| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| SEVERITY | Tyranny | |
| AUTOCRACY | Tyranny | |
| DESPOTISM | Tyranny | |
| ABSOLUTISM | Tyranny | |
| REIGN | Tyranny, ... of terror | |
| ARBITRARINESS | The quality of being arbitrary; despoticalness; tyranny. | |
| TYRANNY | Cruel government or discipline; as, the tyranny of a schoolmaster. | |
| OPPRESSION | That which oppresses; a hardship or injustice; cruelty; severity; tyranny. | |
| ROD | A kind of sceptor, or badge of office; hence, figuratively, power; authority; tyranny; oppression. | |
| GRIEVANCE | A cause of uneasiness and complaint; a wrong done and suffered; that which gives ground for remonstrance or resistance, as arising from injustice, tyranny, etc.; injury. | |
| INVECTIVE | ...person or thing affected; as an invective against tyranny. ... | |
| EMANCIPATION | ...uperstition; the emancipation of a nation from tyranny or subjection. ... | |