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Plan to get a hundred deer (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chart

'plan' is the definition.
(I know that chart is a more specific form of the action plan)

'get a hundred deer' is the wordplay.
'get' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'a hundred' becomes 'C' (Roman numeral).
'deer' becomes 'hart' (hart is a kind of deer).
'c' put next to 'hart' is 'CHART'.

'to' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for chart that I've seen before include "series of plots?" , "Table or graph" , "Table or diagram" , "what could be a pie" , "Hit parade" .)

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