Tyrannical Crossword Clue

Last seen: THE GUARDIAN, 19 Sept 2023

Showing 36 Matching Answers

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DESPOTIC
8 Letters
9 RELATED CLUES
Depicts primarily odious rogue like Kim Jong Un?Crossword Clue
Tyrannical Democrat in charge smuggling ecstasy tablets and marijuanaCrossword Clue
Oppressive awkward situation I found in DecemberCrossword Clue
DictatorialCrossword Clue
Autocratic cops tied suspectCrossword Clue
Some French chief returning, in charge and authoritarianCrossword Clue
In a month, notice one has become autocraticCrossword Clue
On return, mentioned holding operations typical of tyrantCrossword Clue
Dictatorial of the French head, revolting in chargeCrossword Clue

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HARSH
5 Letters
9 RELATED CLUES
Overly toughCrossword Clue
ScathingCrossword Clue
Like some criticism and winter weatherCrossword Clue
SevereCrossword Clue
Excessively negative, as criticismCrossword Clue
"You're being really critical"Crossword Clue
Rather severeCrossword Clue
AbrasiveCrossword Clue
InhospitableCrossword Clue

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IRONFISTED
10 Letters

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AUTOCRATIC
10 Letters
7 RELATED CLUES
AuthoritarianCrossword Clue
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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TOTALITARIAN
12 Letters
1 RELATED CLUES
Italian Trot, a revolutionary dictator?Crossword 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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DESPOTS
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
TyrantsCrossword Clue
Ones unlikely to rule in your favorCrossword Clue
Tyrannical rulersCrossword Clue
Prevents editor spinning the likes of SaddamCrossword Clue
Clears up blemishes of dictators?Crossword Clue
Ruthless authorities dispersed Eds stakesCrossword Clue
Kim Jong-un and othersCrossword Clue
Cruel rulersCrossword Clue
Repressive rulersCrossword Clue
Scatter south, protecting especially tyrannical rulersCrossword Clue

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HEEL
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
"Stay by me, Fido"Crossword Clue
Shoe part that can be "high"Crossword Clue
Command to a dogCrossword Clue
Word after "kitten" or "high"Crossword Clue
Kitten or Cuban?Crossword Clue
Antagonist in professional wrestlingCrossword Clue
"Come to my side, pup!"Crossword Clue
Tap locationCrossword Clue
Bad guyCrossword Clue
Element of high fashion?Crossword Clue

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IDI
3 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Dictator AminCrossword Clue
Despot 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

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NEROS
5 Letters
3 RELATED CLUES
"Peter ___ Greatest Hits" (1974 album)Crossword Clue
___ Circus: ancient Roman arenaCrossword Clue
___ Circus (ancient Roman arena)Crossword Clue

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OGRE
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Fairy-tale figureCrossword Clue
EverQuest monsterCrossword Clue
Fantasy monsterCrossword Clue
Hulking bruteCrossword Clue
Cruel personCrossword Clue
Nothing good about scary characterCrossword Clue
Storybook baddieCrossword Clue
Monster akin to a Japanese oniCrossword Clue
Grim Grimm figureCrossword Clue
Fairy tale baddieCrossword Clue

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OGRES
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
MeaniesCrossword Clue
Kid-lit monstersCrossword Clue
Shrek and his familyCrossword Clue
Mean-spirited sortsCrossword Clue
Periodically dodges arrests about intimidating peopleCrossword Clue
Big bulliesCrossword Clue
Shrek and FionaCrossword Clue
Fairy-tale fiendsCrossword Clue
Shrek and FionaCrossword Clue
Fairy-tale meaniesCrossword Clue

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PEDANT
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
One’s obsessed with tiny detailsCrossword Clue
Exercise US prosecutor books? He'll still find fault with itCrossword Clue
Mount Etna deposits somewhat academicCrossword Clue
HairsplitterCrossword Clue
Nitpicky personCrossword Clue
One particular exercise poet doesn't finishCrossword Clue
One particular exercise poet doesnt finishCrossword Clue
QuibblerCrossword Clue
Editor punches mostly rubbish nit-pickerCrossword Clue
Stickler in bad mood about Bible bookCrossword Clue

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TSAR
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Former Russian titleCrossword Clue
Ruler until 1917Crossword Clue
Bygone autocratCrossword Clue
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

