Autocrat of old (4)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">autocrat of old</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for tsar that I've seen before include "One associated with 26 [KREMLIN]" , "Old Russian ruler" , "Eg, Ivan the Terrible" , "Nicholas II was the last" , "A former Russian ruler - rats to him" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">autocrat of old</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for czar that I've seen before include "Russian emperor" , "person of great power" , "Pre-1917 Russian ruler" , "Despot" , "Russian ruler (alt. but not rare spelling)" .)