| MEGALOMANIA | A delusion of power or self-importance (11) |
| URGER | Person who is encouraging and not taken in by a delusion of grandeur (5) |
| SURGE | Based on the Latin "to rise", a word used in its early sense to mean a fountain or stream, later a big wave, a billowing cloud, a sudden increase of power or a rush of emotion (5) |
| EGO | Person's sense of self-esteem or self-importance (3) |
| PROUD | Feeling self-respect, self-esteem, or self-importance. Synonyms: immodest, arrogant, vainglorious |
| ENGINE | Word for cunning/skill originally, later a weapon of war; a machine, such as a locomotive, as a source of power; or, any agent to effect a purpose (6) |
| ARROGANCE | Overbearing pride or self-importance (9) |
| PARADOXICAL | Seemingly absurd or self-contradictory |
| GENERATOR | Producer of power, or a regent thrown out of it (9) |
| SHRINK | Word for "reduce, shrivel", as in a head by a headhunter, hence a slang word for a psychiatrist, who lessens or withers delusions of the mind (6) |
| DEPOSED | Removed from an office or position of power or rank (7) |
| MYSTIQUE | Aura of power or secrecy surrounding person or thing (8) |
| DOMINATION | The exercise of power or influence over someone or something (10) |
| UNSEAT | Remove from a position of power or authority (6) |
| DOMINANT | In a position of power or control |
| THEOMANIA | The delusion of believing oneself to be God or specially chosen by God |
| DEPOSE | To remove from an office or position, especially of power or rank (6) |
| ERG | (physics) unit of power or energy / area of shifting sand dunes in the Sahara |
| PARANOIA | Soldier from sky lands on no one with a delusion (8) |
| CHIMERA | Agree with artist? That's a delusion (7) |
