The Clue
Seed for a plot (4 letter answer)
The Answer
IDEA
Tags
Notes
The answer IDEA is very common and appears about once every 26 puzzles.
Related Clues
Brainchild
Brainstorm
Conceit
Concept
Fancy
"The ___!" (hmmph!)
Impression
Inkling
Notion
Suspicion
Thought
Brain wave
Bright thought
Cartoon "bulb"
Germ for an invention
Invention germ
Invention starter
Patent prerequisite
Possible solution
Product of imagination
Product of reflection
Start of a plot
Cartoonist's light bulb
Comic's light bulb
The light bulb, to Edison
Light bulb, symbolically
Matter for the gray matter
Reason to shout "Eureka!"
Skull session result
Comic-strip light bulb
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"