| CRONUS | In mythology, King of the Titans who was overthrown by his son Zeus (6) |
| CRONOS | Titan who was overthrown by his son Zeus (6) |
| LYCOMEDES | In mythology, king of Scyros who murdered Theseus (9) |
| IAPETUS | In Greek mythology, the Titan who was the father of Atlas and Prometheus (7) |
| JUPITER | In Roman mythology, king of the gods, analogous to the Greek god Zeus (7) |
| LAPETUS | (Greek mythology) The Titan who was father of Atlas and Epimetheus and Prometheus in ancient mytholo |
| ORPHEUS | Figure from Greek mythology, king of the Thracian tribe Cicones (7) |
| KRONOS | King of the Titans in Greek mythology (6) |
| PERON | Argentine president who was overthrown and then re-elected |
| MONROE | His drink was spiked by his son Aaron at the Prince Albert in EastEnders (6,6) |
| HARVEY | His drink was spiked by his son Aaron at the Prince Albert in EastEnders (6,6) |
| NESTOR | In Greek mythology, King of Pylos and wise counsellor to the Greeks at Troy (6) |
| AZTECS | Their empire was overthrown by conquistadors (6) |
| MEMORY | Where Caesar was overthrown, in yours truly's recollection |
| AGAMEMNON | In Greek mythology, king of Mycenae and leader of the Greeks in the Trojan War (9) |
| AZTEC | A member of the Nahuatl people who established an empire in Mexico that was overthrown by Cortes in |
| TELAMON | In Greek mythology, king of Salamis who was father of Ajax (7) |
| GEORGEV | King succeeded by his son Edward VIII in 1936 before his abdication in the same year (6,1) |
| EDWARDII | English king overthrown by his wife and defeated by Robert the Bruce (6,1,1) |
| DUMA | Russian elective legislative assembly established by Tsar Nicholas II in 1905 that was overthrown by the Bolsheviks in 1917 |