Scheme - Crossword Clue, Answer and Explanation

'scheme' is the definition.
(synonyms)

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

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

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(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)

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(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)

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(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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