Military takeover
The crossword clue "Military takeover" is answered by COUP, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024. 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 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for COUP
Every other clue in this collection answered by COUP, most used first.
- Brilliant stroke - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
- Masterstroke - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ d'etat - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- 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
- Clever move - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
- Takeover - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Political takeover - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Stunning triumph - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Military group - UNIT, used 117 times
- Campus military org. - ROTC, used 100 times
- Military force - ARMY, used 74 times
- Military meal - MESS, used 49 times
- Military cap - KEPI, used 44 times
- French military cap - KEPI, used 43 times
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