Referring Clues

• Ruler in Rimsky-Korsakov operas
• Ivan or Nicholas
• Russian autocrat
• Bygone leader
• Nicholas II, e.g.
• Alexis, e.g.
• Winter Palace dweller, once
• Nicholas was one
• Figure in a Rimsky-Korsakov opera
• Rimsky-Korsakov's Saltan, e.g.
• Pre-1917 ruler
• Pre-Soviet royalty
• Nicholas or Alexander
• Paul I, e.g.
• Nicholas I or II, e.g.
• Opera "The Tale of ___ Saltan"
• Peter the Great, e.g.
• Peter, for one
• Tolstoy's "___ Fyodor Ivanovich"
• Bygone title
• Feodor, e.g.
• Autocrat
• Nicholas I or II
• Bolshevik target
• Old despot
• Winter Palace resident
• Basil, e.g.
• Peter, e.g.
• Olden despot
• Bygone Russian despot
• Old autocrat
• Peter or Paul
• Word that's an accidental acronym of a Hemingway title
• Rimsky-Korsakov's "The Tale of ___ Saltan"
• Victim of a 1917 revolution
• Leader opposed by the Bolsheviks
• Ruler until 1917
• Peter or Nicholas
• Feodor I, e.g.
• Winter Palace ruler
• Abdicator of 1917
• Nicholas II was the last one
• Bygone despot
• Anarchists' foe, once
• Old Russian royal
• Boris Godunov, for one
• Pre-Lenin ruler
• Alexander II, e.g.
• Ex-leader of Russia
• Peter I, II or III
• Leader of pre-1917 Russia
• Customer of Fabergé eggs
• Bygone autocrat
• Pre-Red head
• Leader before Lenin
• Old monarch
• Michael, for one
• Old crowned head
• Royal Russian
• Past potentate
• Russian leader before 1917
• Russia's Nicholas I, e.g.
• Romanov ruler
• Russian leader of old
• Old overlord
• Foe of communism
• 1917 revolution casualty
• Despot of yore
• Bygone Russian autocrat
• Anticommunist leader
• 26- or 55-Down
• Mikhail Romanov, e.g.
• Ruler of yore
• Boris Godunov, e.g.
• Old Russian monarch
• Russian autocrat of old
• Leader in the Crimean War
• Pre-1917 monarch
• Ivan the Terrible, e.g.
• Pre-1917 Russian ruler
• Former Russian royalty
• Old Russian ruler
• Ruler of the Cossacks
• Pre-1917 autocrat
• The first one ruled 1547-84
• Dweller in the Peterhof
• Early 1900s ruler
• Pre-Communist leader
• Plot target of the Decembrists
• Cossacks' leader
• Peter or Paul, but not Mary
• Ruler before 31-Down
• "The Guns of August" figure
• Bygone crown
• Early anti-Communist
• Old Russian despot
• Leader overthrown in 1917
• Autocrat until 1917
• Shah : Iran :: ___ : Russia
• Ivan or Feodor
• Nicholas II, for one
• Former Russian monarch
• Romanov bigwig
• Ivan the Terrible, for one
• Bygone monarch
• Pre-1918 Russian ruler
• Alexandra's husband, for one
• Russian ruler, until 1917
• Pre-1918 despot
• One-time Russian ruler
• Winter Palace occupant
• Russian emperor
• Ivan the Terrible was Russia's first
• Former Winter Palace resident
• Nicholas, for one
• Leader abominable to Lenin
• Fabergé egg collector
• Nicholas I, for one
• Bolshevik victim
• Bygone ruler
• Anastasia's father was one
• Romanov title
• Former Russian despot
• Nicholas II was the last Russian one
• Bolshevik's bane
• Ivan or Peter
• Russian ruler of yore
• Pre-Soviet sovereign
• Russian Revolution victim
• Russian ruler of old
• Bygone emperor
• Russian ruler
• Nicholas or Peter
• Winter Palace dweller
• Russian ruler, of yore
• Royal Russian, once
• Russian ruler, once
• Lenin foe
• Onetime Russian leader
• Former Russian head
• Ivan the Terrible, for example
• Deposed despot
• Former Russian emperor
• Russian dynast
• Former Russian ruler
• Paul I, Peter II, or Ivan III
• Godunov Dynasty member
• Autocrat of yore
• Petrograd pooh-bah
• Peter I, for one
• Erstwhile Russian sovereign
• Onetime Kremlin dweller
• Ukase issuer
• Ruler opposed by the Bolsheviks
• Ivan IV, for one
• Bolsheviks' bane
• Peter the Great, for one
• Kremlin VIP, once
• Russian leader until 1917
• Ivan the Terrible's title
• Bygone big shot
• Decembrists' unsuccessful plot target in 1825
• Anastasia's father, e.g.
