| Feat |
| Stroke |
| Putsch |
| Exploit |
| Takeover |
| Overthrow |
| __ d'état |
| Power grab |
| Great move |
| Achievement |
| Clever deed |
| Happy feat? |
| Clever feat |
| Bridge play |
| Clever move |
| Quite a feat |
| Huge success |
| ____de grace |
| Power change |
| Power surge? |
| Cabal's plan |
| Masterstroke |
| Clever action |
| Grand success |
| Master stroke |
| No small feat |
| Sudden ouster |
| Swift success |
| Brilliant act |
| Major success |
| Clever stroke |
| Great success |
| Unexpected act |
| Brilliant move |
| Masterful move |
| Clever maneuver |
| Bridge maneuver |
| Eye-opening act |
| Triumphant move |
| Sudden takeover |
| Seizure of power |
| Stroke of genius |
| Stunning triumph |
| Stunning success |
| Brilliant stroke |
| Dazzling success |
| Major achievement |
| Bit of brilliance |
| Cabalists' scheme |
| Startling success |
| Strategic success |
| Forceful takeover |
| Military takeover |
| Grand achievement |
| Brilliant success |
| Masterful maneuver |
| Brilliant maneuver |
| Political takeover |
| Brilliant stratagem |
| Successful stratagem |
| Government overthrow |
| Successful overthrow |
| Something to pull off |
| Clever accomplishment |
| Militaristic disruption |
| Sudden seizure of power |
| Enviable accomplishment |
| Get ready to strike, say |
| Illegal seizure of power |
| Successful accomplishment |
| Cabalists' scheme, perhaps |
| Overthrow of the government |
| Plasmatics album "___ d'Etat |
| Batista's 1952 takeover, e.g. |
| Brilliant and notable success |
| Qaddafi's rise to power, e.g. |
| ___ fourré (Mille Bornes play) |
| ___ d'état (political uprising) |
| Seizure of a government by force |
| Sudden overthrow of a government |
| Sudden strategic political blow. |
| ___ d'état (political overthrow) |
| ___ d'état (government overthrow) |
| Sudden overthrow of the government |
| Sudden change, illegally or by force |
| How Pervez Musharraf gained power in Pakistan |