Crossword-Solution: COUP 4 letters, 172 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 8

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Word	Word Type	Definition
Coup	n.	A sudden stroke; an unexpected device or stratagem; -- a term used in various ways to convey the idea of promptness and force.

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Word		Anagrams
COUP	anagram	CUPO

We have 172 clues for the answer “COUP”

Clue	Answers
Batista's 1952 takeover, e.g.	1 answer
Bit of brilliance	1 answer
Brilliant act	1 answer
Brilliant maneuver	1 answer
Brilliant move	1 answer
Brilliant stroke	1 answer
Cabalists' scheme	1 answer
Cabalists' scheme, perhaps	1 answer
Certain way to take power	1 answer
Clever accomplishment	1 answer
Clever action	1 answer
Clever deed	1 answer
Clever feat	1 answer
Clever stratagem.	1 answer
Clever strategem.	1 answer
Clever stroke	1 answer
Clever success	1 answer
Decisive blow	1 answer
Decisive takeover	1 answer
Deposition of a sort	1 answer
Despot's undoing	1 answer
Dictator's undoing	1 answer
Eye-opening act	1 answer
Forceful takeover	1 answer
Forcible overthrow of a government	1 answer
General takeover?	1 answer
Government opposition	1 answer
Government overthrow	1 answer
Government takeover	1 answer
Grand success	1 answer
Great move	1 answer
Great triumph	1 answer
Happy feat?	1 answer
How Pervez Musharraf gained power in Pakistan	1 answer
Ingenious maneuver	1 answer
It may be bloodless	1 answer
It may result in an ejection	1 answer
Kitchen item you have dozens of but only ever use a few	1 answer
Literally, "stroke"	1 answer
Masterful deed	1 answer
Masterful feat	1 answer
Masterful maneuver	1 answer
Masterful move	1 answer
Military takeover	1 answer
No small feat	1 answer
Notable triumph	1 answer
Overthrow of the government	1 answer
Overthrow, or, if reparsed, a hint to making sense of four pairs of Across answers	1 answer
Part of a revolution.	1 answer
Political revolution	1 answer

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Hint 1 meaning

One who, or that which, eats.

Hint 2 anagram

AERTE

Hint 3 another clue

greedy person

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Sentences with COUP (5)

Although growth in 1991 will slow further, Thailand's economic outlook remains good, assuming the continuation of prudent government policies in the wake of the 23 February 1991 military coup.

The 1991 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency. 1992

Though the sysops were concentrating on internal communications, cross-border postings included immediate transliterations of Boris Yeltsin's decrees condemning the coup and eyewitness reports of the demonstrations in Moscow's streets.

The Jargon File, Version 2.9.10, 01 Jul 1992 Various 1992

Trade sanctions applied by the Organization of American States in response to the September 1991 coup against President Aristide have further damaged the economy.

The 1992 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency. 1993

What's with the honor bit? From the Chairman of OSO, not a technician? One floppy disk? Pierre smelled a fox in the chicken coup.

Terminal Compromise Winn Schwartau 1993

While CNN televised the coup, it was not the images, but the words of men like Yeltsin that held sway for Russian citizens.

The Online World Odd de Presno 1993

Quotes with COUP (3)

Margaret: Can I - can I just say something for the future? Leo: Yeah. Margaret: I can sign the President's name. I have his signature down pretty good. Leo: You can sign the President's name? Margaret: Yeah. Leo: On a document removing him from power and handing it to someone else? Margaret: Yeah! Or... do you think the White House Counsel would say that was a bad idea? Leo: I think the White House Counsel would say it was a coup d'etat! Margaret: Well. I'd probably end up do…

Aaron Sorkin

In a manner of speaking. As we intend for you to found a dynasty. And that dynasty will rule society until it has progressed enough to-""Overthrow the dynasty in a revolutionary, blood filled coup!" Iggy said eagerly. We all looked at him." Just saying." He sheepishly took a bite of cookie.

James Patterson Angel

1. Bangladesh.... In 1971 ... Kissinger overrode all advice in order to support the Pakistani generals in both their civilian massacre policy in East Bengal and their armed attack on India from West Pakistan.... This led to a moral and political catastrophe the effects of which are still sorely felt. Kissinger’s undisclosed reason for the ‘tilt’ was the supposed but never materialised ‘brokerage’ offered by the dictator Yahya Khan in the course of secret diplomacy between Nix…

Christopher Hitchens

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Appears in: AARP, Boston Globe, Chronicle, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, The Atlantic, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.

Used 193 times in crossword archives (1944–2025).