| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| SHAH | Pre-ayatollah leader |
| SHAHS | Pre-Ayatollah rulers |
| SHAH | Leader before the Ayatollah |
| SHAH | Leader replaced by an ayatollah |
| ayatollahs | AYATOLLAH, (Arabic) an Iranian religious leader |
| TSAR | Pre-Lenin leader |
| PACECAR | Pre-race leader |
| CZAR | Pre-Communism leader |
| TSAR | Pre-Communist leader |
| TSAR | Pre-Bolshevik leader |
| TSAR | Pre-Communism leader |
| TSAR | Pre-communist leader |
| BENES | Pre-Communist Czech leader. |
| TSAR | Pre-communism leader (Var.) |
| TSAR | Leader of pre-1917 Russia |
| ROSSETTI | A leader of the Pre-Raphaelites |
