Connive (8)
'connive' is the definition.
(I know that connive can be written as scheme)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for scheme that I've seen before include "Program" , "Lay plans" , "Elaborate and systematic plan of action" , "Plan or act secretly" , "Machination" .)
'connive' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for conspire that I've seen before include "implicated in plot" , "Act secretly with others" , "Collude" , "Secretly plan together" , "scheme" .)