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Rearranging attic, I can be a schemer (9)

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I believe the answer is:

tactician

'a schemer' is the definition.
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'rearranging attic i can' is the wordplay.
'rearranging' indicates an anagram (I've seen 'rearranged' mean this).
'attic'+'i'+'can'='atticican'
'atticican' anagrammed gives 'TACTICIAN'.

'be' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for tactician that I've seen before include "General" , "Smart mover" , "One planning" , "One deploying forces in war" , "Adroit manoeuvrer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror and The Daily Express.
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