Russian ruler
The crossword clue "Russian ruler" is answered by CZAR, a 4-letter entry. Used 17 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1976. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
CZAR
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CZAR answer page.
Used 17 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1976. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- TZAR (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for CZAR
Every other clue in this collection answered by CZAR, most used first.
- Autocrat - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
- Absolute ruler - used 14 times, most recently in 2022
- Industry magnate - used 14 times, most recently in 2022
- Business magnate - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Former Russian ruler - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Business bigwig - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Captain of industry - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- Despot - used 11 times, most recently in 2015
- Industry kingpin - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Mogul - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- Drug ___ - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Industry mogul - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Old Russian ruler - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Old Russian autocrat - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Ivan the Terrible, e.g. - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Kingpin - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Peter the Great, for one - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Antidrug honcho - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
- Industrial mogul - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Industry big shot - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Magnate - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
- Peter or Paul - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Policy chief - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Winter Palace resident - used 6 times, most recently in 2004
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Russian river - URAL, used 294 times
- Russian refusal - NYET, used 134 times
- Russian city - OREL, used 102 times
- Romanov ruler - TSAR, used 96 times
- Russian ruler - TSAR, used 89 times
- Ruler - TSAR, used 87 times
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