Bygone autocrat
The crossword clue "Bygone autocrat" is answered by TSAR, a 4-letter entry. Used 31 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
TSAR
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TSAR answer page.
Used 31 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 12 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.
- CZAR (4 uses in xd)
Other clues for TSAR
Every other clue in this collection answered by TSAR, most used first.
- Despot - used 180 times, most recently in 2026
- Romanov ruler - used 96 times, most recently in 2026
- Russian ruler - used 89 times, most recently in 2026
- Old Russian ruler - used 84 times, most recently in 2026
- Former Russian ruler - used 78 times, most recently in 2026
- Winter Palace resident - used 64 times, most recently in 2025
- Bygone Russian ruler - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
- Peter the Great, e.g. - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
- Bygone despot - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
- Ivan or Peter - used 32 times, most recently in 2022
- Old autocrat - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Ivan the Terrible, e.g. - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Nicholas II, for one - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Russian despot - used 30 times, most recently in 2022
- Russian ruler until 1917 - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Ruler until 1917 - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Bygone fliers - SSTS, used 50 times
- Bygone Peruvian - INCA, used 44 times
- Bygone days - PAST, used 43 times
- Bygone times - YORE, used 37 times
- Bygone jets - SSTS, used 33 times
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