• Russia's Nicholas II, e.g.
• Potentate of the past
• Former St. Petersburg palace resident
• Van Cleef & Arpels cologne
• Winter Palace VIP
• Palace potentate of the past
• Pre-WWI ruler
• Ivan IV's title
• Romanov royal of Russia
• Bolsheviks' foe
• Old imperator
• 1917 abdicator
• Nicholas II was the last
• Russian despot
• Alexander, e.g.
• Old Russian sovereign
• Title for 9-Down
• Former Russian autocrat
• Old sovereign
• Onetime monarch
• Old ruler
• Old head
• Ruler with a line?
• Crimean War leader
• Old leader
• Bolshevik foe
• Leader until 1917
• Old totalitarian ruler
• Pre-revolution ruler
• Winter Palace residence
• 29 Across collector
• Russian royal
• Authoritarian
• 6 Down ruler
• Erstwhile autocrat
• Autocrat of old
• The last was Nicholas II
• Loser of 1917
• Ruler of the past
• Alexandra's Nicholas, for one
• An anagram for "rats"
• "A Life for the ___" (Glinka opera)
• Russian anarchists' foe, once
• Anagram for "rats"
• Title for a Romanov
• Absolute ruler
• Russian ruler before the revolution
• "Arts" anagram
• "Terrible" title
• Bear head, once
• Paul I, for one
• Alexandra Fyororovna's husband, for one
• Terrible title?
• Forced abdicator of 1917
• Bygone sovereign
• Basil was one
• Russian despot of old
• Ivan or Peter, e.g.
• Ivan IV was Russia's first
• Alexandra's husband, e.g.
• Romanov, e.g.
• Erstwhile despot
• A ruler before the revolution
• Russian royalty
• Royal Russian ruler
• Fyodor I, II or III
• Autocratic ruler
• Pre-Soviet ruler
• Despotic ruler
• Peter or Paul, e.g.
• Peter I or Ivan IV, e.g.
• Old head of state
• Type of despot
• Male monarch
• Russian monarch
• Noted Russian victim
• Recipient of Faberge eggs
• Noted 1918 casualty
• Ruler of the Cossacks, once
• Despot of the past
• Imperial autocrat
• Peter I or Ivan IV
• Peter or Ivan, historically
• Despot of old
• Anastasia's father, for one
• Ruler before 1917 (Var.)
• Russia's leader in 1916
• Ousted ruler
• Overlord of old
• Title for Ivan (Var.)
• Romanov ruler (Var.)
• Russian Revolution victim (Var.)
• Alexandra's husband (Var.)
• Male monarch (Var.)
• Peter or Paul, e.g. (Var.)
• Royal Russian (Var.)
• Romanov title (Var.)
• Peter or Ivan, e.g. (Var.)
• Pre-Lenin Russian ruler
• Anastasia's father
• Nicholas or Ivan
• Alexandra's Nicholas
• Studio head, e.g.
• Peter III, for one
• Defunct ruler
• Anastasia's daddy, for one
• Winter Palace resident, once
• Royal Russian of yore
• Nicholas II of Russia, for one
• Pre-Russian Revolution ruler
• Former ruler
• Former absolute ruler
• Title in Russian history
• Old Russian autocrat
• Peter or Ivan
• One-time Winter Palace occupant
• Title derived from "Caesar"
• Villagers' tormentor in "Fiddler on the Roof"
• Rasputin's advisee
• Anagram for 31-Down
• Opponent of Napoleon
• Pre-Communist autocrat
• Emperor
• Industrial giant
• Michael, e.g.