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DICTATOR
8 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
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
Autocrat who orders a stenographer to take notesCrossword Clue
Absolute rulerCrossword Clue
Despot finally read out riot actCrossword Clue

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IRONHAND
8 Letters
1 RELATED CLUES
Metaphor for tyrannyCrossword Clue

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STARCHAMBER
11 Letters
5 RELATED CLUES
Stiffen precious material, naturally preserved for Tudor courtCrossword Clue
Formality a warning sign, where justice was rarely servedCrossword Clue
English court created to ensure that laws were fairly enforced against prominent peopleCrossword Clue
Reception room for a Texas hockey player?Crossword Clue
Secretive tribunalCrossword Clue

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ARBITRARY
9 Letters
5 RELATED CLUES
RandomCrossword Clue
Capricious Rita messed with BarryCrossword Clue
RandomCrossword Clue
Completely randomCrossword Clue
Selected at randomCrossword Clue

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HISNIBS
7 Letters
2 RELATED CLUES
Mock title for a self-important manCrossword Clue
Mr. High-and-MightyCrossword Clue

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MIAPHARAOH
10 Letters

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NERO
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Literary detective WolfeCrossword Clue
Emperor with a statue outside the ColosseumCrossword Clue
Emperor named an enemy of the state in A.D. 68Crossword Clue
Emperor amid Eddystone RocksCrossword Clue
Infamous Roman emperorCrossword Clue
Emperor from 54 to 68Crossword Clue
Notorious Roman emperorCrossword Clue
Burning man?Crossword Clue
Roman emperorCrossword Clue
Infamous emperorCrossword Clue

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ROD
3 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
PoleCrossword Clue
Towel holderCrossword Clue
Diviner's deviceCrossword Clue
Cone counterpartCrossword Clue
StaffCrossword Clue
Surveyor's measureCrossword Clue
StaffCrossword Clue
Curtain holderCrossword Clue
___ and reelCrossword Clue
Cone counterpartCrossword Clue

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ALVA
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Edison’s middle nameCrossword Clue
Thomas ___ EdisonCrossword Clue
Thomas Edison's middle nameCrossword Clue
Thomas ___ EdisonCrossword Clue
Edison’s middle nameCrossword Clue
Thomas ___ EdisonCrossword Clue
Thomas Edison's middle nameCrossword Clue
Menlo Park middle nameCrossword Clue
Inventing middle nameCrossword Clue
Thomas ___ EdisonCrossword Clue

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REPRESSIVE
10 Letters
1 RELATED CLUES
Salesman revises orders, being dictatorialCrossword Clue

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TENNIS
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Court activityCrossword Clue
Sport with a chair umpireCrossword Clue
Figure requiring recuperation, finally is rallying?Crossword Clue
Game and ultimately Margaret Thatcher maybe losing leadCrossword Clue
Number, any number, is required for gameCrossword Clue
Rafael Nadal's sportCrossword Clue
Coco Gauff's sportCrossword Clue
Game of loveCrossword Clue
Love scene?Crossword Clue
Sport played on a variety of surfacesCrossword Clue

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ALIMENTARYCANAL
15 Letters
2 RELATED CLUES
Unknown vessel in Malta, a liner at sea giving passage for fareCrossword Clue
Digestive-system passageCrossword Clue

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REGIMEN
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Combination of diet and exerciseCrossword Clue
Programme of diet and exerciseCrossword Clue
A specific diet and set of exercises to followCrossword Clue
Exercise plan, e.gCrossword Clue
Almost all of a military group in a systematic plan for livingCrossword Clue
One's involved in backing country's dietCrossword Clue
Systematic plan to downsize fighting unitCrossword Clue
Detailed army unit diet programmeCrossword Clue
Pattern of behaviour regarding booze will absorb the writerCrossword Clue
Most of wine and spirits Everyman imbibed, needing healthier routineCrossword 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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SWEATER
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Ugly Christmas ___ (garment)Crossword Clue
Top one working hard?Crossword Clue
Autumn apparel choiceCrossword Clue
Armpit often seen in leisurewearCrossword Clue
Labour on retrospective cover-upCrossword Clue
Top tree was rottenCrossword Clue
Southern climates not hot - so wear this?Crossword Clue
Cardigan, for exampleCrossword Clue
A grandpa cardigan is oneCrossword Clue
Top curse about debatable lineage, essentiallyCrossword Clue

