| SHAHJAHAN | Ruler who created the Taj Mahal (4,5) |
| PETERTHEGREAT | Ruler who created the Russian navy and introduced the country's rst newspaper (5,3,5) |
| FOREIGNER | ...of backing ruler who is alien (9) |
| CLEOPATRA | Ruler who died in 30 B.C. |
| POTENTATE | Ruler who has complete power (9) |
| ATHELSTAN | Saxon ruler who extended his kingdom to include nearly all of England (9) |
| TSAR | Ruler who was Romanov the face of the Earth? |
| BELSHAZZAR | Biblical ruler who was the last king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire (10) |
| PERSONALBANKING | Hark! And hear of the vengeful ruler who took great pleasure in expelling disloyal subjects, for he was the ... |
| NADIR | ___Shah, Persian ruler who seized the Kohinoor diamond |
| EMPRESS | Ruler who has the measure of newspapers |
| SHAH | Iranian ruler who was replaced by the Ayatollah Khomeini |
| CHEOPS | Egyptian ruler who commissioned the Great Pyramid (6) |
| CAESAR | Roman ruler who said "The die is cast" |
| IVANIII | Russian ruler who renovated the Kremlin |
| SURI | Sher Shah ___, ruler who introduced the currency of rupee |
| NERO | Ruler who died before the fiddle's invention |
| EMIR | One ruler who likes the rime? (4) |
| QUEENOFSHEBA | In the Old Testament, a female ruler who took King Solomon valuable gifts (5,2,5) |
| HENRYVI | English ruler who lived 1421-71, becoming king on the death of his father in 1422 (5,2) |
