Crossword clues for As a rule 9 letters:DICTATINGImposing, as rulesDYNASTIESRuling lineage.LOGARITHMSlide rule's basisATEKOSHERFollowed Jewish dietary rulesBYTHEBOOKFollowing all rulesILLEGALLYIn a manner contrary to the rulesPREVALENTThe ruleGENERALLYAs a rule.FAIRSFAIRThem's the rulesGUIDELINERule of thumbMISGOVERNRule corruptlyBYTHEBOOKStrictly following rulesCAESARISMAbsolute ruleDEIGRATIALatin phrase used with the name of a monarch ruling by a divine mandateDECISIONSJudicial rulingsFAIRSFAIRLet's play by the rules, huh?EIGNSTATEWith the circled letter over, self-ruled entityOBAMACAREFocus of a 2012 Supreme Court rulingJERUSALEMWhere King David ruledANOMALIESDeviations from the general rule.SHRINKAGEPeriod when psychiatrists ruled?OLIGARCHYRule by a small groupSTUDIOERAWhen the original Big Five ruled HollywoodMELBOURNECity where Australian-rules football originatedVIOLATORSBreakers of rulesWENTROGUEFollowed one's own rules (Nissan)GUIDELINERuleIECEXCEPTRule that "weird" violates, literally?ICEHOCKEYEarly rules for it were developed at McGill University in the 1870sCANONICALConforming to orthodox rulesTYRANNIESStates ruled by dictatorsINGENERALAs a ruleAUTOCRACYOne-man rule.UNWRITTENCustomary, as some rulesBRITANNIAArne's "Rule, ___"DRESSCODESchool rule, maybeBONAPARTERuling family name in 19th-century EuropeHOLYSYNODRussian Orthodox ruling bodyYUANCHINAKingdom under Kublai Khan's rule that lent itself to the name of a currencyTAXEXEMPTLike churches, as a ruleDESPOTISMAbsolute rulePENALTIESFootball rule-breaking punishmentsONAVERAGEAs a ruleSTENOPADSRuled notebooksDRESSCODERules for school attire.HOLYSYNODEastern Catholic ruling bodyPENALCODERules for forming sentencesMOSAICLAWSource of rules for keeping kosherHEAVENSNOGoodness me, absolutely not!' nyt 2023 HEAVYHAND Harsh rule, metaphorically nyt 2023 HEBREWNATIONAL [aria-label] Citizen of a country, written in a different language nyt 2023 HEBREWU School co-founded by Albert Einstein in 1918, informally nyt 2023 HEDDA Ibsen's ___ Gabler"COLESLAWSRules according to vocalist Natalie?