Despot Crossword Clue

Last seen: THE GUARDIAN, 15 Dec 2021

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TYRANT
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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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ABSOLUTEMONARCH
15 Letters
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Supreme rulerCrossword Clue
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AUTOCRAT
8 Letters
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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 government overseerCrossword Clue
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Policy proCrossword Clue
Business magnateCrossword Clue
Bygone Russian emperorCrossword Clue
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NERO
4 Letters
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Emperor when Rome burnedCrossword Clue
Emperor Claudius's successorCrossword Clue
Fictional detective WolfeCrossword Clue
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Name hidden in "hard-line Roman Emperor"Crossword Clue
Roman emperor after ClaudiusCrossword Clue
Wolfe of fictionCrossword 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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Arendelle's Elsa, for oneCrossword Clue
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AMIN
4 Letters
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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
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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
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"The Terrible" czarCrossword Clue
"The Terrible" czarCrossword Clue
"Terrible" tsarCrossword Clue
Czar known for his mental instabilityCrossword Clue
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First monarch to be crowned Tsar of All RussiaCrossword Clue
"Terrible" czarCrossword Clue
"Terrible" czarCrossword Clue
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SADDAM
6 Letters
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Another first name in infamyCrossword Clue
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Former dictator's unhappy parentCrossword Clue
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STALIN
6 Letters
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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
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ANTIPODES
9 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
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
Does it pan out where diggers are found?Crossword Clue

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RULINGPASSION
13 Letters

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POTATO
6 Letters
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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
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School established by a governor from ItalyCrossword Clue
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Magistrate's poems accepted by parents and teachersCrossword Clue
Italian magistrateCrossword Clue
Medieval Italian magistrateCrossword Clue
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Italian magistrate, onceCrossword Clue
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Mayor, in Fascist ItalyCrossword Clue

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KIM
3 Letters
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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
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STAGEDAPROTEST
14 Letters

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MONOCRAT
8 Letters
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Roman Cato lambasted dismissing a Caesar maybeCrossword Clue
Believer in dictatorshipCrossword Clue

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SECURITYDEPOSIT
15 Letters
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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
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What a lessee often gets back less ofCrossword Clue
What a lessee often gets back less ofCrossword Clue
Residency requirement, oftenCrossword Clue
Flat fee?Crossword Clue

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ESPOUSAL
8 Letters
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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
8 RELATED CLUES
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Ditches patois, turning suaveCrossword Clue
Worldly old Greek character on board drawn to defend criminal actCrossword Clue
Possessed of culture, refinement and 24Crossword 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

2 RELATED CLUES

AUTOCRAT

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CZAR

10 RELATED CLUES

NERO

9 RELATED CLUES

OLIGARCH

10 RELATED CLUES

RULER

9 RELATED CLUES

AMIN

10 RELATED CLUES

IDI

10 RELATED CLUES

ABSOLUTIST

2 RELATED CLUES

IVANIV

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SADDAM

10 RELATED CLUES

STALIN

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ANTIPODES

10 RELATED CLUES

RULINGPASSION

POTATO

10 RELATED CLUES

PODESTA

10 RELATED CLUES

KIM

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SATYR

10 RELATED CLUES

STAGEDAPROTEST

MONOCRAT

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SECURITYDEPOSIT

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ESPOUSAL

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SOPHISTICATED

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RAINFOREST

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