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Resonant scheme supported by man (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

plangent

'resonant' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'scheme supported by man' is the wordplay.
'scheme' becomes 'plan' (I've seen this before).
'supported by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (in a down clue, some letters hold up others).
'man' becomes 'gent' (gent is a kind of man).
'plan'+'gent'='PLANGENT'

(Other definitions for plangent that I've seen before include "(Of sound) mournfully resonant" , "Clangorous" , "Resonant, reverberating with mournful sound" , "Of sounds, resonant and reverberating" , "loud noise" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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