| Riza Khan Pahlevi, e.g. | 23 |
| Persian ruler exiled in 1979 | 28 |
| Persian potentate, once | 23 |
| Persian bigwig of yore | 22 |
| Onetime throne occupier | 23 |
| Onetime Islamic leader | 22 |
| Onetime Asian autocrat | 22 |
| Mideast ruler of years past | 27 |
| Leader toppled in 1979 | 22 |
| Leader before the Ayatollah | 27 |
| Iranian sovereign, once | 23 |
| Iranian ruler ousted in 1979 | 28 |
| Iranian "king" | 24 |
| He ran Iran before he ran | 25 |
| Former ruler in Teheran | 23 |
| Former ruler at Teheran | 23 |
| Former Persian potentate | 24 |
| Former Middle East leader | 25 |
| Former Iranian sovereign | 24 |
| Former Iranian potentate | 24 |
| Deposed leader of 1979 | 22 |
| Deposed Iranian leader | 22 |
| Bygone Mideastern title | 23 |
| Bygone Middle Eastern leader | 28 |
| 1979 Middle Eastern exile | 25 |
| --- Jahan (Taj Mahal builder) | 29 |
| ___ Jahan, Taj Mahal builder | 28 |
| Iran, once, and others | 22 |
| US painter and graphic artist | 29 |
| Former Iranian leaders | 22 |
| Former Iranian monarchs | 23 |
| Bygone Iranian monarchs | 23 |
| Peacock Throne leaders | 22 |
| Former leaders of Iran | 22 |
| Former Iranian royalty | 22 |
| Bygone Persian bigwigs | 22 |
| Bygone Mideast leaders | 22 |
| Bygone Iranian leaders | 22 |
| Ayatollahs' predecessors | 28 |
| Â Â Ocean State sch. | 26 |
| From the Bard: Abbr. (4) | 24 |
| Avon's bard: Abbr. | 22 |
| Bantu warrior chief, ___ Zulu | 29 |
| Word with milk or fair | 22 |
| Obedience lesson subject | 24 |
| Word with hand or milk | 22 |
| Lose, as one's tail | 23 |
| Fries go-with, sometimes | 24 |
| Fountain treat, for short | 25 |
| Dressing-bottle direction | 25 |
| Dessert at the drive-thru | 25 |
| Deal with one's booty? | 26 |
| Deal binder, traditionally | 26 |
| Consummate a deal, maybe | 24 |
| Companion of rattle and roll | 28 |
| "___ a leg!" | 22 |
| Chicken-coating product | 23 |
| Gangster's practice | 23 |
| Maiden voyage preceder | 22 |
| One way to seal a deal | 22 |
| Like 007's martinis | 23 |
| Bond's martini preference | 29 |
| Like 007's martini | 22 |
| How 007 likes his martinis | 26 |
| Choice for a martini drinker | 28 |
| Show disagreement, in a way | 27 |
| Seal the deal, perhaps | 22 |
| Need for a James Bond martini | 29 |
| Millennial Church member | 24 |
| Mixologist's instrument | 27 |
| Half a dinner-table pair | 24 |
| Cocktail or salt container | 26 |
| Some condiment containers | 25 |
| Bygone religious group | 22 |
| Millennial Church members | 25 |
| Members of a religious sect | 27 |
| Couple seen in a restaurant | 27 |
| Some Dairy Queen orders | 23 |
| Follows a label direction | 25 |
| Seals an agreement, perhaps | 27 |
| He wrote for the Globe | 22 |
| Bacon, according to some | 24 |
| Completely reorganizes | 22 |
| Reorganizes drastically | 23 |
| Reorganize, and then some | 25 |
| Radical reorganization | 22 |
| Drastic reorganizations | 23 |
| Dramatic reorganizations | 24 |
| Corporate restructurings | 24 |
| Corporate reorganizations | 25 |
| Drum major's topper | 23 |
| Drum-major's topper | 23 |
| Marching-band headgear | 22 |
| Drum-major's headpiece | 26 |
| Ceremonial military cap | 23 |
| Bearskin's relative | 23 |
| Cylindrical military hats | 25 |
| Kind of ground some stand on | 28 |
| Source of erratic shots? | 24 |
| Clinton cabinet member Donna | 28 |