Bringing down royalty to open hotel that appeals to sporty types pulling a few strokes perhaps (12)
I believe the answer is:
overthrowing
'bringing down' is the definition.
('overthrow' can be a synonym of 'bring down')
'royalty to open hotel that appeals to sporty types pulling a few strokes perhaps' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'royalty' could be 'er' (abbreviation for Elizabeth Regina) and 'er' is present in the answer.
'hotel' could be 'h' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.) and 'h' is present in the answer.
'few' could be 'v' and 'v' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for overthrowing that I've seen is " Removing from power".)