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1 result for DESPOTISM from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Jul 13, 2017	31A	Oppressive rule by absolute power	Lewis E. Rothlein	Shortz

1 result for DESPOTISM from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Jan 8, 2017	Acrostic	C	Democracy's antithesis	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

3 results for DESPOTISM from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Nov 19, 1990	35D	System espoused by tyrants	Reginald L. Johnson	Maleska
Sat Nov 11, 1989	25D	Tyranny	Frances Hansen	Maleska
Tue Jul 21, 1959	33D	Tyranny.	Louis Sabin	Farrar

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