Despot ultimately deployed contrived riot act? Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Despot ultimately deployed contrived riot act? featured in Times Quick Cryptic puzzle on September 26, 2026. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 8 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is DICTATOR.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% DICTATOR Despot ultimately deployed contrived riot act? (8) The Times Quick Cryptic Sep 26, 2026
5% TSAR Despot (4) Eugene Sheffer Sep 7, 2026
5% TSARS Despots (5) Eugene Sheffer Aug 17, 2026
5% USE Deploy (3) Newsday Aug 2, 2026
4% TYRANNY Despotism (7) (7) Mirror Classic Sep 26, 2026
4% UTMOST Ultimate (6) LA Times Daily Sep 21, 2026
4% CSGAS Riot control spray (5) The Times Concise Sep 12, 2026
4% PREVAIL Ultimately succeed (7) Newsday Sep 1, 2026
4% ENTR -- 'acte (4) Eugene Sheffer Aug 29, 2026
4% CROATIA Majority of Riot Act hopeless around a Balkan country (7) (7) The Sun Two Speed Aug 28, 2026

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