Rats (anag) (4)

I believe the answer is:

tsar

(Other definitions for tsar that I've seen before include "Once-powerful Russian" , "Male monarch" , "Star for a Russian emperor" , "Autocrat" , "Monarch of old Russia" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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