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Husband found lacking in his greatest failed schemes (10)

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I believe the answer is:

strategies

'schemes' is the definition.
('strategy' can be a synonym of 'scheme')

'husband found lacking in his greatest failed' is the wordplay.
'husband' becomes 'h'.
'found lacking in' suggests deleting specific letters.
'failed' indicates an anagram.
'his'+'greatest'='hisgreatest'
'hisgreatest' with 'h' taken out is 'isgreatest'.
'isgreatest' anagrammed gives 'STRATEGIES'.

(Another definition for strategies that I've seen is " What planners need".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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