• Turn-of-the-century Russian ruler
• Father of a grand duke
• Winter Palace potentate
• Nicholas, e.g.
• Pre-Lenin leader
• Power-mad ruler of old
• Ruthless ruler
• Journal
• Supreme ruler
• Despot
• Supreme leader
• Old world despot
• Former despot
• Winter Palace denizen
• Bygone Russian ruler
• House of Fabergé patron
• Ruler whose more common spelling is rare in crosswords
• Noted victim of 1917
• Autocrat before the Revolution
• Victim of the Bolsheviks
• Former Russian royal
• Pre-1917 bigwig
• Dictator
• Title of the first Fabergé egg owner
• Big man in Russia, once
• Ivan the terrible was one
• Movie mogul
• Authoritarian ruler
• Pre-World War I ruler
• Alexis I, e.g.
• Ivan IV, e.g.
• Peter I, e.g.
• Old Russian bigwig
• Bygone royal Russian
• Old royal
• Nicholas I was one
• Bygone tyrant
• Ruler in old St. Petersburg
• Alexandra Feodorovna's husband, for one
• Russia's Alexis I, e.g.
• Moscow monarch, once
• All-powerful ruler
• Absolute ruler before the revolution
• Former Kremlin resident
• Former St. Petersburg royal
• Descriptor for a domineering person
• Ruler who lived in the Winter Palace
• Fabergé patron
• Old Russian noble
• 2009 Russian film about Ivan the Terrible
• Grand Prince of Moscow's successor
• Unseen "Fiddler on the Roof" tyrant
• Emperor of Russia
• Old Russian leader
• Winter Palace despot
• Old Russian dynast
• Pre-1917 despot
• Pre-Communism leader
• Leader executed by the Bolsheviks
• Tyrant
• Late 19th-century anarchist's foe
• Ruined Russian ruler
• Historical autocrat
• Member of an old Russian line
• ___ Bomba (hydrogen bomb nickname)
• Toppled tyrant
• Ruler before Lenin
• Bolshevik's quarry
• Despot until 1917
• Peterhof Palace resident
• Peter I, for one
• Old Slavic title
• Deposed Russian ruler
• Russia's Nicholas, for one
• Singular of 45-Down
• Kaiser's counterpart
• Bygone Kremlin resident
• Ruler over Tolstoy
• Trotsky's target
• Variation of 6-Across
• Onetime Russian ruler
• Alexandra's husband
• Nicholas, for one
• Alexandra's husband was one
• Onetime Russian monarch
• Title derived from the name "Caesar"
• February Revolution victim
• Old Russian royal (Var.)
• Old emperor of Russia
• Bygone leader (Var.)
• Old autocrat (Var.)
• Romanov dynasty member (Var.)
• Pre-communism leader (Var.)
• Former despot (Var.)
• Old Russian bigwig (Var.)
• "God Save the ___!": Russian Empire anthem
• Fabergé egg recipient
• Pre-revolution ruler (Var.)
• Ivan the Terrible's title (Var.)
• Peter the Great, for one (Var.)
• Russian sovereign, once (Var.)
• Bygone monarch (Var.)
• Top Romanov (Var.)
• Big wheel pre-1917 (Var.)
• Old Russian autocrat (Var.)
• Bygone autocrat (Var.)
• Erstwhile despot (Var.)
• Russian ruler until 1917
• Autocrat until 1917 (Var.)
• Bygone Russian leader
• 99-Down, for one
• Onetime Kremlin dweller (Var.)
• One spelling for a former Russian ruler
• Kaiser cousin (Var.)
• Russian ruler of old (Var.)
• Pre-revolutionary ruler (Var.)
• Romanov autocrat
• February Revolution target
• Another spelling for 13-Down
• Ruler no more
• Ruler of Muscovy
• Livadia Palace resident
• Simeon I, for one (var.)
