Bygone Russian royal (4)

I believe the answer is:

tsar

(Other definitions for tsar that I've seen before include "Despot" , "specific authority" , "Nicholas II, say" , "Eg, Ivan the Terrible" , "Title given to the kings of Bulgaria" .)

I've seen this clue in the LA Times and the Universal.

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