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| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, August 18, 2009 | 6D | Peter I, II or III | Tony Orbach |
| Tuesday, July 28, 2009 | 23A | Bygone despot | Tony Orbach |
| Thursday, May 21, 2009 | 28D | Romanov ruler | Patrick Blindauer |
| Wednesday, May 06, 2009 | 48D | Autocrat until 1917 | Michael Callaway Barnhart |
| Tuesday, February 10, 2009 | 65A | Ivan or Feodor | John Underwood |
| Monday, February 09, 2009 | 39A | Shah : Iran :: ___ : Russia | Randall J. Hartman |
| Wednesday, November 26, 2008 | 51D | Old Russian despot | Harvey Estes |
| Monday, October 20, 2008 | 23A | Leader overthrown in 1917 | Daniel Raymon |
| Tuesday, July 22, 2008 | 51D | Romanov ruler | Lynn Lempel |
| Sunday, May 18, 2008 | 59D | Early anti-Communist | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Saturday, May 17, 2008 | 35D | Rimsky-Korsakov's "The Tale of ___ Saltan" | Mike Nothnagel |
| Sunday, March 16, 2008 | 103D | Bygone autocrat | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Friday, March 14, 2008 | 57D | Bygone crown | Kevin G. Der |
| Monday, February 18, 2008 | 56D | Ruler before 31-Down | Lynn Lempel |
| Saturday, February 16, 2008 | 52D | Peter or Paul, but not Mary | Tony Orbach |
| Sunday, January 27, 2008 | 72D | Bygone leader | Mike Nothnagel |
| Sunday, January 06, 2008 | 45A | "The Guns of August" figure | Lynn Lempel |
| Tuesday, November 06, 2007 | 31A | Boris Godunov, for one | John Underwood |
| Saturday, October 13, 2007 | 51A | Cossacks' leader | Barry C. Silk |
| Saturday, August 25, 2007 | 1D | Alexis, e.g. | Myles Callum |
| Tuesday, August 21, 2007 | 20A | Old Russian ruler | Tom Heilman |
| Tuesday, August 14, 2007 | 66A | Former Russian royalty | C. W. Stewart |
| Sunday, July 22, 2007 | 18D | Dweller in the Peterhof | David Levinson Wilk |
| Saturday, July 21, 2007 | 26D | The first one ruled 1547-84 | Raymond C. Young |
| Sunday, June 24, 2007 | 24D | Early 1900s ruler | Eric Berlin |
| Monday, June 11, 2007 | 58D | Nicholas I or II | Harriet Clifton |
| Friday, May 25, 2007 | 15D | Plot target of the Decembrists | Mike Nothnagel |
| Wednesday, May 09, 2007 | 10A | Pre-Communist leader | Patrick Merrell |
| Thursday, February 15, 2007 | 8D | Ruler of the Cossacks | Elizabeth Rehfeld |
| Tuesday, January 09, 2007 | 58D | Pre-1917 autocrat | Ed Early |
| Sunday, December 31, 2006 | 14D | Bygone despot | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Sunday, December 03, 2006 | 126A | Bygone despot | Patrick Merrell |
| Monday, November 06, 2006 | 60D | Ivan the Terrible, e.g. | Christina Houlihan Kelly |
| Monday, October 09, 2006 | 26D | Pre-1917 Russian ruler | Sarah Keller |
| Monday, August 14, 2006 | 26D | Old Russian monarch | Gene Newman |
| Saturday, July 29, 2006 | 18A | Leader in the Crimean War | Bob Klahn |
| Monday, March 27, 2006 | 19A | Pre-1917 monarch | Janice M. Putney |
| Monday, March 13, 2006 | 32D | Nicholas II was the last one | Bernice Gordon |
| Monday, December 05, 2005 | 62A | 26- or 55-Down | Gary Steinmehl |
| Friday, December 02, 2005 | 4D | Anticommunist leader | Patrick Merrell |
| Tuesday, November 15, 2005 | 58D | Boris Godunov, e.g. | Sarah Keller |
| Sunday, October 02, 2005 | 104A | Winter Palace resident | Randolph Ross |
| Monday, June 13, 2005 | 23A | Romanov ruler | Earl W. Reed |
