Doing brilliantly, confronting leader to be deposed Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% ACING Doing brilliantly, confronting leader to be deposed (5) The Guardian Cryptic Jan 20, 2023
5% ACCOST Confront aggressively (6) USA Today Aug 21, 2025
5% SHINES Performs brilliantly (6) Wall Street Journal Jul 28, 2025
5% EMESIS Regurgitating how enemy deposed leader (6)
5% EXCELLED Did brilliantly (8)
5% NOBILITY Aristocracy are certainly not to use powers to depose leader (8)
5% EYEBALL Confront (7) Puzzler Backwords Jul 11, 2025
5% FACE Confront (4) Eugene Sheffer Jul 10, 2025
5% FACED Confronted (5) Eugene Sheffer Jul 9, 2025
5% OUST Depose (4) The Telegraph Mini Jun 16, 2025

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