• Old emperor
• Russian head, once
• Ruler of old
• Russian ruler before 1917
• Ivan or Nicholas, e.g.
• Romanov leader
• Old despot of Russia
• Central figure in a Mussorgsky opera
• Russian bigwig, pre-1917
• Khan : Mongolia :: ___ : Russia
• Bolshevik's target
• Any old Russian ruler
• Many an Ivan
• Despised figure in "Fiddler on the Roof"
• Leader issuing a ukase
• Target of a 1917 uprising
• Winter Palace autocrat
• The last one was Nicholas II
• Early 20th-century abdicator
• Alexis I, for one
• Mighty monarch no more
• Boris Godunov was one
• Monarch of old
• Peter or Ivan the Terrible, e.g.
• Bygone Winter Palace resident
• Russian leader up to 1917
• Winter Palace ruler of old
• Many an Ivan, in old Russia
• Pre-revolution bigwig
• Russian leader, once
• 1917 dethronee
• Anastasia's father's title
• Ruler that doesn't work anymore
• 1917 revolution victim
• Russia had one in the 20th century
• Mogul
• Mikhail, for one
• Victim of a revolution
• Leader with a title derived from the name "Caesar"
• Tyrant's title until 1917
• Old ruler of Russia
• Leader wearing the Great Imperial Crown
• Peter, once
• Royal Russian ruler, once
• Ruler in a STAR?
• He TARS the roof of the Winter palace?
• Basil III was one
• Former ruler that gets its name from "Caesar"
• Leaders of the Soviets assassinated Russian ruler
• Ruler, once
• Russian leader's title, once
• Ruler pre-1917
• Russian despot of yore
• Godunov, for one
• Nicholas II of Russia, say
• Emperor that hasn't been around for 99 years
• Pre-communism ruler
• Alternative way to write "czar"
• Onetime Winter Palace occupant
• Deposed Russian of old
• Russian ruler no more
• Ivan was one
• Rats (anag)
• Top player suffering reverse at first as leading man
• Starts to teach students about ruthless ruler
• Ruler initially used in producing triangle, square and rectangle
• Ruler needed for measurements, arguably
• Top Russian's rackets are mostly confiscated
• Old Russian 22
• Russia's leader and top player switched in first half
• A good man rises to king and emperor
• Ruler takes up some followers of Haile Selassie
• Tears flow, missing English ruler
• Holy man turns to a king and emperor
• Title of Russian emperor
• Peter the Great, for example
• The old ruler of Tibet's a refugee
• Russian ruler of the past
• Performing arts for one in authority
• Jack holds small ruler
• What's a ruler? Look inside!
• Right back, as in former ruler
• Ruler beginning to sink in pitch
• Sailor entertains son for emperor
• In retreat, a holy man leads king and emperor
• Nicholas possibly provides star turn
• 17 takes seaman round back of toilets
• Alexander III or Nicholas II
• Catherine Palace resident
• Deposed autocrat
• Peter the Great's title
• Pre-revolutionary ruler
• Bygone royal
• Pre-1917 power broker
• Prerevolution autocrat
• Ruler's title derived from "Caesar"
• Catherine Palace resident, once
• Fabergé-egg holder?
• Russian leader
• Pre-Soviet emperor
• Emperor gets around shaving more on the right than the left
• Russian emperor lies in great sarcophagus
• Word derived from Caesar, used by European rulers since 1547
• Official with special responsibilities for broadcast arts?
