Clever move
The crossword clue "Clever move" is answered by COUP, a 4-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 1969. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
COUP
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the COUP answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 1969. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for COUP
Every other clue in this collection answered by COUP, most used first.
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- Masterstroke - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
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- Overthrow - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
- Stunning success - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Clever accomplishment - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Sudden takeover - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Takeover - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Military takeover - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Political takeover - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Stunning triumph - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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- Move like a butterfly - FLIT, used 52 times
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