalitarian ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Onetime Kremlin dweller |  |  | 
          
            | 6 Down ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Abdicator of 1917 |  |  | 
          
            | Bygone autocrat |  |  | 
          
            | Ivan or Nicholas |  |  | 
          
            | Peter or Paul |  |  | 
          
            | Winter Palace resident |  |  | 
          
            | Boris Godunov, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Kremlin VIP, once |  |  | 
          
            | Peter the Great, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Ruler opposed by the Bolsheviks |  |  | 
          
            | Russian ruler of old |  |  | 
          
            | 26- or 55-Down |  |  | 
          
            | Boris Godunov, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Mikhail Romanov, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Former Russian ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Romanov ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Despot of old (Var.) |  |  | 
          
            | Ruler of yore (Var.) |  |  | 
          
            | Simeon I, for one (Var.) |  |  | 
          
            | Alexandra's husband (Var.) |  |  | 
          
            | Ivan the Terrible, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Male monarch (Var.) |  |  | 
          
            | Ousted ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Despot |  |  | 
          
            | Peter or Ivan, e.g. (Var.) |  |  | 
          
            | Peter or Paul, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Rimsky-Korsakov's "The Tale of ___ Saltan" |  |  | 
          
            | Romanov ruler (Var.) |  |  | 
          
            | Russian Revolution victim (Var.) |  |  | 
          
            | Erstwhile autocrat |  |  | 
          
            | Onetime Kremlin dweller |  |  | 
          
            | Old despot |  |  | 
          
            | Anastasia's father, e.g. (Var.) |  |  | 
          
            | Studio head (Var.) |  |  | 
          
            | Fabergé egg buyer |  |  | 
          
            | Leader until 1917 |  |  | 
          
            | Royal Russian (Var.) |  |  | 
          
            | Bolshevik foe |  |  | 
          
            | Bygone leader |  |  | 
          
            | Leader opposed by the Bolsheviks |  |  | 
          
            | Bygone big shot |  |  | 
          
            | Ivan the Terrible's title |  |  | 
          
            | Russian leader until 1917 |  |  | 
          
            | Anticommunist leader |  |  | 
          
            | Winter Palace ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Old Russian bigwig |  |  | 
          
            | Bygone title |  |  | 
          
            | Alexander, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Bolshevik quarry |  |  | 
          
            | Boris Godunov, for one (Var.) |  |  | 
          
            | Old crowned head |  |  | 
          
            | Pre-Soviet ruler (Var.) |  |  | 
          
            | Russian monarch, once (Var.) |  |  | 
          
            | Romanov title (Var.) |  |  | 
          
            | Russia's leader in 1916 |  |  | 
          
            | Title for Ivan (Var.) |  |  | 
          
            | Winter Palace VIP |  |  | 
          
            | Bygone despot (Var.) |  |  | 
          
            | Ruler before 1917 (Var.) |  |  | 
          
            | Peter or Paul, e.g. (Var.) |  |  | 
          
            | Paul I, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Anastasia's father |  |  | 
          
            | Old overlord |  |  | 
          
            | Pre-1917 ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Ivan or Nicholas |  |  | 
          
            | Former Russian ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Former Russian ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Former Kremlin bigwig |  |  | 
          
            | Alexander III, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Past potentate |  |  | 
          
            | Russian despot of yore |  |  | 
          
            | Bygone monarch |  |  | 
          
            | Erstwhile autocrat (alternate spelling) |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas was one |  |  | 
          
            | Old Russian ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Erstwhile despot |  |  | 
          
            | Russian ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Onetime head |  |  | 
          
            | Bygone monarch |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas or Alexander |  |  | 
          
            | Onetime Russian leader |  |  | 
          
            | Onetime head |  |  | 
          
            | Russian ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Ivan or Boris |  |  | 
          
            | Pre-Bolshevik leader |  |  | 
          
            | Studio head |  |  | 
          
            | Russian Revolution victim |  |  | 
          
            | Ivan the Terrible, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas or Alexander |  |  | 
          
            | Pre-Lenin Russian ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Bygone ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Ivan or Peter |  |  | 
          
            | Peter or Paul |  |  | 
          
            | Paul I, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Bygone emperor |  |  | 
          