• Public official with special responsibility for dealing with problem of marauding rats
• Title given to the kings of Bulgaria
• Ruler is found in and about Sarajevo
• Emperor's wandering star
• Emperor and son taken aboard by sailor
• Ruler treats army partially
• Ruler in for astonishing upset
• Of despots, a ruler
• Bigwig's starburst
• Old leader gets around houses
• Alexander or Peter
• Old type of Russian ruler
• Winter Palace inhabitant, once
• Roots of St Ignatius Loyola, soldier and absolutist
• Issuer of ukases
• Ruler long gone
• Romanov sovereign
• Ivan was a terrible one
• Former autocrat
• Black stuff covering small ruler once
• Ruler no longer
• Russian monarch of yore
• Ruler of Russia no more
• Winter Palace figure
• Great Imperial Crown ruler
• Ruler of long ago
• A tyrant
• Tolstoy's ruler
• Ruler not seen since 1917
• Way-old ruler
• Peter I was one
• Pre-revolution leader
• Former Slavic ruler
• Anastasia's pop, for one
• Leading Russian trembles after going to extremes
• Imperial Russian ruler
• Romanov's title
• Nicholas II's title
• Evictor of the Jews in "Fiddler on the Roof"
• Sailor carrying second Russian emperor
• Kremlin dweller, once
• Ruler of old Russia
• "The Tale of ___ Saltan" (Rimsky-Korsakov opera)
• Onetime ruler in the Winter Palace
• Ivan IV, from 1547 to 1584
• See 84-Down
• Old Russian title that's an anagram of 57-Down
• Russian emperor, once
• Russian Revolution target
• Title also spelled with a "cz"
• Title based on the name "Caesar"
• Bygone dynast
• Winter Palace user
• Kremlin inhabitant of old
• Star maker in old Russia
• Royal until 1917
• Emperor prior to 1917
• Title for the son of Basil III
• Ruler in old Moscow
• Ruler in the Romanov line
• "A Life for the ___" (Mikhail Glinka opera)
• Bygone Bulgarian bigwig
• Ousted ruler of 1917
• Vasily IV, for one
• Former Russian title
• Bygone Russian bigwig
• Russian lead-in to -evich or -evna
• Target of a 1917 ouster
• Bygone Russian title
• Ruler
• Russian emperor of old
• "Russian Ark" title
• "May God bless and keep the ___ ... far away from us!" (line from "Fiddler on the Roof")
• Former Bulgarian monarch
• Winter Palace monarch
• Onetime title for Bulgaria's Simeon II, the last person to use it
• Ruler in "War and Peace"
• Bygone royalty
• "The Kitchen Boy" monarch
• Alexander I, for one
• Anastasia Romanov's father, for one
• Catherine Palace ruler
• Old ruling title in Bulgaria
• Ruler hidden in "sports arena"
• Historical lead-in to -evna or -evich
• Romanov V.I.P.
• Old Eurasian ruler
• Fabergé egg recipient
• House of Romanov ruler
• Past 15-Across leader
• Bygone dictator
• "The Family Romanov" monarch
• Russian monarch prior to 1917
• Russian sovereign
• "May God bless and keep the ___ ... far away from us!" ("Fiddler on the Roof" line)
• The first Fabergé egg was created for one
• Title that comes from "Caesar"
• Ruler in pre-Communist Russia
• Romanov V.I.P., once
• Leader overthrown by a revolution
• Old imperial title
• Serbian Empire title
• Old title derived from "Caesar"
• Russian monarch of old
• An old ruler
• Bygone Russian royal
• Fyodor the Blessed, e.g.
• Ruler whose title is derived from the name "Caesar"
• Title for Ivan the Terrible
• Bulgarian ruler of old
• Leader in the Bulgarian Empire
• Ivan the Great, for one
• Ruler in some Russian novels
• Figure in Russian history
• Romanov dynast
• Russian title derived from "Caesar"
• Bygone ruler in "Anastasia"
• Casualty of a 1917 revolution
• Former Eurasian leader
• Old-style name for an old-style ruler
• Pre-Russian Revolution leader
• Title first used by Ivan the Great
• February Revolution abdicator
• Edict issuer in "Fiddler on the Roof"
• Onetime Kremlin ruler
• Ousted Russian ruler
• Title derived from the Latin word for "caesar"
• Peter the Great or Nicholas II
• Ruling title that dates back to the Byzantine Empire
• Ruler of Imperial Russia
• Onetime resident of the Winter Palace
• Onetime leader in St. Petersburg
• Feodor I, for one
• Ruler before 1917