Historical clue formulations

• Top banana — 2026-06-26
• Government policy bigwig — 2025-07-26
• Government V.I.P. — 2025-04-18
• Foe of the Bolsheviks — 2024-07-14
• White House policy chief — 2024-07-08
• Bygone Russian emperor — 2024-01-15
• Industry bigwig — 2022-03-21
• Titan — 2022-01-01
• Titan of industry — 2021-12-01
• Nicholas I or II — 2021-11-23
• Prerevolution Russian leader — 2021-05-31
• V.I.P. of industry — 2021-01-09
• Magnate — 2020-12-25
• Industry magnate — 2020-06-07
• Pre-Communist Russian ruler — 2020-04-13
• Old Russian ruler — 2020-03-02
• Powerful person — 2019-01-04
• Industry kingpin — 2018-12-19
• Old Russian autocrat — 2018-12-04
• Industry authority — 2018-09-08
• Peter or Paul — 2018-09-06
• Ruler until 1917 — 2018-06-18
• Powerful politico — 2018-05-20
• Drug ___ — 2018-03-29
• Government policy chief — 2018-03-25
• Industry magnate — 2017-10-06
• Russia's Nicholas I or II — 2016-07-04
• Department head — 2016-06-12
• Peter the Great, for one — 2016-05-03
• White House policy chief — 2016-03-02
• Peter or Ivan — 2016-02-02
• Ivan the Terrible, for one — 2016-01-18
• Old Russian autocrat — 2015-03-23
• 3-Down issuer — 2014-07-10
• High-level appointee — 2014-04-11
• Peter the Great or Ivan the Terrible — 2014-02-25
• Executive branch V.I.P. — 2013-08-07
• White House policy honcho — 2012-10-30
• Ruler toppled by the Bolsheviks — 2011-02-21
• Powerful person — 2010-11-26
• Political appointee — 2010-08-01
• Title first used by Simeon I of Bulgaria — 2010-06-10
• Bolshevik's foe — 2010-03-31
• Baron — 2009-11-28
• White House policy appointee — 2009-11-25
• White House appointment — 2009-11-04
• Industry honcho — 2009-05-19
• Autocrat — 2009-04-19
• Drug ___ — 2008-10-01
• Winter Palace figure — 2008-09-30