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Other crossword clues for answer "IDEA"

IDEA
Concept
What's the big __?
Brainstorm
Cartoon bubble
Clue
Gist
Inspiration
Light bulb, in comics
Notion
Sneaking suspicion
Brain wave
Brainchild
Brilliant thought
Comic light bulb?
Free-association tidbit
Impression
Invention necessity
Inventor's seed
Inventor's spark
It's just a thought
Lightbulb, in a cartoon
I have an ___!
Aftermath of a brainstorm
Birth of a notion?
Game plan
It's all in your head
It's all in your mind
Just a thought
Mental picture
New wrinkle
Something to run up the flagpole
Think tank output
Thought
Gray matter creation
Light bulb, in the comics
Think piece
Noodle concoction?
The faintest or "the foggiest" thing
Bit of mental energy
Brainstorm result
Thing symbolized by a bulb
Here's an ___ ...
Entrepreneur's need
What a light bulb might symbolize
Concept represented by a light bulb
Light bulb, metaphorically
Necessity for a patent
Something hatched
Result of inspiration
Origin of an innovation
One may be floated or shot down
The very ___!
It's in your mind
Think of it!
Inkling
Cranial bulb?
Creative spark
Evernote note
Google Keep note, often
Head piece?
Inventor's starting point
It's a thought
Lightbulb in a comic strip
One might arrive with a finger snap
People see it when the lights turn on
Puzzlemaker's beginning
Think about it
Bad ___ Jeans (classic SNL skit)
Brainstorm session output
There's an ___
Project's basis
See 65-Across
That's a good ___!
Imagine that!
Result of brainstorming
conception
Eureka! producer
Cortex product
Inventor's output
Cartoon bulb
Creative thought
Gray-matter output
Result of cogitating
Hypothesis
It might be bright
Think tank product
Puzzlewriter's need
Birth of a plan
Forehead-slap inducer
Invention's origin
Possible solution?
Overhead lightbulb
A point of departure and no more: Picasso
Breakthrough
Creative starting point
Nascent plan
It's symbolized by a light bulb
Suggestion
Now there's an ___!
Invention inception
Novel thought
Thinker's product
What a germ can become
Light bulb's symbolic meaning
Think-tank offering
Skull-session product
Creative flash
Helper-outer
It's at the end of a block
See 24-Across
Vague outline
Intellectual property?
Word from the Ancient Greek for "I see"
A rough one is typically in the ballpark
One may ask what the big one is
It can come to you
It's best when it's brightest
One may wonder what the big one is
One of many implemented on "Shark Tank"
Bad _____ Bears (cute "Avenue Q" troublemaking duo)
Part of a "Shark Tank" presentation
It's often indicated with an index finger pointing straight up
Origin of many a company
What's the big ___?
Brainstorming product
Cartoon light bulb
Cerebral output
Inventor's "step one"
Patent prerequisite
Brainstorming result
Bulb lighter?
Mental glimmering
What a light bulb may signify
I had no ___!
The ___ ! ("Humph!")
Brainstorming session result
Cartoon light bulb indication
Formulated thought
Invention genesis
Opinion
Something to think about
Glimmering
Prelude to an invention
What "!" may mean, in comics
Beginning of a plan
Mental invention
Vague impression
What "!" may mean in a comic strip
Hey, what's the big ___?
Brain trust offering
Bright light?
Hunch
Brain flash
Budding plan
One may occur to you
Think tank nugget
Basis of an invention
Cogitation creation
Invention's germ
Bean sprout?
Noggin nugget
Skull session result
The very ___! ("What nerve!")
Creative concept
Fancy
Gray matter product
<<NO CLUE>>
Creative start
It may be half-baked
Brainstorming output
Comic strip lightbulb
Crossword constructor's hope
Invention start
Writer's block breakthrough
It may be thrown out at a meeting
It may lead to a patent
Mental concoction
Patent genesis
Patent predecessor
Spark, of sorts
Fresh thought
Light bulb, figuratively
Result of some brainstorming
What's on your mind
You may bounce it off someone
Birth of an invention
Bright thought
Flash of inspiration
Mental representation
New thought
Novel notion
Possibly half-baked noodle concoction?
Result of a brainstorming session
Start of something big, usually
Think tank's quest
No ___ ("Beats me")
That's the ___! ("Good thinking!")
Birth of a plan, perhaps
Creative nugget
General impression
Light bulb, in a strip
One could eventually lead to a patent
Result of brainstorming, at times
Inspirational flash
It may come from nowhere
What comes to mind
Aha moment cause
Brain output
Coconut product?
Creative output
Cure for writer's block
Invention's inception
It could just come to mind
Just think of it!
Kickstarter project's genesis
Matter of the mind
Start of something big, perhaps
Sudden inspiration
Scheme
Headache with pictures, according to Fry from Futurama
Contribution to a brainstorming session
That's the easiest thing on earth, is to come up with an ___ ... the hardest thing on earth is to put it down: Rod Serling
Don't get the wrong one
Spark of creation
Lightbulb depiction
Supposition
Proposal
Great --!
