Despot Crossword Clue

Last seen: THE GUARDIAN, 15 Dec 2021

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TYRANT
6 Letters
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Despot's extremely tetchy outburstCrossword Clue
Despots extremely tetchy outburstCrossword Clue
Hollow tipsy tirade of despotCrossword Clue

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DICTATOR
8 Letters
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Corruption by some police repelled autocratCrossword Clue
Stenographers employer is a despotCrossword Clue
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TSAR
4 Letters
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Bygone Russian rulerCrossword Clue
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Winter Palace occupantCrossword Clue
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Ruler until 1917Crossword Clue
Bygone autocratCrossword Clue
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ABSOLUTEMONARCH
15 Letters

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AUTOCRAT
8 Letters
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CZAR
4 Letters
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Policy honchoCrossword Clue
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NERO
4 Letters
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Fictional sleuth WolfeCrossword Clue
Notorious Roman emperorCrossword Clue
Infamous Roman emperorCrossword Clue
Emperor during the Great Fire of RomeCrossword Clue
Fiddling Roman emperorCrossword Clue
Literary detective WolfeCrossword Clue
Emperor with a statue outside the ColosseumCrossword Clue
Emperor named an enemy of the state in A.D. 68Crossword Clue
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OLIGARCH
8 Letters
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Member of a powerful ruling eliteCrossword Clue
One powerful goal, with rich resultCrossword Clue
Check on Gloria, new member of ruling cliqueCrossword Clue
Old tree houses soldier turned over to member of eliteCrossword Clue
Corrupt, rich Olga?Crossword Clue
Ruler at intervals moulding part of footCrossword Clue
business leader with great political influenceCrossword Clue
Ruler over Laks is initially good, then roguishCrossword Clue
Sanctions targetCrossword Clue
Many a Putin cronyCrossword Clue

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RULER
5 Letters
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Tool that's made to measureCrossword Clue
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It's made to measureCrossword Clue
King or queenCrossword Clue
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One might be used in math class or studied in history classCrossword Clue

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AMIN
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Ugandan despot Idi ___Crossword Clue
Idi of UgandaCrossword Clue
Oscar-winning Whitaker roleCrossword Clue
Former Ugandan dictatorCrossword Clue
Old African butcher scraping trimmings from plateCrossword Clue
Old African butcher scraping trimmings from plateCrossword Clue
Idi of UgandaCrossword Clue
Uganda's Idi ___Crossword Clue
2006 role for Forest WhitakerCrossword Clue
Dictator deposed in 1979Crossword Clue

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IDI
3 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
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Dictator AminCrossword Clue
Ugandan dictator AminCrossword Clue

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ABSOLUTIST
10 Letters
2 RELATED CLUES
A distraught sob by musician who dislikes Fifty Shades of Grey?Crossword Clue
A distraught sob by musician who dislikes Fifty Shades of Grey?Crossword Clue

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IVANIV
6 Letters
5 RELATED CLUES
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"The Terrible" czarCrossword Clue
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SADDAM
6 Letters
3 RELATED CLUES
Iraqi ruler once covered by Charles AddamsCrossword Clue
Former Iraqi ruler HusseinCrossword Clue
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STALIN
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Yalta confereeCrossword Clue
Soviet leader left in sign of disgraceCrossword Clue
Soviet leader left in sign of disgraceCrossword Clue
Left-wing dictator and dictator's bird tailedCrossword Clue
Russian leader, foremost of liberals, in disgraceCrossword Clue
Soviet Union's leader after Lenin's death in 1924Crossword Clue
Instal new leaderCrossword Clue
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Real-life counterpart of Napoleon in “Animal Farm”Crossword Clue
Briefly follow popular Soviet leaderCrossword Clue

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ANTIPODES
9 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Some want iPod, especially in the UK and New Zealand?Crossword Clue
A variable list on poems down underCrossword Clue
A despot in foreign, diametrically opposite territoriesCrossword Clue
Coming across page, not fond of Shelley? The exact oppositeCrossword Clue
Work spade into lands down southCrossword Clue
Work spade into lands down southCrossword Clue
Down under article rewards gripping lyricCrossword Clue
Visited by Puck in twenty minutes?Crossword Clue
A crazy despot in Australia or New ZealandCrossword Clue
Worker poised to move down underCrossword Clue

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RULINGPASSION
13 Letters

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POTATO
6 Letters
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PODESTA
7 Letters
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KIM
3 Letters
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SATYR
5 Letters
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Ribald nature spirit of Greek mythologyCrossword Clue
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Mythological woodland godCrossword Clue
Your drained, after having modelled for this randy fellowCrossword Clue
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“Hyperion to a ___”; Hamlet’s description of ClaudiusCrossword Clue
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STAGEDAPROTEST
14 Letters

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MONOCRAT
8 Letters
2 RELATED CLUES
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Roman Cato lambasted dismissing a Caesar maybeCrossword Clue

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SECURITYDEPOSIT
15 Letters
6 RELATED CLUES
Payment that might cover a tenant's damageCrossword Clue
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Expense you might get back after moving outCrossword Clue
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Keys dumped in the TSA agent's tray at the airport?Crossword Clue

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ESPOUSAL
8 Letters
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Embracing couples heading off at sea around South AmericaCrossword Clue
Embracing couples heading off at sea around South AmericaCrossword Clue
Partner finally raised a pound for supportCrossword Clue
Poles moving outside America getting supportCrossword Clue
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Fall back, holding onto old American support for causeCrossword Clue
Suspect Poles will accept America getting supportCrossword Clue
Backing unsettled Poles to take America to heartCrossword Clue
Adoption by Poles settled around the StatesCrossword Clue

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SOPHISTICATED
13 Letters
6 RELATED CLUES
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Drops aitches it turned out, not right poshCrossword Clue
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RAINFOREST
10 Letters
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Showing 27 Matching Answers

TYRANT

10 RELATED CLUES

DICTATOR

10 RELATED CLUES

TSAR

10 RELATED CLUES

ABSOLUTEMONARCH

AUTOCRAT

9 RELATED CLUES

CZAR

10 RELATED CLUES

NERO

10 RELATED CLUES

OLIGARCH

10 RELATED CLUES

RULER

10 RELATED CLUES

AMIN

10 RELATED CLUES

IDI

10 RELATED CLUES

ABSOLUTIST

2 RELATED CLUES

IVANIV

5 RELATED CLUES

SADDAM

3 RELATED CLUES

STALIN

10 RELATED CLUES

ANTIPODES

10 RELATED CLUES

RULINGPASSION

POTATO

10 RELATED CLUES

PODESTA

3 RELATED CLUES

KIM

10 RELATED CLUES

SATYR

10 RELATED CLUES

STAGEDAPROTEST

MONOCRAT

2 RELATED CLUES

SECURITYDEPOSIT

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ESPOUSAL

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SOPHISTICATED

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RAINFOREST

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