Autocrat (6)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">autocrat</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that autocrat can be written as tyrant)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for tyrant that I've seen before include "bully - with 17d" , "Person dictating" , "Totalitarian" , "Despot, dictator" , "Cruel and oppressive dictator" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">autocrat</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that autocrat can be written as despot)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for despot that I've seen before include "Gaddafi, say" , "Cruel and oppressive dictator" , "A ruler with unrestricted power" , "nasty ruler?" , "has first of shocks in store" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">autocrat</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for tsar that I've seen before include "Russian monarch" , "Person in charge" , "Nicholas II, say" , "Old leader" , "Eg, Ivan the Terrible" .)