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Flier's scheme to tour India (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pilot

'flier's' is the definition.
(pilot is a kind of flier)

'scheme to tour india' is the wordplay.
'scheme' becomes 'plot' (plot is a kind of scheme).
'to tour' indicates putting letters inside (to tour can mean to go around).
'india' becomes 'i' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'plot' enclosing 'i' is 'PILOT'.

(Other definitions for pilot that I've seen before include "Plane driver" , "Driver of aircraft" , "Person in charge of aircraft" , "experimental programme" , "Small flame that ignites a gas boiler" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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