| Thursday, June 09, 2005 | 53D | Peter, for one | David J. Kahn |
| Wednesday, June 08, 2005 | 1A | Winter Palace ruler | Richard Chisholm |
| Sunday, May 22, 2005 | 52D | Peter, for one | A. J. Santora |
| Sunday, March 20, 2005 | 4D | Ruler of yore | Patrick Berry |
| Wednesday, January 05, 2005 | 5D | Mikhail Romanov, e.g. | Michael Shteyman |
| Monday, December 20, 2004 | 33A | Russian leader of old | Kyle Mahowald |
| Sunday, November 14, 2004 | 40A | Despot of yore | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| Tuesday, September 07, 2004 | 32D | Russian leader before 1917 | Sarah Keller |
| Wednesday, May 26, 2004 | 19A | 1917 revolution casualty | David J. Kahn |
| Saturday, March 20, 2004 | 56A | Rimsky-Korsakov's "The Tale of ___ Saltan" | Byron Walden |
| Monday, February 16, 2004 | 39D | Nicholas I or II | Charles Barasch |
| Friday, January 30, 2004 | 55D | Foe of communism | Manny Nosowsky |
| Friday, January 02, 2004 | 34D | Old overlord | Sherry O. Blackard |
| Saturday, November 29, 2003 | 62A | Rimsky-Korsakov's "The Tale of ___ Saltan" | Randolph Ross |
| Monday, November 17, 2003 | 69A | Russian leader before 1917 | Sarah Keller |
| Sunday, November 16, 2003 | 38A | Past potentate | Cathy Millhauser |
| Tuesday, November 11, 2003 | 39D | Bygone despot | M. Francis Vuolo |
| Tuesday, October 21, 2003 | 69A | Bygone autocrat | John Underwood |
| Monday, October 20, 2003 | 48D | Russia's Nicholas I, e.g. | Lynn Lempel |
| Tuesday, September 09, 2003 | 38D | Romanov ruler | Robert Zimmerman |
| Wednesday, August 27, 2003 | 31D | Leader before Lenin | Manny Nosowsky |
| Thursday, August 21, 2003 | 20A | Pre-Red head | Patrick Merrell |
| Wednesday, August 13, 2003 | 52D | Bygone autocrat | Charles E. Gersch |
| Friday, July 25, 2003 | 52D | Old crowned head | Michael Shteyman |
| Monday, June 02, 2003 | 64A | Royal Russian | Gregory E. Paul |
| Saturday, February 22, 2003 | 25D | Michael, for one | Dana Motley |
| Sunday, February 02, 2003 | 70D | Old monarch | Mark Danna |
| Thursday, October 31, 2002 | 39D | Peter, e.g. | Dave and Diane Epperson |
| Monday, September 16, 2002 | 47A | Customer of Fabergé eggs | Roy Leban |
| Monday, September 09, 2002 | 5A | Leader of pre-1917 Russia | William I. Johnston |
| Monday, July 01, 2002 | 36D | Leader opposed by the Bolsheviks | Allan E. Parrish |
| Monday, June 17, 2002 | 35D | Peter I, II or III | Janice M. Putney |
| Monday, March 04, 2002 | 46A | Ivan or Nicholas | Randall J. Hartman |
| Thursday, February 28, 2002 | 28D | Ruler until 1917 | Greg Staples |
| Monday, October 29, 2001 | 50A | Old autocrat | Richard Hughes |
| Monday, October 08, 2001 | 8D | Ex-leader of Russia | Monica Krausse |
| Wednesday, October 03, 2001 | 66A | Alexander II, e.g. | David Bunker |
| Wednesday, September 05, 2001 | 23A | Boris Godunov, for one | Lyell Rodieck |
| Wednesday, August 15, 2001 | 56D | Bygone despot | Karen Young Bonin |
| Monday, July 09, 2001 | 61D | Old Russian royal | Gregory E. Paul |
| Thursday, July 05, 2001 | 22A | Peter the Great, e.g. | Peter Gordon |
| Wednesday, May 16, 2001 | 36D | Pre-Lenin ruler | Richard Silvestri |
| Wednesday, May 09, 2001 | 61A | Abdicator of 1917 | Ethan Cooper |
| Wednesday, May 02, 2001 | 64A | Boris Godunov, for one | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| Tuesday, April 24, 2001 | 55D | Nicholas II was the last one | Tyler Hinman |
