Scheme - Crossword Clue, Answer and Explanation

'scheme' is the definition.
(I know that plot is a type of scheme)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for plot that I've seen before include "Chart - area" , "garden area" , "... of story, family ..." , "Film story; graph" , "See 12 Across" .)

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

'scheme' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

This is the entire 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 the entire 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 Evening Standard and the Penny Press.

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

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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