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The Clue
Ivan or Alexander (4 letter answer)
The Answer
TSAR
Tags
Notes
The answer TSAR is very common and appears about once every 28 puzzles.
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Autocrat
Despot
Dictator
Peter, for one
Ruler
Absolute ruler
Alexis, e.g.
Basil, e.g.
Bygone despot
Former autocrat
Glinka's "A Life for the ___"
Ivan or Nicholas
Mussorgsky subject
Nicholas, e.g.
Old autocrat
Peter, e.g.
Peter the Great, for one
Potentate of the past
Romanov ruler
Royal Russian
Russian personage
Bolshevik's bête noire
Former Russian ruler
Ivan or Alexis
Ivan IV, e.g.
Leader overthrown in 1917
Michael Romanov, e.g.
Moussorgsky's Godunov, e.g.
Nicholas I or II
Nicholas II, e.g.
Old Russian autocrat
Old Russian ruler
Opera "The Tale of ___ Saltan"
Peter the Great, e.g.
Pre-1917 autocrat
Ruler until 1917
Winter Palace resident
Figure in a Rimsky-Korsakov opera
Peter or Paul, but not Mary
Definition
TSAR as a noun:
1. (czar, tsar, tzar) = a male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917)