            | 1917 revolution casualty |  |  | 
          
            | Onetime Russian ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Alexis I or Nicholas II |  |  | 
          
            | Despot of yore |  |  | 
          
            | Foe of communism |  |  | 
          
            | Old overlord |  |  | 
          
            | Russian leader before 1917 |  |  | 
          
            | Russian leader of old |  |  | 
          
            | Bygone ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Ivan the Terrible was the first |  |  | 
          
            | Bolshevik target |  |  | 
          
            | Onetime Russian leader |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas II, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Pre-Soviet ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Russian ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Top Romanov |  |  | 
          
            | Dictator |  |  | 
          
            | Despot |  |  | 
          
            | Royal Russian |  |  | 
          
            | Studio head, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Romanov ruler |  |  | 
          
            | See 41 Down |  |  | 
          
            | Russian bigwig, pre-1917 |  |  | 
          
            | Autocrat (alternative spelling) |  |  | 
          
            | Leader before Lenin |  |  | 
          
            | Michael, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Old crowned head |  |  | 
          
            | Old monarch |  |  | 
          
            | Past potentate |  |  | 
          
            | Russia's Nicholas I, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Despot (alternate spelling) |  |  | 
          
            | Peter III, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Russian ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Obsolete title |  |  | 
          
            | Godunov, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Bygone title |  |  | 
          
            | Old Russian leader |  |  | 
          
            | Peter, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Pre-Lenin leader |  |  | 
          
            | Ruler until 1917 |  |  | 
          
            | Old ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas or Ivan |  |  | 
          
            | Peter I, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas II, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Bygone despot |  |  | 
          
            | Romanov dynasty member |  |  | 
          
            | Anastasia's father was one |  |  | 
          
            | Bolshevik's bane |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas II was the last Russian one |  |  | 
          
            | Old autocrat |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas was one |  |  | 
          
            | Old Russian leader |  |  | 
          
            | Pre-Lenin leader |  |  | 
          
            | Ivan was one |  |  | 
          
            | Kingpin |  |  | 
          
            | Peter or Ivan |  |  | 
          
            | Peter or Nicholas |  |  | 
          
            | Russian despot |  |  | 
          
            | Godunov, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | 34 Down, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Alexandra's Nicholas |  |  | 
          
            | Bygone royal Russian |  |  | 
          
            | Winter Palace ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Peter I, II or III |  |  | 
          
            | Old despot |  |  | 
          
            | Bolshevik's target |  |  | 
          
            | Peter the Great, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Winter Palace resident |  |  | 
          
            | Peter, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Peter or Paul, but not Mary |  |  | 
          
            | Ivan IV or Peter I |  |  | 
          
            | Leader of pre-1917 Russia | New York Times | 09 Sep 2002 | 
          
            | Ivan or Peter |  |  | 
          
            | Old autocrat |  |  | 
          
            | Autocrat until 1917 |  |  | 
          
            | Peter or Ivan |  |  | 
          
            | Leader opposed by the Bolsheviks |  |  | 
          
            | Autocrat until 1917 |  |  | 
          
            | Russian ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Peter the Great, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Victim of a 1917 revolution |  |  | 
          
            | Tyrant |  |  | 
          
            | Bolshevik's bane |  |  | 
          
            | Peter or Paul, but not Mary |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas was one |  |  | 
          
            | Customer of Fabergé eggs |  |  | 
          
            | Leader of pre-1917 Russia |  |  | 
          
            | Victim of a 1917 revolution |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas or Ivan |  |  | 
          
            | Russian ruler of old |  |  | 
          
            | Ruler until 1917 |  |  | 
          
            | Russian ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Russian autocrat |  |  | 
          
            | Lenin deposee |  |  | 
          
            | Despot |  |  | 
          
            | Bolshevik victim |  |  | 
          
            | Fabergé egg collector |  |  | 
          
            | Leader abominable to Lenin |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas I, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Romanov bigwig |  |  | 
          
            | Autocrat |  |  | 
          
            | Russian bigwig |  |  | 
          
            | One-time Russian despot |  |  | 
          
            | Peter or Paul |  |  | 
          
            | Peter or Ivan |  |  | 
          
            | Ivan or Nicholas |  |  | 
          
            | Rasputin's advisee |  |  | 
          
            | Alexis I, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Peter or Paul |  |  | 
          
