| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| IDI | Ex-dictator's name |
| DEPOSED | Like some ex-dictators |
| IDI | Dictator's first name |
| IDI | First name in dictators |
| MUAMMAR | First name in current dictators |
| ESSO | Exxon's ex-name |
| EDO | Tokyo's ex-name |
| NEWT | Ex-speaker's name |
| ENCO | Exxon's ex-name |
| THANT | Ex-U. N. name |
| KIROV | Russian ballet troupe's ex-name |
| NANCE | Ex-Vice President Garner's middle name. |
| TOMDELAY | Ex-House Majority Leader who last shuttered the government in 1995, suggesting his name was apt? |
