Scheme - Crossword Clue, Answer and Explanation

'scheme' is the definition.
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This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for plan that I've seen before include "Project" , "Method laid out for accomplishing something" , "Scheme, design" , "propose" , "Scale drawing of a structure" .)

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

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

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.
(I know that cabal is a type of game)

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)'" .)

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