Plot to get gold bullion, primarily, and smear with paint? (6)
I believe the answer is:
bedaub
'paint?' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'plot to get gold bullion primarily' is the wordplay.
'plot' becomes 'bed' (a plot of land).
'to get' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'gold' becomes 'Au' (Au is the chemical symbol for gold).
'primarily' suggests taking the first letters.
The first letter of 'bullion' is 'b'.
'bed'+'au'+'b'='BEDAUB'
'and smear with' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for bedaub that I've seen before include "Crudely paint" , "Smear with something sticky" , "Smear (with a sticky substance)" , "Splodge with paint" .)