| Lenin's predecessors | 24 |
| Latter-day Caesars | 18 |
| Kremlin occupants | 17 |
| Kaiser's company | 20 |
| Kaiser cousins | 14 |
| Ivan IV and V | 13 |
| Ivan and Nicholas, e.g. | 23 |
| Godunov et al. | 14 |
| Godunov and his ilk | 19 |
| Fyodor and Alexis | 17 |
| Former Russian VIPs | 19 |
| Former kings of Bulgaria | 24 |
| Feodor and Peter | 16 |
| Dynasts of yore | 15 |
| Dictators of old | 16 |
| Despots of old | 14 |
| Defunct rulers | 14 |
| Crowned heads of old Russia | 27 |
| Crowned heads of old | 20 |
| Crimean War figures | 19 |
| Bygone Russian rulers | 21 |
| Bygone Russian leaders | 22 |
| Boris Godunov et al. | 20 |
| Boris and Nicholas | 18 |
| Autocrats (Var.) | 16 |
| Alexis and others | 17 |
| Alexis and Basil | 16 |
| Alexander et al. | 16 |
| Alexander and Peter e.g. | 25 |
| Alexander and others | 20 |
| Alexander and Nicholas | 22 |
| "The ___ Bride," Rimsky-Korsakov opera | 48 |
| ''The ___ Bride'' (Rimsky-Korsakov opera) | 57 |
| Business started by Ivan the Terrible? | 38 |
| Former Russian celebrity? | 25 |
| Pre-Soviet hike through the Caucasus? | 37 |
| River in SE Kenya | 17 |
| Start of an appeal for privacy | 30 |
| Mao ___-tung | 12 |
| Lao-___ | 7 |
| Half a fly | 10 |
| "The Hollow Men" monogram | 35 |
| Mao __-tung | 11 |
| "The Waste Land" monogram | 35 |
| Part of Mao's name | 22 |
| Mao -- -tung | 12 |
| Monogram of Prufrock's creator | 34 |
| "Cats" monogram | 25 |
| China's Lao-___ | 19 |
| Half a fly? | 11 |
| Taoism founder Lao-___ | 22 |
| Mao follower | 12 |
| Philosopher Lao-___ | 19 |
| Follower of Mao? | 16 |
| "The Waste Land" poet's monogram | 46 |
| J.A. Prufrock's creator | 27 |
| Half an African fly | 19 |
| China's Mao ___-tung | 24 |
| Poet's monogram | 19 |
| Monogram of "The Waste Land" poet | 43 |
| Lao-___, Chinese philosopher | 28 |
| Lao-__ | 6 |
| Fashionable cashmere company | 28 |
| Famed poet's monogram | 25 |
| "Murder in the Cathedral" monogram | 44 |
| "Cats" inspirer's monogram | 40 |
| Prufrock creator's monogram | 31 |
| Prufrock creator's inits. | 29 |
| Lao-___ (Chinese philosopher) | 29 |
| K'ung Fu-___ (Confucius) | 28 |
| China's Mao -- -tung | 24 |
| Bisected fly? | 13 |
| "Gerontion" poet's monogram | 41 |
| "Cats" poet's monogram | 36 |
| "Ash Wednesday" poet's monogram | 45 |
| When doubled, an African peril | 30 |
| Monogram of Macavity's creator | 34 |
| Mao --- -tung | 13 |
| Lao- -- | 7 |
| Japanese market inits. | 22 |
| Japan's Big Board: Abbr. | 28 |
| Deadly fly, when doubled | 24 |
| Contemporary of e.e.c. | 22 |
| China's Mao __-tung | 23 |
| Bisected fly | 12 |
| "The Waste Land" poet's initials | 46 |
| "Cats" inspiration's monogram | 43 |
| "Ash Wednesday" monogram | 34 |
| When repeated, a jungle pest | 28 |
| W.H.A. contemporary | 19 |
| Twice, a nasty fly | 18 |
| Toronto Mkt. | 12 |
| Taoist Lao-__ | 13 |
| Repeated, a winged threat | 25 |
| Poetic initials | 15 |
| Philosopher Lao-__ | 18 |
| Philosopher Lao- -- | 19 |
| Monogram of ''The Waste Land'' poet | 51 |
| Mao or Lao follower | 19 |
| Mao _____-tung | 14 |