Authoritarian Crossword Clue

Last seen: THE GUARDIAN, 23 Oct 2022

Showing 38 Matching Answers

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STRICT
6 Letters
9 RELATED CLUES
Severe princess once banished from regionCrossword Clue
Regular twinkling mostly seen in stoneCrossword Clue
RigorousCrossword Clue
UnbendingCrossword Clue
Punctilious Detective Inspector leaves areaCrossword Clue
Not allowing for variationCrossword Clue
Neighbourhood wanting police officer to be authoritarianCrossword Clue
SternCrossword Clue
Rigid about rulesCrossword Clue

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AUTOCRATIC
10 Letters
6 RELATED CLUES
At a court rogue in charge is overbearingCrossword Clue
Absolute commander-in-chief chasing car holding traitorCrossword Clue
Car - old one, mostly internal combustion with unlimited powerCrossword Clue
TotalitarianCrossword Clue
Croatia cut out being dictatorialCrossword Clue
Una initially, then Cora, stewing in loft for being bossyCrossword Clue

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STERN
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
FirmCrossword Clue
Boat backCrossword Clue
UnbendingCrossword Clue
Unlikely to approve of horseplayCrossword Clue
Like a disciplinarianCrossword Clue
ExactingCrossword Clue
Rigid backCrossword Clue
UnsmilingCrossword Clue
Hard-nosedCrossword Clue
Inflexible tailCrossword Clue

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TSAR
4 Letters
9 RELATED CLUES
Peter the Great or Nicholas IICrossword Clue
Title derived from the Latin word for "caesar"Crossword Clue
Bygone Russian rulerCrossword Clue
Old Russian leaderCrossword Clue
Pre-1917 autocratCrossword Clue
Ousted Russian rulerCrossword Clue
Winter Palace figureCrossword Clue
Nicholas II was the last oneCrossword Clue
Bygone despotCrossword Clue

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TYRANT
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Oppressive leaderCrossword Clue
Cruel rulerCrossword Clue
Oppressive rulerCrossword Clue
Dictator's extremely tawdry wild speechCrossword Clue
Ruthless rulerCrossword Clue
Faction of party ran teenaged dictatorCrossword Clue
Ruler gives extremely tacky and intemperate speechCrossword Clue
DespotCrossword Clue
Despot's extremely tetchy outburstCrossword Clue
Despots extremely tetchy outburstCrossword Clue

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WHIPCRACKER
11 Letters

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DECREES
7 Letters
8 RELATED CLUES
Formal proclamationsCrossword Clue
PronouncesCrossword Clue
Authoritative ordersCrossword Clue
OrdersCrossword Clue
EdictsCrossword Clue
Lays down the lawCrossword Clue
Formal ordersCrossword Clue
Lays down the lawCrossword Clue

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REGIME
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Government in powerCrossword Clue
Government – émigréCrossword Clue
Ruling periodCrossword Clue
Government in powerCrossword Clue
Government, say, blocking revolutionary rulerCrossword Clue
Ruling system, for example, welcomed by prince after revolutionCrossword Clue
Government in powerCrossword Clue
Government in powerCrossword Clue
Set up some semi-German system thats orderedCrossword Clue
Rule, say, kept in cold storageCrossword Clue

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BIGBROTHER
10 Letters
6 RELATED CLUES
Older sibling who keeps an unwelcome eye on you?Crossword Clue
1984's totalitarian controller — TV reality showCrossword Clue
Programme in a lot of trouble, right?Crossword Clue
*Young boy's role modelCrossword Clue
Personification of a totalitarian stateCrossword Clue
CBS reality showCrossword Clue

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CZAR
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Government policy adviserCrossword Clue
Biz bigwigCrossword Clue
Appointed policy officialCrossword Clue
House of Fabergé patronCrossword Clue
Appointed government overseerCrossword Clue
Appointed leaderCrossword Clue
Foe of the BolsheviksCrossword Clue
Policy honchoCrossword Clue
White House policy chiefCrossword Clue
Policy proCrossword Clue

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UKASE
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Country's reportedly in orderCrossword Clue
Czar’s edictCrossword Clue
Edict, decreeCrossword Clue
Ruling country's in talksCrossword Clue
Ruling countrys in talksCrossword Clue
Ask EU to put forth an edictCrossword Clue
Imperial edict from this country when close to catastropheCrossword Clue
Batsmen regularly follow United Kingdom or Russian RuleCrossword Clue
King before opening to habitually exercise arbitrary decreeCrossword Clue
Russian edictCrossword Clue

