Despot Crossword Clue

Last seen: THE GUARDIAN, 15 Dec 2021

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TYRANT
6 Letters
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Ruler gives extremely tacky and intemperate speechCrossword Clue
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
Castro perhaps adroit moving across courtCrossword Clue
Autocrats bizarre act stops journalist dropping leaderCrossword Clue
AutocratCrossword Clue
Detective Murphy talking — he's in sole chargeCrossword Clue
Detective Murphy talking - hes in sole chargeCrossword Clue
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TSAR
4 Letters
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Former Russian rulerCrossword Clue
Onetime Kremlin rulerCrossword Clue
Bygone Russian rulerCrossword Clue
Pre-1917 Russian rulerCrossword Clue
Old autocratCrossword Clue
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Pre-1917 rulerCrossword Clue
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Russian title derived from "Caesar"Crossword Clue

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ABSOLUTEMONARCH
15 Letters

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AUTOCRAT
8 Letters
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Ruler with absolute powerCrossword Clue
Big Brother writer has cast actor for second halfCrossword Clue
Despot in car, more or less despicable typeCrossword Clue
Dictatorial boss of car firm?Crossword Clue
Quite regularly visiting area, ordinary Balkan inhabitant having no love for dictatorCrossword Clue
Despot in car, an unreliable one, mostlyCrossword Clue

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CZAR
4 Letters
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Appointed leaderCrossword Clue
Policy honchoCrossword Clue
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White House policy chiefCrossword Clue
Policy proCrossword Clue
Business magnateCrossword Clue
Bygone Russian emperorCrossword Clue

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NERO
4 Letters
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Notorious Roman emperorCrossword Clue
Burning man?Crossword Clue
Roman emperorCrossword Clue
Infamous emperorCrossword Clue
Infamous Roman rulerCrossword Clue
Emperor when Rome burnedCrossword Clue
Emperor Claudius's successorCrossword Clue
Fictional detective WolfeCrossword Clue
Fictional sleuth WolfeCrossword Clue
Name hidden in "hard-line Roman Emperor"Crossword 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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Governor that’s needed by draughtsmanCrossword Clue

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AMIN
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
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
Exiled ruler of 1979Crossword Clue

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IDI
3 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Dictator AminCrossword Clue
Ugandan tyrant ___ AminCrossword Clue
Dictator AminCrossword Clue
Dictator AminCrossword Clue
Dictator AminCrossword Clue
Infamous AminCrossword Clue
Dictator AminCrossword Clue
Forest's Oscar roleCrossword Clue
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
4 RELATED CLUES
"The Terrible" czarCrossword Clue
"The Terrible" czarCrossword Clue
"Terrible" tsarCrossword Clue
Czar known for his mental instabilityCrossword 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
Dictators blemish left hiddenCrossword Clue
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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Crisp vegetableCrossword Clue
Battery in a science experimentCrossword Clue
Vegetable in shepherd's pieCrossword Clue
Shepherd's pie topperCrossword Clue
Eyed vegetable?Crossword Clue
Aloo gosht veggieCrossword Clue
Gnocchi ingredientCrossword Clue
Side that might be mashed or friedCrossword Clue
Ceramic item at front of office is thing that's chipped?Crossword Clue
Traditional latke ingredientCrossword Clue

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PODESTA
7 Letters
3 RELATED CLUES
School established by a governor from ItalyCrossword Clue
John in the Clinton and Obama administrationsCrossword Clue
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KIM
3 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
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___ Dae-jung, Nobel-winning former president of South KoreaCrossword Clue
Novak of “Vertigo”Crossword Clue
___ Seok-jin of K-pop's BTSCrossword Clue
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Korea's ___ Jong UnCrossword Clue
Novak of “Vertigo”Crossword Clue
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SATYR
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Stray cuckoo for lecherous woodland godCrossword Clue
Mythological woodland godCrossword Clue
Your drained, after having modelled for this randy fellowCrossword Clue
Lusty woodland deity took a pew by youngster, guttedCrossword Clue
“Hyperion to a ___”; Hamlet’s description of ClaudiusCrossword Clue
Bacchanalian beastCrossword Clue
Greek woodland deityCrossword Clue
Goat-legged deityCrossword Clue
Horny guy, for example, runs round middle of brothelCrossword Clue
Member of a raunchy chorus, in some ancient playsCrossword 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
5 RELATED CLUES
Money often returned to a tenant at the end of a leaseCrossword Clue
Expense you might get back after moving outCrossword Clue
Landlord's requestCrossword Clue
Landlord's requestCrossword Clue
Keys dumped in the TSA agent's tray at the airport?Crossword Clue

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ESPOUSAL
8 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Support for Elizabeth in relation to marriage partnerCrossword Clue
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
Support French art with chum touring old statesCrossword Clue
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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Doctor ditches patois for something culturedCrossword Clue
Drops aitches it turned out, not right poshCrossword Clue
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RAINFOREST
10 Letters
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Most unusual, smuggling dope in threatened areaCrossword Clue
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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

8 RELATED CLUES

AMIN

10 RELATED CLUES

IDI

10 RELATED CLUES

ABSOLUTIST

2 RELATED CLUES

IVANIV

4 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

5 RELATED CLUES

ESPOUSAL

10 RELATED CLUES

SOPHISTICATED

6 RELATED CLUES

RAINFOREST

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