Russian ruler until 1917

The answer

TSAR

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TSAR answer page.

Used 28 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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
• 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
• Russian despot - used 30 times, most recently in 2022
• Ruler until 1917 - used 27 times, most recently in 2026

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