Inventor's need
Sometimes it's bright
Belief
It's out of one's mind
Mind matter
What a light bulb may represent
Head light?
Intention
Invention inspiration
View
Bean product?
Inventor's inspiration
It's out of your mind
You have no __
Brain matter
Invention impetus
What a light bulb means, in comics
Wrinkle, so to speak
What's the __?
Abstract thought
Start of something big, hopefully
Vision
__ man
An __ is salvation by imagination: Frank Lloyd Wright
The very __!
Future invention
It might come out of nowhere
Start of a novel?
Start of a solution
I've got an __!
Conceit
Invention seed
Noodle output?
Patent seed
Potential dilemma solver
Thinker's output
Brain-picker's pursuit
It might be crazy
Light bulb, to a toon
Mental creation
Start of a plan
Thought hidden in eight long puzzle answers
I have an __!
Flash of sorts
It can be half-baked
It might be harebrained
Plan
Crossword constructor's germ
Flash in the brainpan
It might be half-baked
Start of a theory
Starting point, perhaps
Eureka! elicitor
Adman's start
Head start?
Inventor's germ
Mental block buster
Noodle product?
[Lightbulb!]
Author's inspiration
Flash, perhaps
Item in a writer's notebook
Start of a project
Black cloud : anger :: light bulb : __
Hunch, say
It might just come to you
That's the general __
Brainstorming contribution
Entrepreneur's start
Innovator's spark
Mind flash
Overhead exclamation point, in comics
Start of a story
Writer's block cure
I had no __!
See 2-Down
Word after big or bright
Good __!
I've got it! elicitor
Creative process output
Invention beginning
Problem solver, at times
What a light bulb may mean
Flash, maybe
It comes from the head
It's in your head
One may accompany a finger snap
Bulb in a balloon?
It can come to mind
Mental flash
One may be called bright when it isn't
What a raised index finger may indicate
What a great __!
One may be pitched to a publisher
Patent's genesis
Planning session product
No __: "Beats me"
A light bulb may symbolize one
What may come to mind
Good thinking! thought
I had no __!: "What a surprise!"
That Is NOT a Good __!: Mo Willems children's book
Whose __ was that?
Half-baked thought, perhaps
Light bulb generator?
Think tank tidbit
Noodle nugget
Word with bright or big
Here's an __ ...
Bit of inspiration
Clever thought
Why, the very __!
Abstraction
Flash of brilliance
Creative input
Inventor's basis
It may be bright
Light bulb, in cartoons
Sudden thought
Creative spur
Invention origin
Inventor's flash
Theme
Mental glimmer
Inventor's start
Sudden flash
Inventor's brainchild
Personal view
Toon light
Creative inspiration
Gray cells' product
Trial balloon, e.g.
Creative contribution
Plan not yet on paper
Problem solver, perhaps
It starts with a germ
Inventive thought
Bit of creativity
Innovator's inspiration
Invention's beginning
Mental germ
You might bounce it off someone
Imagination product
Intangible spark
Invention preceder
It may be bounced off someone
On-bulb, symbolically
Personal belief
Something thought up
Block buster?
Creative suggestion
Mental concept
Product of the imagination
Theory
Theory's start
Unseen flash
Cerebral spark
Light bulb, symbolically
Mental spark
Point of view
Creative notion
Something on your mind
Bright flash?
Thinker's goal
What a comics light bulb symbolizes
Brain work
Plan of action
Spark of inspiration
Cranial flash
Discussion starting point
What a germ might initiate
Internal impression
Seed of innovation
Seed of inspiration
Shark Tank pitch
Bit of brain work
Creative formation
First step towards a patent
It might occur to you
Mental block breakthrough
Mental seed
Patent preceder, presumably
Something coming to mind
Something to think up
Thinker's thought
Brainstorming offering
Innovation initiation
Sudden insight
Vacuity's lack
Food for thought
General sense
Internal flash
Spark of innovation
Ingenious thought
Patent's origin
What might occur to you
Cranial concoction
Creative germ
Spark of imagination
Thinker's spark
I have no ___!
Skull session output
Light bulb, in the funnies
Noodle filler?
Plan for action
It may come to a head
It might come off the top of your head
What a light bulb symbolizes
You got a better ___?
Gray matter matter?
It can be fixed
For poetry the ___ is everything: Matthew Arnold
Something that might come to a head?
1968 Bee Gees album
Mount ___ (Crete's highest peak)
One may be lost in thought
Bright light over comic character's head.
Mental image.
Wrinkle.
Project.
Design
Author's notebook item.
Brain product.
Germ for a plot.
Result of thinking.
A mental achievement.
Brain reaction.
Constructive thought.
Fantasy.
First requisite of a successful cartoon.
Mined from the mind.
Output of cerebration.
Preliminary plan.
Thinkling.
A must for an author.
An attitude of mind.
Cerebral end-product.
Immediate object of thought.
Product of cerebration.
Product of reflection.
The chief end in view: Slang.
The germ of a project.