            | Powerful one, once |  |  | 
          
            | Peter or Ivan |  |  | 
          
            | Industrial autocrat |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas 1, for one |  |  | 
          
            | 15 Across, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Ivan or Peter |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas II was the last Russian one |  |  | 
          
            | One-time Russian despot |  |  | 
          
            | Pre-Lenin Russian ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Bygone despot |  |  | 
          
            | Pre-Lenin Russian ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Peter or Boris |  |  | 
          
            | Godunov, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Target of a revolution |  |  | 
          
            | Prerevolutionary ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Defunct ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Arts anagram |  |  | 
          
            | Peter or Ivan (variant spelling) |  |  | 
          
            | Slavic sovereign |  |  | 
          
            | Catherine's husband |  |  | 
          
            | Former Russian ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Anarchists' foe, once |  |  | 
          
            | Russian emperor |  |  | 
          
            | Russian sovereign |  |  | 
          
            | Despot of yore |  |  | 
          
            | Former Winter Palace resident |  |  | 
          
            | Ivan the Terrible was Russia's first |  |  | 
          
            | One-time Russian ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Russian emperor |  |  | 
          
            | Winter Palace occupant |  |  | 
          
            | Industrial giant |  |  | 
          
            | Bygone sovereign |  |  | 
          
            | Former Russian despot |  |  | 
          
            | Ivan, for one |  |  | 
          
            | One-time Russian ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Autocrat of old |  |  | 
          
            | Autocrat |  |  | 
          
            | Russian emperor |  |  | 
          
            | Russian leader before 1917 |  |  | 
          
            | Peter or Ivan |  |  | 
          
            | Pre-1918 despot |  |  | 
          
            | Royal Russian |  |  | 
          
            | Despot |  |  | 
          
            | Bygone ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Prototypical autocrat |  |  | 
          
            | Abdicator of 1917 |  |  | 
          
            | Title for a Romanov |  |  | 
          
            | Alexander II, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Ex-leader of Russia |  |  | 
          
            | Bolshevik's foe |  |  | 
          
            | Russian leader |  |  | 
          
            | Old Russian royal |  |  | 
          
            | Old autocrat |  |  | 
          
            | Pre-Lenin ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Godunov, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Ivan was one |  |  | 
          
            | Form of Caesar |  |  | 
          
            | Former ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Ivan the Terrible, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Certain sovereign |  |  | 
          
            | Winter Palace denizen |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas II |  |  | 
          
            | Peter or Nicholas |  |  | 
          
            | Ruler before 1917 |  |  | 
          
            | Pre-1917 autocrat |  |  | 
          
            | Ruthless ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Tyrant's title |  |  | 
          
            | Former Winter Palace resident |  |  | 
          
            | Ukase issuer |  |  | 
          
            | Dead Russian head |  |  | 
          
            | Ivan the Terrible  e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Imperial autocrat |  |  | 
          
            | Official autocrat |  |  | 
          
            | Winter Palace resident |  |  | 
          
            | Russian ruler, until 1917 |  |  | 
          
            | Pre-1918 Russian ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Alexandra's husband, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Ruler before the revolution |  |  | 
          
            | Peter the Great, for instance |  |  | 
          
            | 2 Down, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Anastasia's dad |  |  | 
          
            | Anastasia's father |  |  | 
          
            | Emperor prior to 1917 |  |  | 
          
            | Title for the son of Basil III |  |  | 
          
            | Boris Godunov  e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Peter or Nicholas |  |  | 
          
            | Feodor I, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Oppressor of yore |  |  | 
          
            | Bygone emperor |  |  | 
          
            | Grand duke's dad |  |  | 
          
            | Winter Palace ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Peter the Great, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Peter Paul |  |  | 
          
            | Pre-Soviet ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Arts anagram |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas II was last in this line |  |  | 
          
            | Pre-Soviet monarch |  |  | 
          
            | Tough ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Russian ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Russian noble |  |  | 
          
            | Former ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Olden despot |  |  | 
          
            | Word that's an accidental acronym of a Hemingway title |  |  | 
          
            | Anastasia's dad |  |  | 
          
            | Victim of the Bolsheviks |  |  | 
          
            | Peter I  for one |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas or Alexander |  |  | 
          
