The Clue
Budding plan (4 letter answer)
The Answer
IDEA
Tags
Notes
The answer IDEA is very common and appears about once every 26 puzzles.
Related Clues
Brainstorm
Bright ___
Conceit
Concept
Conception
Design
Fancy
Fantasy
Flash
Guess
Impression
Inkling
Inspiration
Notion
Thought
Bright thought
Cranial concoction
Edison product
Inspiration for an author
Invention germ
Invention inception
Invention starter
Just a thought
Mental flash
Patent basis
Potential solution
Think of it!
Think piece?
"I had no ___!"
Light bulb, in comics
Think tank nugget
It may be fixed
What a germ may become
" . . . an ___ whose time has come": Hugo
Definition
IDEA as a noun:
1. (idea, thought) = the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about; "it was not a good idea"; "the thought never entered my mind"
2. a personal view; "he has an idea that we don't like him"
3. (estimate, estimation, approximation, idea) = an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth; "an estimate of what it would cost"; "a rough idea how long it would take"
4. (mind, idea) = your intention; what you intend to do; "he had in mind to see his old teacher"; "the idea of the game is to capture all the pieces"
5. (theme, melodic theme, musical theme, idea) = (music) melodic subject of a musical composition; "the theme is announced in the first measures"; "the accompanist picked up the idea and elaborated it"