- CZAR
- Alexis, for one
- Russian monarch
- All-powerful one
- Russian ruler
- Slavic sovereign
- Certain absolute ruler
- Edict issuer
- Autocrat of old
- Obama appointee
- Unelected political bigwig
- Bigwig
- Big shot of industry
- Despot
- Baron
- Business biggie
- Business bigwig
- Drug ___ (DEA head)
- Autocratic leader
- Grand duke's father
- One of 50 appointed by Barack Obama
- Tycoon
- Certain presidential counselor
- Former despot
- Antidrug honcho
- Bygone ruler
- Pre-Revolution ruler
- Russian ruler of yore
- Peter the Great, e.g.
- Peter the Great, for one
- Powerbroker
- Anastasia's father, for one
- Antidrug mogul
- Former Russian emperor
- Industrial giant
- Antidrug biggie
- Industry magnate
- Powerful ruler of old
- Industrial kingpin
- Old Russian autocrat
- Undemocratic leader
- Drug kingpin
- Old Russian ruler
- Industry boss
- Powerful regulator
- Ruler of old
- One with great power
- Political leader, informally
- Pre-1917 emperor
- Rasputin's employer, e.g.
- Baron of business
- Business magnate
- Erstwhile autocrat
- Former Russian autocrat
- Nicholas was one
- Anticrime chief
- Business baron
- Contemporary drug or energy chief
- One with great authority
- Powerful figure
- Russian ruler of old
- Industry honcho
- Nicholas II was the last one
- High-level official
- Emperor of old Russia
- Government overseer
- Bolsheviks' victim
- Russian emperor
- Alexander I, for one
- Autocratic ruler
- Autocrat
- Industry authority
- Industry VIP
- Industry bigwig
- Industry kingpin
- Industry mogul
- Industry big shot
- Old despot
- Magnate
- Old head
- Commercial bigwig
- Authority figure
- 4-Down, e.g.
- Captain of industry
- Powerful boss
- Energy boss
- One standing out in a field?
- Pre-Communism leader
- Winter Palace figure
- Winter Palace ruler
- Peter or Paul, but not Mary
- Kingpin
- 60-Across, e.g.
- Authoritarian figure
- Former Russian ruler
- Mogul
- Überauthority
- Policy-driving appointee
- Slavic title derived from "Caesar"
- Industry titan
- House of Fabergé patron
- Policy honcho
- Policy pro
- Commissioner's title, maybe
- Movie mogul
- Pooh Bah
- Powerful businessman
- Big shot
- Industrial mogul
- Onetime russian ruler
- Potentate
- Powerful leader
- Winter Palace resident
- Former Kremlin despot
- Peter or Nicholas
- Boris Godunov, for one
- Absolute ruler
- Corporate honcho
- Powerful appointee
- Powerful one
- Powerful presidential appointee
- Government honcho
- Biz bigwig
- Federal bigwig
- High-level Fed
- Industrial magnate
- Powerful business leader
- Federal agency bigwig
- Plutocrat
- Big wheel
- Russian autocrat of old
- Authoritative appointee
- Regulatory honcho
- Bygone Russian autocrat
- Business titan
- Big wheel in one's field
- Giant of industry
- Bigwig of a boss
- Policy chief
- Big boss
- Corporate titan
- Industry giant
- Powerful businessperson
- Bygone autocrat
- Russian despot
- Drug-fighting authority
- Father of a grand duchess
- Person with unlimited power
- Autocrat until 1917
- Antidrug kingpin
- Drug ___
- Energy mogul
- Romanov ruler
- Nicholas II, for one
- Anastasia's father was one
- Grand duchess's father
- Ivan the Terrible, e.g.
- War on drugs leader
- Word with drug or energy
- Russian autocrat
- Person appointed to control an industry.
- Nicholas II was the last.
- Ruler.
- Emperor.
- See 10 Across.
- Slavic ruler.
- Ruler with unlimited power.
- One-time Kremlin occupant.
- Monarch.
- Nicholas II.
- Peter or Paul.
- Romanov.
- Dictator.
- Ivan or Alexis.
- Caesar's relative
- Boris Godunov, e.g.
- Tyrant
- Man of great power
- Bowie Kuhn, e.g.
- Overlord
- Boris of Bulgaria
- Person exercising power
- Underworld kingpin
- Nicholas was the last
- A Romanov
- Boris Godunov was one
- Ivan or Nicholas
- Peter or Ivan
- Boss
- Drug _____
- Kaiser kin
- 55 Down, e.g.
- Anticrime boss
- Basil, for one
- Ivan, e.g.
- Nicholas or Peter
- Old-time dictator
- Pre-1917 honcho
- Drug ___ (Washington pooh-bah)
- Winter Palace dweller
- 6-Down, e.g.
- Alexander, e.g.
- Old Russian leader
- Pre-Communist Russian ruler
- Drug ___ (government position)
- Leader until 1917
- Nicholas, e.g.
- Powerful person
- Ivan, for one
- Old-time ruler
- Energy ___
- Head boss
- Father of a grand duke
- White House appointment
- White House policy appointee
- Bolshevik's foe
- Political appointee
- Title first used by Simeon I of Bulgaria
- Ruler toppled by the Bolsheviks
- White House policy honcho
- Executive branch V.I.P.
- 3-Down issuer
- High-level appointee
- Peter the Great or Ivan the Terrible
- Department head
- Ivan the Terrible, for one
- Russia's Nicholas I or II
- White House policy chief
- Government policy chief
- Powerful politico
- Ruler until 1917
- Nicholas I or II
- Prerevolution Russian leader
- Titan of industry
- V.I.P. of industry
- Bygone Russian emperor
- Foe of the Bolsheviks
- Certain Obama appointee
- Petrograd potentate
- Peter I, e.g.
- Old head of Russia
- Old Russian VIP
- Old autocrat
- Former Russian VIP
- Kaiser's kin
- Royal Romanov
- Policy guru
- Nicholas I, for one
- Pre-revolutionary ruler
- Bygone despot
- Industrial mogul, e.g.
- Honcho
- Title not used after 1917
- Former Russian emperor (var.)
- Unofficial government title
- Powerful policymaker
- Policy overseer
- Government mogul
- Big honcho
- Big shot: var.
- ____ of industry
- Absolute leader
- Powerful authority
- Mr. Big
- Commissioner
- Former Russian leader
- Studio head, e.g.
- Russian ruler, once
- Another way to spell 33-Down
- Russian ruler no more
- Energy or drug honcho
- Energy or drug policymaker
- Appointed policy official
- Industry biggie
- Task force chief, sometimes
- Word after drug or industry
- Executive branch official
- Business leader