            | Godunov  for one |  |  | 
          
            | Emperor |  |  | 
          
            | Despot  of old |  |  | 
          
            | Victim of a 1917 revolution |  |  | 
          
            | Autocrat |  |  | 
          
            | Nasty ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Erstwhile despot |  |  | 
          
            | Alexandra's husband |  |  | 
          
            | Peter I, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas or Ivan |  |  | 
          
            | Ivan IV, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Big shot |  |  | 
          
            | Autocratic chief |  |  | 
          
            | All-powerful ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Russian ruler, before 1917 |  |  | 
          
            | Pre-Russian Revolution ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Studio head, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Russian ruler until 1917 |  |  | 
          
            | Old despot |  |  | 
          
            | Tolstoy's "___ Fyodor Ivanovich" |  |  | 
          
            | Alexander, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Boris Godunov, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Pre-Soviet ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Authoritarian |  |  | 
          
            | Loser of 1917 |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas or Peter |  |  | 
          
            | Mogul |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Bygone Russian despot |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas I was one |  |  | 
          
            | Peter I or Ivan IV |  |  | 
          
            | Royal Russian ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Russian ruler until 1917 |  |  | 
          
            | Basil, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Bygone title |  |  | 
          
            | Feodor, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Rimsky-Korsakov's Saltan, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Pre-Soviet royalty |  |  | 
          
            | Big wheel  once |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas II, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Winter Palace resident  once |  |  | 
          
            | Opera "The Tale of ___ Saltan" |  |  | 
          
            | Paul I, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas I or II, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Winter Palace dweller, once |  |  | 
          
            | Peter or Ivan  e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas or Alexander |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas was one |  |  | 
          
            | Foe of 15 Across |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas I |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas  for one |  |  | 
          
            | Russian autocrat |  |  | 
          
            | Russian despot |  |  | 
          
            | Michael Romanov, for example |  |  | 
          
            | Kaiser cousin |  |  | 
          
            | Peter, once |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | "Terrible" title |  |  | 
          
            | Mikhail, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Russian despot |  |  | 
          
            | Tyrant |  |  | 
          
            | Romanov VIP |  |  | 
          
            | Red foe |  |  | 
          
            | Romanov V.I.P. |  |  | 
          
            | Ruler in Rimsky-Korsakov operas |  |  | 
          
            | Despot |  |  | 
          
            | Peter was a great one |  |  | 
          
            | Tyrant |  |  | 
          
            | Mussorgsky's Boris |  |  | 
          
            | Boris Godunov  for one |  |  | 
          
            | Romanov  e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Winter Palace resident, once |  |  | 
          
            | Ruler of old |  |  | 
          
            | Prerevolutionary leader |  |  | 
          
            | Kingpin |  |  | 
          
            | Ivan or Boris |  |  | 
          
            | Mighty monarch |  |  | 
          
            | Ivan or Peter |  |  | 
          
            | Peter I, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Erstwhile despot |  |  | 
          
            | Former Russian ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Ivan or Nicholas, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Mikhail, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Mogul |  |  | 
          
            | Movie bigwig |  |  | 
          
            | Ivan, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Bear head, once |  |  | 
          
            | Alexander or Peter |  |  | 
          
            | Moscow ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Slavic sovereign |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas or Peter |  |  | 
          
            | Alexandra's Nicholas |  |  | 
          
            | Old Russian title |  |  | 
          
            | Anagram for star |  |  | 
          
            | Ivan or Alexis |  |  | 
          
            | Despot |  |  | 
          
            | Bigwig in business |  |  | 
          
            | Anagram for 18 Down |  |  | 
          
            | Bolsheviks' target |  |  | 
          
            | Ruler mixed up in arts |  |  | 
          
            | Russian ruler of yore |  |  | 
          
            | Tyrant |  |  | 
          
            | A Romanov |  |  | 
          
            | Peter or Alexander |  |  | 
          
            | Winter Palace figure |  |  | 
          
            | Dictator |  |  | 
          
            | An anagram for rats |  |  | 
          
            | Ruthless ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas II was the last |  |  | 
          
