Autocratic ruler: Var., 4 letters
Former Russian ruler, 4 letters
Former Russian ruler (Var.), 4 letters
Former Winter Palace resident, 4 letters
Former Winter Palace resident (Var.), 4 letters
Plutocratic bigshot, 4 letters
Russian autocrat: Var., 4 letters
Russian monarch: Var., 4 letters
Russian ruler, in some texts, 4 letters
Russian ruler: Var., 4 letters
Winter Palace resident, 4 letters
Winter Palace resident (Var.), 4 letters
A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917), 4 letters
Dadaist poet Tristan, 5 letters
Empress of old: Var., 7 letters
The wife or widow of a czar, 7 letters
Autocratic rulers: Var., 5 letters
Peter and Paul but not Mary, 5 letters
Russian autocrats: Var., 5 letters
Russian monarchs (var.), 5 letters
___-Chung (T.C.) Chen, first golfer in U.S. Open history to make a double eagle (1985), 3 letters
Chinese philosopher Mo-___, 3 letters
Chinese wise man Lao ___, 3 letters
Lao-___ (Taoism's founder), 3 letters
Philosopher Lao-___, 3 letters
Taoism founder Lao-___, 3 letters
Taoist old master Lao-___, 3 letters
Leader of Israel's Kadima party, 10 letters
Silenced pack of dogs?, 12 letters
China's Dowager Empress ___ Hsi, 3 letters
Chinese philosopher Lao-___, 3 letters
Lao-___ (Chinese philosopher), 3 letters
Philosopher Lao- ___, 3 letters
Shih ___ (Chinese dog), 3 letters
Shih ___ (dog breed), 3 letters
Shih ___: Tibetan dog, 3 letters
Shih -- (toy dog breed), 3 letters
Shih ___ (Tibetan toy dogs), 4 letters
Shih ___ (toy dogs), 4 letters
Shih ___: Tibetan dogs, 4 letters
Shih -- (small dogs), 4 letters
State of excitement (5), 3 letters
Theme of this puzzle, 4 letters