| IVANTHETERRIBLE | The first tsar of Russia (4,3,8) |
| IVANIV | Known as the "Terrible", the first tsar of Russia who died during a game of chess (4,1,1) |
| IVAN | - IV; known as "the terrible", the first tsar of Russia (4) |
| IVANTHE | And 18. Name given to the 16c first tsar of Russia (4,3,8) |
| TERRIBLE | Name given to the 16c first tsar of Russia (4,3,8) |
| IVANTHEPLEASANT | First tsar of all the Russias on a really, really good day? |
| NICHOLAS | Name of the last Tsar of Russia who was forced to abdicate in 1917 (8) |
| PETERI | Tsar of Russia known as "the Great" |
| PETER | --- the Great, tsar of Russia 1682-1725 (5) |
| IVANV | Certain tsar of Russia: name + Roman Numeral |
| BORISGODUNOV | Tsar of Russia from 1598-1605 (5,7) |
| ALEXANDER | Name of three tsars of Russia (9) |
| BORIS | First name of the Russian statesman who became tsar of Muscovy in 1598 (5) |
| ALEXANDRA | Empress consort of the last tsar of the Russian Empire, Nicholas II |
| DIVAN | Settee for dynasty's first tsar (5) |
| ARTS | New tsar of music and theatre (4) |
| TISIVANONAVISIT | "The terrible tsar has arrived," either way? |
| ANASTASIA | Name of the youngest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia (9) |
| TOTALITARIANISM | Limitation a tsar abandoned in dictatorship (15) |
| INFITSANDSTARTS | Occasionally insist daft tsar reviewed accommodating Norway (2,4,3,6) |
