George’s car scheme involving head of industry (9)
I believe the answer is:
autopilot
'george's' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'car scheme involving head of industry' is the wordplay.
'car' becomes 'auto' (synonyms).
'scheme' becomes 'plot' (plot is a kind of scheme).
'involving' is an insertion indicator.
'head of industry' becomes 'i' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'plot' placed around 'i' is 'pilot'.
'auto'+'pilot'='AUTOPILOT'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for autopilot that I've seen before include "Airman's 'George'" , "flight aid" , "control bypassing human intervention" , "Device that keeps ships on a steady course" , "air traffic controller" .)