            | Ivan was one |  |  | 
          
            | Ivan or Boris |  |  | 
          
            | Former ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Peter, Paul or Boris |  |  | 
          
            | Tyrant of yore |  |  | 
          
            | Godunov, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Peter or Ivan |  |  | 
          
            | Russian emperor |  |  | 
          
            | Godunov, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Boris of Bulgaria |  |  | 
          
            | Autocratic leader |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas Il was the last |  |  | 
          
            | Former autocrat |  |  | 
          
            | Peter was one |  |  | 
          
            | Former despot |  |  | 
          
            | Former absolute ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Rurik ruler |  |  | 
          
            | "A Life for the ___" |  |  | 
          
            | Rigid ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas or Ivan |  |  | 
          
            | House of Romanov member |  |  | 
          
            | Glinka's "A Life for the ___" |  |  | 
          
            | Romanov bigwig, once |  |  | 
          
            | Bolshevik's bête noire |  |  | 
          
            | Ivan IV, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Ivan or Alexander |  |  | 
          
            | Moussorgsky's Godunov, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Paul or Peter |  |  | 
          
            | Top Romanov |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas or Ivan |  |  | 
          
            | Crest-fallen Russian? |  |  | 
          
            | Boris Godunov was one |  |  | 
          
            | "A Life for the ___": Glinka |  |  | 
          
            | Peter or Alexander |  |  | 
          
            | White Russian ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Tolstoy's sovereign |  |  | 
          
            | Ivan, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Absolute ruler |  |  | 
          
            | A Romanov title |  |  | 
          
            | Glinka subject |  |  | 
          
            | Mussorgsky subject |  |  | 
          
            | Dictatorial person |  |  | 
          
            | Mikhail Fyodorovich was one |  |  | 
          
            | See 36 Down |  |  | 
          
            | Emperor |  |  | 
          
            | Nikolai, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Either of 32 Across |  |  | 
          
            | Alexandra's husband, for one |  |  | 
          
            | Former Russian V.I.P. |  |  | 
          
            | Fyodor I, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Monstrous monarch |  |  | 
          
            | Cossacks' employer |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas I, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Caesar's etymological cousin |  |  | 
          
            | Rasputin's ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Bolshevism casualty |  |  | 
          
            | Weill's "The ___ Has His Photograph Taken" |  |  | 
          
            | Romanov title |  |  | 
          
            | Russian leader of yore |  |  | 
          
            | Boris or Feodor |  |  | 
          
            | Rasputin's puppet |  |  | 
          
            | Aleksei Mikhailovich, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Michael Romanov, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Michael Romanov was one |  |  | 
          
            | Anastasia's father, for one |  |  | 
          
            | See 59 Across |  |  | 
          
            | Russian monarch |  |  | 
          
            | Bane of Bolsheviks |  |  | 
          
            | Potentate of the past |  |  | 
          
            | Word derived from "Caesar" |  |  | 
          
            | Slavonic sovereign |  |  | 
          
            | Peter I or Paul I |  |  | 
          
            | Lenin's target |  |  | 
          
            | Russian V.I.P. of yore |  |  | 
          
            | Ivan the Terrible |  |  | 
          
            | Top authority |  |  | 
          
            | Russian leader |  |  | 
          
            | Alexander or Nicholas |  |  | 
          
            | Monarch |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas, for one |  |  | 
          
            | V.I.P. of yore |  |  | 
          
            | Russian personage |  |  | 
          
            | Alexander or Ivan |  |  | 
          
            | Peter I |  |  | 
          
            | Russian V.I.P. |  |  | 
          
            | Catherine's husband |  |  | 
          
            | Ex-resident of 113 Across |  |  | 
          
            | Alexander, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Sovereign |  |  | 
          
            | Romanov |  |  | 
          
            | Ivan |  |  | 
          
            | Peter |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas |  |  | 
          
            | Former Russian |  |  | 
          
            | One form of "Caesar." |  |  | 
          
            | Russ. ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Once a  ruler. |  |  | 
          
            | Boris Godunov. |  |  | 
          
            | Pete Rozelle to the NFL. |  |  | 
          
            | King. |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas, for one. |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas II. |  |  | 
          
