Answer: plot

AnswerCrossword Clue
PLOTIt's hatched
PLOTReview subject
PLOTNovel underpinning
PLOTSchemer's creation
PLOTCabal's creation
PLOTIt usually thickens
PLOTSchemer's hatching
PLOTConspiracy theorist's subject
PLOTConspiracy theorist's worry
PLOTOne often thickens on stage
PLOTPrepare for a coup
PLOTBrew
PLOTThing to cook up
PLOTNovel feature?
PLOTNovelist's need
PLOTMastermind's scheme
PLOTParanoiacs see one everywhere
PLOTWhodunit skeleton
PLOTParcel of land
PLOTNovel's essence
plotsecret plan
PLOTSomething hatched
PLOTGraph
PLOTNovel necessity
PLOTNovel requirement
PLOTScheme
PLOT1976 Hitchcock film "Family ...."
PLOTCook up, in a way
PLOTStory line
PLOTIt may thicken
PLOTMachination
PLOTCabal
PLOTConspiracy
PLOTWhodunit thread
PLOTConspire
PLOTNovel idea?
PLOTLiterary element
PLOTNovel idea
PLOTCentral story line
PLOTGarden area