| Mideast leadership family name | 30 |
| Longtime Syrian strongman | 25 |
| Longtime Syrian ruling family name | 34 |
| Longtime Syrian president | 25 |
| Longtime Mideast leader | 23 |
| Leader of a 1970 military coup | 30 |
| Leader called "a thug and a murderer" by Kerry in 2013 | 64 |
| Leader born in Damascus | 23 |
| Heavy-handed ruler of Syria | 27 |
| Former Syrian president Hafez al -___ | 37 |
| Equally melancholy | 18 |
| Embattled Syrian president | 26 |
| Embattled Syrian leader | 23 |
| Either of two Syrian presidents | 31 |
| Dictator who trained as an ophthalmologist | 42 |
| Damascus V.I.P. | 15 |
| Damascus strongman | 18 |
| Cry to a mouse | 14 |
| Civil war president | 19 |
| Besieged Syrian leader Bashar | 29 |
| Bashar al-___ (Syrian president and uprising focus) | 51 |
| 1970 military coup leader | 25 |
| Very, in music | 14 |
| Very, to Verdi | 14 |
| Allegro ___ (very brisk, in music) | 34 |
| Allegro ___ (music direction) | 29 |
| Very, musically | 15 |
| Brazilian palm | 14 |
| Very, to Vivaldi | 16 |
| Allegro ___ (very fast, in a score) | 35 |
| Very, in scores | 15 |
| Very: Mus. | 10 |
| Very, to Ozawa | 14 |
| Very, musically speaking | 24 |
| Quite, in music | 15 |
| Very, to the maestro | 20 |
| Very, on scores | 15 |
| Very, on a music score | 22 |
| Palm of Brazil | 14 |
| Allegro ___: Mus. dir. | 22 |
| Allegro ___ (very fast, on a score) | 35 |
| "Very," in music | 26 |
| Very: Mus. dir | 14 |
| Very, to Mozart | 15 |
| Very, to Chopin | 15 |
| Very, to a virtuoso | 19 |
| Very, to a violinist | 20 |
| Very, in musical directions | 27 |
| Very to Verdi | 14 |
| Very to Masur | 14 |
| Verdi's "very" | 28 |
| Verdi adverb | 12 |
| Musical intensifier | 19 |
| Extremely, to Mozart | 20 |
| Allegro __: very fast | 21 |
| Allegro ___ (very quick) | 24 |
| Allegro ___ (very fast) | 23 |
| Allegro ___ (very fast, musically) | 34 |
| Allegro ___ (very fast, in music) | 33 |
| "Allegro ___" (very fast) | 35 |
| Attack | 6 |
| Go after | 8 |
| Criticize | 9 |
| Storm | 5 |
| Berate | 6 |
| Censure | 7 |
| Lambaste | 8 |
| Bombard | 7 |
| Beset | 5 |
| Attack verbally | 15 |
| Lash out at | 11 |
| Lay into | 8 |
| Tear into | 9 |
| Rip into | 8 |
| Light into | 10 |
| Attack with vigor | 17 |
| Attack vigorously | 17 |
| Verbally assault | 16 |
| Besiege | 7 |
| Lay siege to | 12 |
| Go at | 5 |
| Attack violently | 16 |
| Pounce upon | 11 |
| Have at | 7 |
| Lace into | 9 |
| Jump on | 7 |
| Fall upon | 9 |
| Set on | 6 |
| Pounce on | 9 |
| Attack with abandon | 19 |
| Strongly criticize | 18 |
| Ridicule or berate | 18 |
| Verbally assault, perhaps | 25 |
| Strike out at | 13 |
| Set upon violently | 18 |
| Jump and thump | 14 |
| Go all out against | 18 |
| Go after with vigor | 19 |
| Go after (6) | 12 |
| Fall on | 7 |