| Sunday, February 25, 2001 | 95A | Anarchists' foe, once | Greg Staples |
| Tuesday, December 12, 2000 | 39A | Peter or Nicholas | Nick Grivas |
| Monday, December 11, 2000 | 69A | Ruler until 1917 | Myles Callum |
| Tuesday, October 24, 2000 | 26D | Abdicator of 1917 | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Sunday, June 11, 2000 | 116A | Feodor I, e.g. | Nelson Hardy |
| Wednesday, March 01, 2000 | 19A | Winter Palace ruler | M. Francis Vuolo |
| Sunday, February 13, 2000 | 111D | Peter, e.g. | Bill Zais |
| Tuesday, January 25, 2000 | 35D | Pre-1917 ruler | William S. Cotter |
| Wednesday, January 19, 2000 | 24A | Winter Palace resident | Arthur S. Verdesca |
| Tuesday, December 28, 1999 | 44A | Peter or Paul | Randall J. Hartman |
| Monday, November 08, 1999 | 67A | Victim of a 1917 revolution | Kent Lorentzen |
| Monday, September 13, 1999 | 1A | Leader opposed by the Bolsheviks | Fran and Lou Sabin |
| Tuesday, August 31, 1999 | 53D | Old autocrat | Arthur S. Verdesca |
| Sunday, June 20, 1999 | 75A | Word that's an accidental acronym of a Hemingway title | Manny Nosowsky |
| Saturday, June 19, 1999 | 1A | Bygone leader | Mark Diehl |
| Sunday, May 30, 1999 | 95A | Autocrat | Cathy Millhauser |
| Wednesday, April 21, 1999 | 62A | Olden despot | Mary E. Brindamour |
| Thursday, March 04, 1999 | 61D | Rimsky-Korsakov's "The Tale of ___ Saltan" | Cathy Millhauser |
| Wednesday, December 30, 1998 | 69A | Bolshevik target | Manny Nosowsky |
| Monday, December 07, 1998 | 5A | Nicholas I or II | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Thursday, August 27, 1998 | 8D | Autocrat | Henry Hook |
| Sunday, August 23, 1998 | 58D | Feodor, e.g. | Nelson Hardy |
| Friday, August 21, 1998 | 1A | Bygone title | Noah Dephoure |
| Thursday, August 20, 1998 | 61D | Tolstoy's "___ Fyodor Ivanovich" | Harvey Estes |
| Friday, July 03, 1998 | 64A | Basil, e.g. | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| Wednesday, June 10, 1998 | 13D | Peter, e.g. | Nancy S. Ross |
| Thursday, April 30, 1998 | 1D | Peter, for one | Kelly Clark |
| Monday, March 23, 1998 | 20A | Ivan or Nicholas | Randall J. Hartman |
| Monday, March 02, 1998 | 62D | Pre-1917 ruler | Jeremy Thomas Paine |
| Sunday, February 08, 1998 | 45A | Old despot | Manny Nosowsky |
| Friday, January 02, 1998 | 35D | Winter Palace resident | Alex K. Justin |
| Monday, October 13, 1997 | 64A | Peter the Great, e.g. | Gregory E. Paul |
| Sunday, August 17, 1997 | 56A | Winter Palace dweller, once | Cathy Millhauser |
| Saturday, August 16, 1997 | 4D | Alexis, e.g. | Matt Gaffney |
| Tuesday, August 05, 1997 | 6A | Nicholas II, e.g. | William Bernhardt |
| Wednesday, July 16, 1997 | 53D | Pre-Soviet royalty | Jonathan Schmalzbach |
| Sunday, June 22, 1997 | 64D | Paul I, e.g. | Matt Gaffney |
| Wednesday, June 04, 1997 | 33D | Nicholas or Alexander | Nancy S. Ross |
| Saturday, May 31, 1997 | 38A | Opera "The Tale of ___ Saltan" | Frank Longo |
| Tuesday, May 06, 1997 | 38A | Nicholas I or II, e.g. | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Thursday, April 24, 1997 | 45A | Bygone leader | David J. Kahn |
| Monday, April 07, 1997 | 67A | Russian autocrat | Teresa M. Hackett |
| Wednesday, February 05, 1997 | 53D | Figure in a Rimsky-Korsakov opera | J. Schmalzbach |
