Tyrants (7)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">tyrants</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">('despot' can be a synonym of 'tyrant')</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for despots that I've seen before include "Autocrats" , "Tyrants" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">tyrants</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 tsars that I've seen before include "Old monarchs" , "Old Russian rulers" , "Old Russia's rulers" , "Russian emperors" .)