Conniving, conspiratorial (8)

I believe the answer is:

scheming

(Other definitions for scheming that I've seen before include "Devious" , "Plotting secretly" , "cunning" , "Planning secretly" , "Duplicitous" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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