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Staff put out over EU scheme (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

manoeuvre

'scheme' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'staff put out over eu' is the wordplay.
'staff' becomes 'man' (manning is a kind of staffing).
'put out' is an anagram indicator.
'over'+'eu'='overeu'
'overeu' with letters rearranged gives 'oeuvre'.
'man'+'oeuvre'='MANOEUVRE'

(Other definitions for manoeuvre that I've seen before include "See 16" , "Carefully contrived scheme" , "plan" , "A co-ordinated movement" , "Work on possibly private" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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