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JACKBOOT
8 Letters
2 RELATED CLUES
Military footwear reaching to the kneeCrossword Clue
Item of military footwearCrossword Clue

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CAUDILLO
8 Letters

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LITTLE
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Itty-bittyCrossword Clue
Vacuous boy getting into briefs slowlyCrossword Clue
2006 comedy for which Abigail Breslin was nominated for an OscarCrossword Clue
"A ___ bird told me . . ."Crossword Clue
MinusculeCrossword Clue
Wee-wee one drop at a time?Crossword Clue
PiddlyCrossword Clue
Baby left surrounded by endless rubbishCrossword Clue
WeeCrossword Clue
MiniCrossword Clue

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STERNE
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Laurence ___, author of The Life and Opinions of Tristram ShandyCrossword Clue
Severe English authorCrossword Clue
"Tristram Shandy" authorCrossword Clue
Serious English authorCrossword Clue
Serious English authorCrossword Clue
Irish novelist in grave close to JoyceCrossword Clue
Author in street, one taking flight?Crossword Clue
British novelist pronounced harshCrossword Clue
Unrightful occupant of this 5 audibly authoritarianCrossword Clue
Laurence ___, author The Life And Opinions Of Tristram Shandy, GentlemanCrossword Clue

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DESPOT
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Ruthless rulerCrossword Clue
Tyrannical rulerCrossword Clue
Oppressive rulerCrossword Clue
Stopped heartless revolutionary dictatorCrossword Clue
Heads journalist in the ascendant, tyrannical typeCrossword Clue
Head's journalist in the ascendant, tyrannical typeCrossword Clue
Oppressive rulerCrossword Clue
Tyrant, heartless duke, seeCrossword Clue
Outside in drizzle, identify tyrantCrossword Clue
Tyrant locking last of opponents in garageCrossword Clue

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DICTATORIAL
11 Letters
1 RELATED CLUES
Riot Act laid out getting autocraticCrossword Clue

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OVERBEARING
11 Letters
1 RELATED CLUES
ImperiousCrossword Clue

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TASKMASTER
10 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Makes start, sadly, as scourge of workforce?Crossword Clue
Time with teacher to frame question for difficult employerCrossword Clue
Supervisor starts to question staff with hesitationCrossword Clue
Knight having staff restrained by electronic weapon is a harsh overseerCrossword Clue
Question Time taking precedence with teachers demanding bossCrossword Clue
Demanding supervisor marks a test unreasonablyCrossword Clue
Teacher after job for demanding employerCrossword Clue
Cook makes tarts for demanding employerCrossword Clue
Cook makes tarts for demanding employerCrossword Clue
Teacher after a job for a demanding employerCrossword Clue

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FASCIST
7 Letters
7 RELATED CLUES
Rocky acts as if one's out to be a political authoritarianCrossword Clue
Control freak to switch staff around every now and thenCrossword Clue
Far right Conservative is in sexually promiscuous embraceCrossword Clue
Hand over a scene describing The Great Dictator?Crossword Clue
Hand over a scene describing The Great Dictator?Crossword Clue
Neo-Nazi maybe, thus returning, has stuck aroundCrossword Clue
So returning in the grip of tight authoritarianCrossword Clue

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STICKLER
8 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
One’s particular about how things are doneCrossword Clue
"""Perfectionist"" label captivates Liberal "Crossword Clue
Perfectionist left in labelCrossword Clue
Perfectionist left in labelCrossword Clue
Large adhesive label covers disciplinarianCrossword Clue
Label describing lecturer as pedant?Crossword Clue
Pedant needs to stay alert in the middleCrossword Clue
Pedant needs to stay alert in the middleCrossword Clue
Students prime requirement - someone to amuse or disciplinarian?Crossword Clue
Perfectionist finding swab originally left inside heartCrossword Clue

