Crossword Genius

Fool infiltrates cultural movement for survey (14)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

reconnaissance

I'm a little stuck... Click here to teach me more about this clue!

'survey' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'fool infiltrates cultural movement' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'fool' could be 'con' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'con' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'renaissance' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'for' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for reconnaissance that I've seen before include "Initial survey" , "Military observation" , "Preliminary survey" , "Scouting" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
Want a hint initially instead of a full solution? Install my app