            | Tyrant. |  |  | 
          
            | See 46 Down. |  |  | 
          
            | Pre-Lenin potentate. |  |  | 
          
            | Potentate. |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas or Feodor. |  |  | 
          
            | Former royal personage. |  |  | 
          
            | Slavic title. |  |  | 
          
            | Russian emperor. |  |  | 
          
            | Quondam ruler. |  |  | 
          
            | Peter the Great, for example. |  |  | 
          
            | Dynast. |  |  | 
          
            | Slavonic title. |  |  | 
          
            | Slavic ruler. |  |  | 
          
            | Ex-ruler. |  |  | 
          
            | Variant of Ivan's title. |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas II was the last. |  |  | 
          
            | Bolshevik-liquidated despot. |  |  | 
          
            | Simeon I of Bulgaria was the first |  |  | 
          
            | See 54-Across |  |  | 
          
            | Despotic leader |  |  | 
          
            | "The Day They Make Me ___" (Cat Stevens song) |  |  | 
          
            | Old ruler. |  |  | 
          
            | Fyodor I's title |  |  | 
          
            | Feodor, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Peter was a famous one. |  |  | 
          
            | Relative of a tycoon. |  |  | 
          
            | Moscow monarch. |  |  | 
          
            | Absolute monarch. |  |  | 
          
            | Mikhail Romanov. |  |  | 
          
            | Michael Romanov. |  |  | 
          
            | Simeon of Bulgaria's title |  |  | 
          
            | Tyrant |  |  | 
          
            | Person in authority. |  |  | 
          
            | Peter or Paul. |  |  | 
          
            | Peter or Nicholas. |  |  | 
          
            | Peter the Great. |  |  | 
          
            | Anastasia's father. |  |  | 
          
            | Boris, for one. |  |  | 
          
            | Figure in a 1917 revolution |  |  | 
          
            | Ivan IV was the first. |  |  | 
          
            | Title of a ruler. |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas was one. |  |  | 
          
            | Authoritarian in big business or in a union. |  |  | 
          
            | Kin of caesar, kaiser, caliph, etc. |  |  | 
          
            | Practically extinct title. |  |  | 
          
            | Godunov |  |  | 
          
            | Ivan. |  |  | 
          
            | Ivan the Great. |  |  | 
          
            | Boris Godunoff. |  |  | 
          
            | Feodor I. |  |  | 
          
            | Boris of Bulgaria. |  |  | 
          
            | Ivan IV. |  |  | 
          
            | Kind of ruler. |  |  | 
          
            | Godunov, for one. |  |  | 
          
            | Russian ruler. |  |  | 
          
            | Muscovy ruler. |  |  | 
          
            | Outmoded ruler. |  |  | 
          
            | He died at Ekaterinburg, 1918. |  |  | 
          
            | Autocratic ruler. |  |  | 
          
            | Lenin's predecessor. |  |  | 
          
            | Pre-Lenin top man. |  |  | 
          
            | Autocratic leader. |  |  | 
          
            | Despotic one. |  |  | 
          
            | Ford Frick's role in baseball. |  |  | 
          
            | Battle of Austerlitz despot |  |  | 
          
            | Sovereign dethroned by Russian revolution. |  |  | 
          
            | Romanov. |  |  | 
          
            | Nicholas. |  |  | 
          
            | An autocratic leader. |  |  | 
          
            | Peter, for one. |  |  | 
          
            | Former tenant of Kremlin. |  |  | 
          
            | A Caesar. |  |  | 
          
            | Boris Godunov was one. |  |  | 
          
            | Romanov ruler. |  |  | 
          
            | Ivan or Nicholas. |  |  | 
          
            | Muscovy despot. |  |  | 
          
            | Royal title. |  |  | 
          
            | Autocrat. |  |  | 
          
            | Dictator. |  |  | 
          
            | Ruler in Verne's Michael Strogoff. |  |  | 
          
            | Ruler. |  |  | 
          
            | Despot. |  |  | 
          
            | Emperor. |  |  | 
          
            | Peter or Feodor. |  |  | 
          
            | Out-of-date ruler |  |  | 
          
            | Peter I, for example. |  |  | 
          
            | Former ruler. |  |  | 
          
            | Monarch. |  |  | 
          
            | Ivan or Peter. |  |  |