- COUP
- Violent regime change
- General takeover?
- Certain way to take power
- Possible revolution outcome
- Masterstroke
- Power change
- Upset with the government?
- Crushing blow
- Huge success
- Dazzling success
- __ d'etat
- Major achievement
- Literally, "stroke"
- Overthrow
- Political revolution
- ___ de grâce
- Finishing stroke
- Government opposition
- Sudden takeover
- Brilliant stroke
- ___ d'etat
- Stroke of genius
- Successful overthrow
- Brilliant maneuver
- Quite a feat
- Clever move
- Smooth move
- Clever accomplishment
- Masterful maneuver
- Brilliant success
- Rebellion
- Bit of brilliance
- Clever stroke
- Putsch
- Cabal's plan
- __ d'état
- Forceful takeover
- Insurrection
- Unseating plan?
- Something to pull off
- No small feat
- Masterful move
- Clever maneuver
- Successful accomplishment
- Successful revolt
- Military takeover
- Stunning success
- Enviable accomplishment
- Clever action
- Great move
- Great success
- It may result in an ejection
- Eye-opening act
- Grand achievement
- Grand success
- Stunning triumph
- Clever success
- Brilliant feat
- With 21-Down, violent overthrow of a government
- ___ fourré (Mille Bornes play)
- Unlooked-for stratagem.
- Sudden strategic political blow.
- What happened in Saigon.
- Swift stroke for political power.
- Clever strategem.
- Strategic success.
- Clever stratagem.
- Surprise stratagem.
- Unexpected stratagem.
- Sudden, successful move.
- Part of a revolution.
- Successful move.
- Bridge play
- ___ de grace
- Bridge maneuver
- Successful stratagem
- Clever feat
- Achievement
- Power grab
- Unexpected act
- ___ d'état
- Sudden ouster
- Startling success
- It may be bloodless
- Revolution result, possibly
- Major success
- Feat
- *Takeover
- Qaddafi's rise to power, e.g.
- Brilliant move
- Government overthrow
- Quite an accomplishment
- Government takeover
- How Pervez Musharraf gained power in Pakistan
- -- d'état
- Wildly successful stunt
- Stroke of brilliance
- _____ d'etat
- Overthrow of the government
- Political takeover
- Clever deed
- Upset
- Batista's 1952 takeover, e.g.
- Cabalists' scheme
- Cabalists' scheme, perhaps
- The Beer Hall Putsch, e.g.
- Deposition of a sort
- Masterful deed
- Power surge?
- Masterful feat
- Ingenious maneuver
- Royal pain?
- Revolutionary scheme
- Sudden seizure of power
- Triumphant move
- Kitchen item you have dozens of but only ever use a few
- Notable triumph
- Dictator's undoing
- Forcible overthrow of a government
- Overthrow, or, if reparsed, a hint to making sense of four pairs of Across answers
- Great triumph
- Seizure of power
