Possible Clues:

• Scheme for lopping a tree?
• Game __
• Scheme, design
• Design using industrial machinery, carpenter's tool, or piece of timber cut
• A or B, e.g.
• Architect's start
• Scheme works for the most part
• Is the gent of 1 across, for instance, complaining?
• 401(k), e.g.
• Prepare for action