The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word CONSPIRE
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More clues leading to the result CONSPIRE
- Plan together to cheat father, keeping quiet
- Plot to murder princes about nothing
- Study part of the church plot
- Study part of church plan
- Scheme for church to contain prison outbreak
- Plot against part of church
- Plot to ‘study steeple’
- Plot scam with father to seize power
- Prison breaks contained by church scheme
- Plan to study piece of church architecture
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The straight part
We know that "Plot" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case plot = conspire.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does CONSPIRE mean?
CONSPIRE verb- To secretly plot or make plans together, often with the intention to bring bad or illegal results.
- To agree, to concur to one end.
- To try to bring about.