Answer:

plots

AnswerCrossword Clue
PLOTSIntrigues
PLOTSSchemes
PLOTSGrowing places
PLOTSMachinations
PLOTSWhat cabalists cook up
PLOTSNovel features
PLOTSSometimes they backfire
PLOTSGraphs
PLOTSWriters' concoctions
PLOTSCabal activities
PLOTSLand units
PLOTSNovelists' creations
PLOTSGarden layouts
PLOTSGraveyard divisions
PLOTSPlans with malice
PLOTSConspires
PLOTSGarden divisions
PLOTSPlans subterfuge
PLOTSNovel ideas?
PLOTSBits of intrigue
PLOTSCabal concoctions
PLOTSWhodunit skeletons
PLOTSCabals
PLOTSNovel designs
PLOTSStory lines
PLOTSNovel focuses
PLOTSNovels' essences
PLOTSWhodunit story lines
PLOTSHome sites
PLOTSDisplays of data
PLOTSSecret schemes
PLOTSBuilding sites
PLOTSEvil schemes
PLOTSNovel essences
PLOTSThey thicken when they twist
PLOTSPlaces on a graph
PLOTSCemetery divisions
PLOTSConspiracies.
PLOTSBuilding sites.
PLOTSMachinations.