Scheme - Crossword Clue, Answer and Explanation

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

This is all the 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 USA Today, the Universal, the Sydney Morning Herald, the Evening Standard, The Telegraph, The Times, the King Feature Syndicate, the Penny Press, The Star Tribune, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, the LA Times and The Mirror.

'scheme' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

This is all the 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 Evening Standard and The Independent.

'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 Evening Standard and the Penny Press.

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

This is all the 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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