| Dictator's directive | 24 |
| Dictator's directive at a dance club? | 41 |
| Dictator's fate, perhaps | 28 |
| Dictator's first name | 25 |
| Dictator's first words? | 27 |
| Dictator's helper | 21 |
| Dictator's helper, once | 27 |
| Dictator's helper? | 22 |
| Dictator's mode of rule, typically | 38 |
| Dictator's opening | 22 |
| Dictator's phrase | 21 |
| Dictator's phrase, sometimes | 32 |
| Dictator's right hand | 25 |
| Dictator's right hand? | 26 |
| Dictator's security force, perhaps | 38 |
| Dictator's snide remark? | 28 |
| Dictator's start | 20 |
| Dictator's subject? | 23 |
| Dictator's symbol | 21 |
| Dictator's term, perhaps | 28 |
| Dictator's underling | 24 |
| Dictator's underling? | 25 |
| Dictator's word | 19 |
| Dictator's words | 20 |
| Dictator's writer, for short | 32 |
| Dictator... | 11 |
| Dictatorial | 11 |
| Dictatorial boss | 16 |
| Dictatorial bosses | 18 |
| Dictatorial ones | 16 |
| Dictatorial orders | 18 |
| Dictatorial person | 18 |
| Dictatorial shout | 17 |
| Dictatorial sort | 16 |
| Dictatorial types | 17 |
| Dictators | 9 |
| Dictators of a sort | 19 |
| Dictators of old | 16 |
| Dictators use them | 18 |
| Dictators' aides | 20 |
| Dictators' assts. | 21 |
| Dictators' helpers | 22 |
| Dictators' subordinates | 27 |
| Dictators' underling | 24 |
| Dictators' underlings | 25 |
| Dictatorship | 12 |
| Diction impediment | 18 |
| Diction intro | 13 |
| Diction problem | 15 |
| Dictionaries | 12 |
| Dictionaries and thesauruses | 28 |
| Dictionaries, etc. | 18 |
| Dictionary | 10 |
| Dictionary abbr. | 16 |
| Dictionary abbr. after an outdated word | 39 |
| Dictionary abbr. next to a weird spelling | 41 |
| Dictionary abbreviation after an outdated word | 46 |
| Dictionary accompanier, sometimes | 33 |
| Dictionary acronym | 18 |
| Dictionary collection | 21 |
| Dictionary commodity | 20 |
| Dictionary compilation | 22 |
| Dictionary cousin of arch. | 26 |
| Dictionary cross-reference | 26 |
| Dictionary data | 15 |
| Dictionary def. | 15 |
| Dictionary direction | 20 |
| Dictionary directive | 20 |
| Dictionary enclosure, perhaps | 29 |
| Dictionary entries (abbr.) | 26 |
| Dictionary entries, for short | 29 |
| Dictionary entry | 16 |
| Dictionary entry: Abbr. | 23 |
| Dictionary example | 18 |
| Dictionary examples | 19 |
| Dictionary features | 19 |
| Dictionary format | 17 |
| Dictionary guy et al. | 21 |
| Dictionary headword | 19 |
| Dictionary illustration, e.g. | 29 |
| Dictionary info | 15 |
| Dictionary kin | 14 |
| Dictionary label | 16 |
| Dictionary listing | 18 |
| Dictionary listing: Abbr. | 25 |
| Dictionary listings | 19 |
| Dictionary makeup, briefly | 26 |
| Dictionary matter | 17 |
| Dictionary name | 15 |
| Dictionary notation | 19 |
| Dictionary note subject | 23 |
| Dictionary nuances | 18 |
| Dictionary of geography | 23 |
| Dictionary reader, at times? | 28 |
| Dictionary ref. | 15 |
| Dictionary section | 18 |
| Dictionary source for each asterisked clue in this puzzle | 57 |
| Dictionary specification | 24 |
| Dictionary subject | 18 |
| Dictionary term for any of the "self-defining" answers in this puzzle | 79 |