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CITRIC
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Reduced settlement, not entirely ample, regarding acidCrossword Clue
___ acid (chemical compound in lemons)Crossword Clue
Fruity reviewer right to move southCrossword Clue
Lemony, sayCrossword Clue
Sour and explicit Richelieu pieceCrossword Clue
___ acid (part of lemons and oranges)Crossword Clue
Awful critic is sort of acidCrossword Clue
Critic poured acidCrossword Clue
___ acid (part of lemons and oranges)Crossword Clue
Lemony, for exampleCrossword Clue

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FASCISM
7 Letters
5 RELATED CLUES
Ideology associated with MussoliniCrossword Clue
Fellow orchestrating scams across India for authoritarian ruleCrossword Clue
Soccer bosses scrapping third division — this rule isn't democraticCrossword Clue
Soccer bosses scrapping third division - this rule isnt democraticCrossword Clue
Authoritarian rule of football administrators split when Hearts leavesCrossword Clue

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MARTINET
8 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Enforcer-in-chief's right — extremist spilling his gutsCrossword Clue
Swallow meat regularly for disciplinarianCrossword Clue
Tyrant beheaded Don Adams character in Spielberg filmCrossword Clue
Disciplinarians point in trading centreCrossword Clue
Strict disciplinarians right to set about wayward inmate? Just the oppositeCrossword Clue
TaskmasterCrossword Clue
Stickler investing money, English, in trading centreCrossword Clue
Strict disciplinarianCrossword Clue
Rigorous person in market securing pointCrossword Clue
Strict disciplinarian — met trainCrossword Clue

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ORWELLIAN
9 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Redolent of 1984, sayCrossword Clue
Area held by soldiers effectively home after 1984Crossword Clue
Poor sailor heading off with New Left description of 1984Crossword Clue
Area held by soldiers, effectively home after 1984Crossword Clue
Brown allies as a body angered by BlairCrossword Clue
N African port guards fine one - evocative of repressive state?Crossword Clue
Gold — good and fashionable when worn by adult, 1984-styleCrossword Clue
Gold - good and fashionable when worn by adult, 1984-styleCrossword Clue
Related to Eric Blair?Crossword Clue
Like newspeak and doublethinkCrossword Clue

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PASTERN
7 Letters
7 RELATED CLUES
Old man very strict - bit of a nagCrossword Clue
Part of horses behind associated with powerCrossword Clue
The old man? Strict, bit of a nagCrossword Clue
Pressure behind part of Arabs legCrossword Clue
Fathers authoritative about part of a horseCrossword Clue
Dad perched on rear part of horseCrossword Clue
Pressure behind part of horses footCrossword Clue

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UGANDANS
8 Letters
5 RELATED CLUES
Some people living on Lake VictoriaCrossword Clue
Africans with American importing various guns? On the contraryCrossword Clue
Citizens of KampalaCrossword Clue
Citizens of KampalaCrossword Clue
Residents of Kampala?Crossword Clue

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FASCIA
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Sheath of connective tissueCrossword Clue
Connective tissueCrossword Clue
One in black shirt leaving street with a phone caseCrossword Clue
DashboardCrossword Clue
Console female attached to Isaac, having broken upCrossword Clue
Area above an eaveCrossword Clue
Instrument panelCrossword Clue
Is a cafe almost falling apart? Look at this above its windowCrossword Clue
Part of shopfront, as cased by female spies?Crossword Clue
Mafia's casually giving up mob chief for college boardCrossword Clue

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TYRANNIC
8 Letters

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IRONIST
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Mocking person? Golf clubs broken by the first teeCrossword Clue
Twist expert?Crossword Clue
One who likes to scorn club firstCrossword Clue
One who likes to scorn club firstCrossword Clue
Person satirising press one wayCrossword Clue
Actor touring India and Thailand, one using words incongruouslyCrossword Clue
Humorous type offering funny renditions, no endCrossword Clue
O. Henry, notablyCrossword Clue
One who's full of surprises?Crossword Clue
O. Henry, for oneCrossword Clue

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RESTRICTED
10 Letters
9 RELATED CLUES
Secret dirt could be made thusCrossword Clue
Dirty secret about celebrity finally released in exclusiveCrossword Clue
Small — exclusiveCrossword Clue
Relaxed about con being docked and kept with limitsCrossword Clue
Bound by rigid grass all aroundCrossword Clue
Like a secret pipe going around firmCrossword Clue
Trot round tough quarter in secretCrossword Clue
Trot round tough quarter in secretCrossword Clue
Limited form of credit provided after period of unemploymentCrossword Clue