| Monday, February 03, 1997 | 10A | Nicholas was one | M. E. Brindamour |
| Tuesday, January 28, 1997 | 63D | Pre-1917 ruler | E. C. Gorski |
| Thursday, January 09, 1997 | 59D | Rimsky-Korsakov's Saltan, e.g. | C. Millhauser |
| Thursday, December 19, 1996 | 32D | Ruler in Rimsky-Korsakov operas | C. Millhauser |
| Monday, November 25, 1996 | 31D | Ivan or Nicholas | M. Huret |
| Wednesday, September 25, 1996 | 24D | Winter Palace resident | R. Norris |
| Friday, September 13, 1996 | 8D | Autocrat | M. Nosowsky |
| Wednesday, September 04, 1996 | 55D | Nicholas or Alexander | N. S. Ross |
| Wednesday, August 14, 1996 | 35D | Romanov leader | G. E. Sykes |
| Thursday, August 01, 1996 | 48A | Nicholas I or II | B. Lubbers |
| Tuesday, July 09, 1996 | 47A | Russian despot | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| Wednesday, June 12, 1996 | 51D | "Terrible" title | D. C. Baldwin |
| Sunday, May 19, 1996 | 93D | Mikhail, e.g. | C.M. Deber |
| Monday, April 29, 1996 | 56D | Romanov V.I.P. | S. L. Robbins |
| Wednesday, February 21, 1996 | 50D | Romanov leader | F. & L. Sabin |
| Monday, February 12, 1996 | 53D | Nicholas, e.g. | S. Robbins |
| Thursday, February 01, 1996 | 41D | Red foe | L. Sidway |
| Sunday, January 07, 1996 | 81D | Peter, once | Eric Albert |
| Thursday, December 28, 1995 | 24D | Pre-1917 ruler | Cathy Millhauser |
| Thursday, December 14, 1995 | 67A | Erstwhile despot | Matt Gaffney |
| Wednesday, November 29, 1995 | 1A | Mussorgsky's Boris | Nancy S. Ross |
| Sunday, November 26, 1995 | 46A | Mikhail, for one | Harvey Estes |
| Sunday, November 12, 1995 | 53D | Ivan or Peter | Randolph Ross |
| Tuesday, November 07, 1995 | 49D | Ruler of old | Sidney L. Robbins |
| Monday, November 06, 1995 | 13D | Peter I, e.g. | Roger H. Courtney |
| Thursday, October 26, 1995 | 42A | Romanov V.I.P. | Jim Page |
| Wednesday, October 25, 1995 | 23A | Prerevolutionary leader | Larry Nargi |
| Monday, October 23, 1995 | 16A | Ivan or Nicholas, e.g. | Sidney L. Robbins |
| Sunday, July 23, 1995 | 106D | Mogul | Fran & Lou Sabin |
| Tuesday, July 18, 1995 | 19A | Winter Palace resident, once | Jonathan Schmatzbach |
| Monday, June 26, 1995 | 23D | Nicholas, e.g. | Sidney L. Robbins |
| Saturday, May 13, 1995 | 38D | Autocrat | Nancy Joline |
| Friday, April 28, 1995 | 56D | Former Russian ruler | Rich Norris |
| Monday, December 26, 1994 | 31D | Moscow ruler | Gregory E. Paul |
| Monday, December 05, 1994 | 10A | Ivan the Terrible, e.g. | Sidney L. Robbins |
| Tuesday, November 08, 1994 | 53D | Winter Palace resident | Richard Hughes |
| Thursday, August 11, 1994 | 63A | Boris Godunov, e.g. | Bryant White |
| Wednesday, August 10, 1994 | 19A | Bear head, once | Ernie Furtado |
| Thursday, July 14, 1994 | 2D | Peter or Nicholas | Daniel R. Stark |
| Sunday, June 26, 1994 | 78A | Alexander or Peter | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Thursday, March 17, 1994 | 55D | Bygone despot | Jim Page |
| Thursday, February 17, 1994 | 4D | Slavic sovereign | Brett Blaylock |
| Monday, January 17, 1994 | 36D | Ivan, for one | Sidney L. Robbins |
| Tuesday, December 14, 1993 | 45D | Royal Russian | Joel Davajan |
| Thursday, December 09, 1993 | 61D | Ruler until 1917 | Janie Lyons |
| Sunday, November 28, 1993 | 75A | Boris Godunov, e.g. | Joanne W. Edwards |