Russian ruler of old
The crossword clue "Russian ruler of old" is answered by TSAR, a 4-letter entry. Used 25 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2026. 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 25 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2026. 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
- Autocrat - used 100 times, most recently in 2014
- Romanov ruler - used 96 times, most recently in 2026
- Russian ruler - used 89 times, most recently in 2026
- Ruler - used 87 times, most recently in 1997
- 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
- Bygone autocrat - used 31 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
- Boris Godunov, for one - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Peter or Paul - used 30 times, most recently in 2019
- 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
- Bygone ruler - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Emperor - used 24 times, most recently in 1999
- Dictator - used 23 times, most recently in 2003
- Pre-1917 ruler - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Autocrat until 1917 - used 22 times, most recently in 2015
- Nicholas II, e.g. - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Russian ruler of yore - used 22 times, most recently in 2017
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- Russian city - OREL, used 102 times
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- Old Italian money - LIRA, used 87 times
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