Sovereign (5)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">sovereign</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for ruler that I've seen before include "Royal" , "Man in charge" , "Measuring tool" , "Monarch or yardstick" , "Stationery item" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">sovereign</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for royal that I've seen before include "Member of ruling family" , "- Icing, - flush, - jelly" , "August" , "Queen, say?" , "King, queen, prince or princess?" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">sovereign</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(synonyms)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for monarch that I've seen before include "Butterfly (emperor, say?)" , "one over realm?" , "Stag in Landseer picture" , "Sole hereditary ruler" , "Eg, king, queen, emperor" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">sovereign</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(emperor is a type of sovereign ruler)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for emperor that I've seen before include "Purple --; -- penguin" , "Large richly coloured butterfly" , "Male ruler of a group of countries" , "He rules over several states" , "Sovereign - ruler" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">sovereign</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(similar in meaning)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for free that I've seen before include "At large" , "Liberal" , "Out of bondage" , "Not occupied; release" , "Generous, rid, available" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">sovereign</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for lord that I've seen before include "Entitled" , "Proprietor of a manor?" , "Noble title" , "Member of the aristocracy" , "Male peer" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">sovereign</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(king is a kind of sovereign)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for king that I've seen before include "Chess piece" , "Card, draughts piece" , "Play set in medieval Britain" , "See 23 Down" , "Legendary monarch" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">sovereign</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for prince that I've seen before include "Boxer Naseem Hamed's "title"" , "Sovereign's son" , "See 1" , "Monarch's son" , "Senior male member of a royal family after the sovereign" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">sovereign</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(thesaurus)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>