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OSSIFY
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Become fixedCrossword Clue
Loss, if York houses become fixedCrossword Clue
Cause to become stiff and/or bonyCrossword Clue
Harden into boneCrossword Clue
Harden into boneCrossword Clue
Become rigid and inflexibleCrossword Clue
Whenever controlled by faceless authoritarian, become rigidCrossword Clue
Toss if youre around to become rigidCrossword Clue
Get tough and cross if youre eating itCrossword Clue
East German fellow has year to stop developmentCrossword Clue

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DOMINATRIX
10 Letters
6 RELATED CLUES
Woman who might wield a whipCrossword Clue
Whipper snapper?Crossword Clue
Party network embraces fashionable female holding power over men?Crossword Clue
Adroit minx confused woman on a power trip?Crossword Clue
Whip wielderCrossword Clue
Whip wielderCrossword Clue

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ELAN
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
GraceCrossword Clue
PanacheCrossword Clue
Joie de vivreCrossword Clue
PanacheCrossword Clue
GustoCrossword Clue
EnthusiasmCrossword Clue
PizzazzCrossword Clue
BrioCrossword Clue
PizzazzCrossword Clue
PanacheCrossword Clue

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NAZIS
5 Letters
1 RELATED CLUES
Badguys in Inglourious Basterds and Iron SkyCrossword Clue

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TOTALITARIANISM
15 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
It is a moral Titan that struggles with this tyrannyCrossword Clue
A militant riots: a radical dictatorshipCrossword Clue
Horrible attritional aims in dictatorship?Crossword Clue
Limitation as art reworked in autocratic approachCrossword Clue
Young child settled heretical belief in tyrannyCrossword Clue
Ordered militants to adopt song in advocacy of tyrannyCrossword Clue
Revolutionary 1 24 or not, Mao and Stalin engaged in itCrossword Clue
Revolutionary 1 24 or not, Mao and Stalin engaged in itCrossword Clue
Limitation a tsar abandoned in dictatorshipCrossword Clue
"1984" concernCrossword Clue

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NAZI
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
HitleriteCrossword Clue
Former German National SocialistCrossword Clue
Racist person? A Zionist? To some extentCrossword Clue
"Life Is Beautiful" extraCrossword Clue
Extra in "The Producers"Crossword Clue
Hitler supporterCrossword Clue
"Schindler's List" villainCrossword Clue
Toy with an interminable zip: Barbie?Crossword Clue
Frequent enemy in comics set in the 1940sCrossword Clue
Old fascist some partizans repelledCrossword Clue

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BOACONSTRICTOR
14 Letters

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Authoritarian Crossword Clue

Showing 38 Matching Answers

STRICT

9 RELATED CLUES

AUTOCRATIC

6 RELATED CLUES

STERN

10 RELATED CLUES

TSAR

9 RELATED CLUES

TYRANT

10 RELATED CLUES

WHIPCRACKER

DECREES

8 RELATED CLUES

REGIME

10 RELATED CLUES

BIGBROTHER

6 RELATED CLUES

CZAR

10 RELATED CLUES

UKASE

10 RELATED CLUES

JACKBOOT

2 RELATED CLUES

CAUDILLO

LITTLE

10 RELATED CLUES

STERNE

10 RELATED CLUES

DESPOT

10 RELATED CLUES

DICTATORIAL

1 RELATED CLUES

OVERBEARING

1 RELATED CLUES

TASKMASTER

10 RELATED CLUES

FASCIST

7 RELATED CLUES

STICKLER

10 RELATED CLUES

CITRIC

10 RELATED CLUES

FASCISM

5 RELATED CLUES

MARTINET

10 RELATED CLUES

ORWELLIAN

10 RELATED CLUES

PASTERN

7 RELATED CLUES

UGANDANS

5 RELATED CLUES

FASCIA

10 RELATED CLUES

TYRANNIC

IRONIST

10 RELATED CLUES

RESTRICTED

9 RELATED CLUES

OSSIFY

10 RELATED CLUES

DOMINATRIX

6 RELATED CLUES

ELAN

10 RELATED CLUES

NAZIS

1 RELATED CLUES

TOTALITARIANISM

10 RELATED CLUES

NAZI

10 RELATED CLUES

BOACONSTRICTOR

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