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

'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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