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Conspirators - about 50 snooker players (8)

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I believe the answer is:

plotters

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'conspirators' is the definition.
('plotter' can be a synonym of 'conspirator')

'50 snooker players' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'50' could be 'l' (Roman numeral) and 'l' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'potters' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'about' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for plotters that I've seen before include "People planning" , "eg, Guy Fawkes and co" .)

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