Scheme - Crossword Clue, Answer and Explanation

'scheme' is the definition.
(plot is a kind of scheme)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for plot that I've seen before include "Chart - area" , "garden area" , "... of story, family ..." , "Film story; graph" , "See 12 Across" .)

I've seen this clue in the LA Times, The Times, the Universal, the Evening Standard, The Guardian, the USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, The Star Tribune, the Penny Press, The Mirror, The Telegraph, the Sydney Morning Herald, the King Feature Syndicate and The New York Times.

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

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for project that I've seen before include "Stick out; lengthy task" , "Plan of work" , "Protrude; enterprise" , "discharge" , "Enterprise, undertaking" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent and the Evening Standard.

'scheme' is the definition.
(cabal is a kind of scheme)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for cabal that I've seen before include "Conspiring group" , "Secret plot or the people engaged in it" , "Caucus" , "Clique of plotters" , "Group of conspirators" .)

I've seen this clue in the Penny Press and the Evening Standard.

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

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for conspire that I've seen before include "Plot secretly" , "Act secretly with others" , "Plot together - on prices (anag)" , "scheme" , "'Plot, connive (8)'" .)

'scheme' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

This is the entire clue.

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