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Assumes American City Once Taking Power Succeeds Initially Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is USURPS which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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99%6Exact Match!
verb

• seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession

• take the place of

32%4 He succeeds in his enterprise, if registered initially
noun

• a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another

• a person who inherits some title or office

27%8Taking on a party with power can get gruelling initially
verb

• choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans

• take up and practice as one's own

• take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities

• take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect

• take into one's family

• put into dramatic form

• take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own

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The Guardian Cryptic05 Sep 2006 Down 6
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