Schemes as injury reported (5)

I believe the answer is:

brews

'schemes' is the definition.
(brew can mean to scheme or plan)

'injury reported' is the wordplay.
'injury' becomes 'bruise' (bruise is a kind of injury).
'reported' shows a homophone (sound like).
'bruise' sounds like 'BREWS'.

'as' acts as a link.

(Another definition for brews that I've seen is " Makes tea".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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