| Ruler of old | 12 |
| Powerful presidential appointee | 31 |
| Powerful one | 12 |
| Old head | 8 |
| Ivan, e.g. | 10 |
| Industry honcho | 15 |
| Former Russian emperor | 22 |
| Former Kremlin despot | 21 |
| Former despot | 13 |
| Boris of Bulgaria | 17 |
| Big shot of industry | 20 |
| Anticrime chief | 15 |
| Word with drug or energy | 24 |
| Pre-revolutionary ruler | 23 |
| Pre-Communist Russian ruler | 27 |
| Powerful business leader | 24 |
| Policy chief | 12 |
| One with great power | 20 |
| One with great authority | 24 |
| Leader until 1917 | 17 |
| Industry VIP | 12 |
| Industrial giant | 16 |
| Grand duke's father | 23 |
| Father of a grand duke | 22 |
| Drug kingpin | 12 |
| Business baron | 14 |
| Boris Godunov was one | 21 |
| Bolshevik's foe | 19 |
| Baron | 5 |
| A Romanov | 9 |
| Winter Palace dweller | 21 |
| White House policy honcho | 25 |
| White House policy appointee | 28 |
| White House appointment | 23 |
| War on drugs leader | 19 |
| Unelected political bigwig | 26 |
| Underworld kingpin | 18 |
| Title not used after 1917 | 25 |
| Title first used by Simeon I of Bulgaria | 40 |
| Task force chief, sometimes | 27 |
| Studio head, e.g. | 17 |
| Slavic ruler | 12 |
| Ruler toppled by the Bolsheviks | 31 |
| Rasputin's employer, e.g. | 29 |
| Pre-1917 honcho | 15 |
| Pre-1917 emperor | 16 |
| Powerful regulator | 18 |
| Powerful business-person | 24 |
| Powerful boss | 13 |
| Powerful appointee | 18 |
| Political leader, informally | 28 |
| Political appointee | 19 |
| Peter the Great or Ivan the Terrible | 36 |
| Person with unlimited power | 27 |
| Person exercising power | 23 |
| One standing out in a field? | 28 |
| Old-time ruler | 14 |
| Old-time dictator | 17 |
| Old head of Russia | 18 |
| Nicholas was the last | 21 |
| Man of great power | 18 |
| Kaiser's kin | 16 |
| Industry mogul | 14 |
| Industry boss | 13 |
| Industrial mogul, e.g. | 22 |
| Industrial mogul | 16 |
| Industrial magnate | 18 |
| Industrial kingpin | 18 |
| High-level Fed | 14 |
| High-level appointee | 20 |
| Head boss | 9 |
| Grand duchess's father | 26 |
| Government honcho | 17 |
| Former Russian VIP | 18 |
| Former Russian leader | 21 |
| Former Russian emperor (var.) | 29 |
| Federal bigwig | 14 |
| Father of a grand duchess | 25 |
| Executive branch V.I.P. | 23 |
| Energy mogul | 12 |
| Energy boss | 11 |
| Energy ___ | 10 |
| Drug-fighting authority | 23 |
| Drug _____ | 10 |
| Drug ___ (Washington pooh-bah) | 30 |
| Drug ___ (government position) | 30 |
| Contemporary drug or energy chief | 33 |
| Commercial bigwig | 17 |
| Chief of a sort | 15 |
| Certain Obama appointee | 23 |
| Bowie Kuhn, e.g. | 16 |
| Big shot: var. | 14 |
| Big honcho | 10 |
| Baron of business | 17 |
| Anticrime boss | 14 |
| All-powerful one | 16 |
| Absolute leader | 15 |
| ____ of industry | 16 |
| Catherine the Great, e.g. | 25 |
| Russian empress | 15 |