Conspiring as members of sporting association? (8)
I believe the answer is:
inleague
'conspiring' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'as members of sporting association?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'as' could be 'in' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'in' is located in the answer.
'association?' could be 'league' (league is a kind of association) and 'league' is found within the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for inleague that I've seen before include "Conspiring together" , "Actual" .)