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NERONIC
7 Letters
1 RELATED CLUES
Imperial, fuzzy on chin, Henry trimmed - see monarch in itCrossword Clue

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CAPTAINAHAB
11 Letters

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IVAN
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
"Terrible" rulerCrossword Clue
“Terrible” czarCrossword Clue
“Oblomov” novelist GoncharovCrossword Clue
"Ghostbusters" director ReitmanCrossword Clue
Any of six Russian monarchsCrossword Clue
Any of six Russian monarchsCrossword Clue
___ the TerribleCrossword Clue
Tommy in the Hockey Hall of FameCrossword Clue
Lendl of tennisCrossword Clue
___ the TerribleCrossword Clue

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TIBERIUS
8 Letters
3 RELATED CLUES
Reclusive emperor who succeeded his stepfather AugustusCrossword Clue
Top Roman bishop in row with one AmericanCrossword Clue
Emperor is brute, I suspectCrossword Clue

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AUTHORITARIAN
13 Letters
7 RELATED CLUES
DictatorialCrossword Clue
What could be a Ruritania, hot, despotic?Crossword Clue
Domineering writer and heretic imbibing wineCrossword Clue
Oppressively strictCrossword Clue
Domineering writer embraces Rita in front of IanCrossword Clue
Oppressively strictCrossword Clue
Inflexible writer needs IT in a particular house for March-AprilCrossword Clue

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MACBETH
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Speaker of the line "Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow / Creeps in this petty pace from day to day"Crossword Clue
Shakespearean mentioned by actors at their perilCrossword Clue
Subject of a centuries-old theatrical superstitionCrossword Clue
The Scottish playCrossword Clue
Play title that superstitious actors avoid saying aloud in theatersCrossword Clue
Rising actor receives award thats primarily for playCrossword Clue
Anguished king's US subject accepting awardCrossword Clue
Anguished kings US subject accepting awardCrossword Clue
Mach holds gamble with Scottish kingCrossword Clue
Arts graduate about to join little woman in playCrossword Clue

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STIGMATA
8 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Marks and Spencer’s opening times assuming it’s glossy magazine’s accurate for starters – aceCrossword Clue
Dump character on carpet with a number of bloody marksCrossword Clue
Dump character on carpet with a number of bloody marksCrossword Clue
Mystery driver and short friend getting A marksCrossword Clue
A stat I revised involving car companys signs of sufferingCrossword Clue
Dump resident on rug area to see scarsCrossword Clue
A fools shown up about carpet marks that are disgracefulCrossword Clue
Marks it as wrong without an entrance testCrossword Clue
Greek character cheers collecting ultimately excellent marksCrossword Clue
A wallys upset about carpet marksCrossword Clue

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Showing 36 Matching Answers

DESPOTIC

9 RELATED CLUES

HARSH

9 RELATED CLUES

IRONFISTED

AUTOCRATIC

7 RELATED CLUES

TOTALITARIAN

1 RELATED CLUES

DESPOT

10 RELATED CLUES

DESPOTS

10 RELATED CLUES

HEEL

10 RELATED CLUES

IDI

10 RELATED CLUES

NEROS

3 RELATED CLUES

OGRE

10 RELATED CLUES

OGRES

10 RELATED CLUES

PEDANT

10 RELATED CLUES

TSAR

10 RELATED CLUES

DICTATOR

10 RELATED CLUES

IRONHAND

1 RELATED CLUES

STARCHAMBER

5 RELATED CLUES

ARBITRARY

5 RELATED CLUES

HISNIBS

2 RELATED CLUES

MIAPHARAOH

NERO

10 RELATED CLUES

ROD

10 RELATED CLUES

ALVA

10 RELATED CLUES

REPRESSIVE

1 RELATED CLUES

TENNIS

10 RELATED CLUES

ALIMENTARYCANAL

2 RELATED CLUES

REGIMEN

10 RELATED CLUES

SATYR

10 RELATED CLUES

SWEATER

10 RELATED CLUES

NERONIC

1 RELATED CLUES

CAPTAINAHAB

IVAN

10 RELATED CLUES

TIBERIUS

3 RELATED CLUES

AUTHORITARIAN

7 RELATED CLUES

MACBETH

10 RELATED CLUES

STIGMATA

10 RELATED CLUES

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