Related Clues:

• Machination
• Deli sandwich
• Brave one
• Garden ___
• It's followed by moviegoers
• Novelist's need
• Star
• Connive
• Lifesaver, e.g.
• Cabal's plans
• Firefighter, at times
• Achilles, e.g.
• It sometimes thickens
• Man of the hour
• Lifesaver