How to capture the king, led by public? (9)
I believe the answer is:
overthrow
'how to capture the king led by public?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'how to capture the king led by public?' is the wordplay.
'to capture' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'the king' becomes 'R' (abbreviation of Latin rex).
'led by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'public?' becomes 'overt' (both can mean well-known or unconcealed).
'how' going around 'r' is 'hrow'.
'hrow' after 'overt' is 'OVERTHROW'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for overthrow that I've seen before include "Bring down rulers" , "cover for furniture" , "Dethrone or oust" , "depose government" , "caused discomfiture" .)