Onetime resident of the Winter Palace

The answer to “Onetime resident of the Winter Palace” in the New York Times crossword is TSAR — a 4-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on October 16, 2025, a Thursday puzzle, at 63-Across. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.

“Onetime resident of the Winter Palace” answer

TSAR (4 letters)

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Why the answer is TSAR

TSAR is the 4-letter solution that fits "Onetime resident of the Winter Palace" in the NYT Crossword crossword on October 16, 2025 (63-Across). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does TSAR mean?

Reading the plain dictionary sense of TSAR is often the fastest way to see why it answers this clue.

When else has “Onetime resident of the Winter Palace” appeared?

New York Times reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up, and what the answer was each time — handy when you're checking whether today's fill is the only one.

October 16, 2025 (most recent) → TSAR. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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