Top of the head item.
Ad men's flash.
Cartoonist's electric bulb.
Reflection.
Vague notion.
Archetype.
Author's starting point.
Cerebration product.
Mild brainstorm.
A precept.
Mental product.
Plan preceding action.
Result of cerebration.
Object of thought.
Result of thought.
The beginning of invention.
Thought product.
Glimmer
Percept.
Rare thought.
Copywriter's forte.
Have no ___.
Happy thought.
Central meaning.
Flash of insight.
Mind product.
Product of thinking.
Vagary.
First thought.
Prerequisite for 9 Down.
Inventor's forte.
Prenotion.
Item sometimes big
Seminar product.
Invention
Light-bulb lighter
Result of cerebral activity
Seed for a plot
Inventor's incentive
Intimation
Patent base
Bright ___
Germ of a patent
Seed of an invention
Whim
___ man
That's a great ___!
Thinker's reward
Germ for an invention
Light bulb, in comic strips
New slant
___ man (game-show creator)
Basis for a patent
Brain's offspring
Cartoonist's light bulb
Invention germ
Fancy; inkling
Germ for a TV pitch
Possible outcome of a brown study
Prelude to a plot
Product of imagination
Seed for a lyric
Start of a plot
Inventor's or author's quest
A result of cerebration
Fancy this
Prelude to a patent
Anagram for aide
Product of cogitation
. . . an ___ whose time has come: Hugo
Germ for a Madison Ave. product
Germ of an invention
Start of an invention
Surmise
Think-tank creation
Comic-book light bulb
Noumenon
Significance
Inspiration for an author
Mental conception
The thinker's reward
Cogitator's reward
Intellection product
Eureka! cause
Comic's light bulb
Patent basis
Germ for a novel
Phrontistery product
Theorem or noumenon
I have no _____!
The _____! (hmmph!)
The very _____!
Flash
Madison Avenue product
Stars : pain :: light bulb : _____
Good ___!
Meaning
Essay's basis
It may be fixed
It might make you say "Aha!"
The very notion
Designer's need
Start of something big?
Brain popper
Piece of one's mind?
The light bulb, to Edison
Bit of planning
Edison product
Matter for the gray matter
What's the ___?!
Light bulb's signification, in cartoons
Guess
It comes to mind
It has a germ
Bean concoction?
Thesis basis
What a germ may become
Genesis of an invention
Piece of mind?
Prelude to a solution
You have no ___
It pops into the head
Reason to shout "Eureka!"
Aha! elicitor
Coconut yield?
Child of invention?
Invention starter
Drawing is putting a line round an ___: Henri Matisse
If at first, the ___ is not absurd, then there is no hope for it: Einstein
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Dome light?
Something that can't be patented
No ___ ("Don't ask me")
A good one is often carried out
It begins at conception
Spark, so to speak
Suspicion
The thought that counts?
Word exclaimed after "no" or "good"
Potential solution
Writer's block buster
Whose ___ was this?
It may be just a hunch
The right thing
The slightest or "the foggiest" thing
Where'd you get that ___?
See 60-Down
Something that might pop into your head
Starting place for an inventor
Paris is always a good ___ (line from the film "Sabrina")
It might begin with a "What if ...?"
One may get carried out
Something talked about in a TED talk
It comes to a head
One that's out of one's head?
What you may think of
Cents
It's just in your head
Unpatentable thing
What a cartoon light bulb represents
Any ___?
Now there's a thought!
Start of creation?
What a light bulb indicates in cartoons
Flash of genius, say
It can be bounced off someone
It might be put in your head
Patent preceder
What a light bulb represents in the comics
The faintest thing
Cause for an aha
Creative springboard
Nugget from a noggin
One may be floated or rough
One may be half-baked or brilliant
Spark of a sort
Starting point for a plan
The wheel was a good one
Word implied in "I haven't the foggiest"
Brain spark
End of a noodle?
Keep it in mind!
Something to bat around
Certain germ
Fully-grown germ?
Innovator's breakthrough
Spark result
A finger in the air might connote one
Seed of invention
Brain gain
It may be a great notion
Orson: "Bright ___"
Song light bulb
Song start
Song thought
Song concept
Musical inspiration
Musical think tank nugget
Producer suggestion
Vandals "An ___ for a Movie"
Big Time Rush "No ___"
Darkness "Seemed Like a Good ___ at the Time"
Dave Matthews "The ___ of You"
LCD Soundsystem might come up with a "Big" one
That's the ___ ...
You might bounce one off a co-worker
Whatever gave you that ___?
Stroke of inspiration
What a light bulb represents, in cartoons
What a lit up bulb can symbolize
It seemed like a good _____ at the time!
What's the big _____?
In the comics, it's a light bulb
It can be good, bad or brainy
It's formed in your head
The embryo of an invention
Hey, what's the big _____?
Content of cognition
Mental inspiration
Result of cogitating, sometimes
Embryo of an invention
It may be fixed or bright
Light bulb for Wile E. Coyote?
Lightbulb, in toons
Revelation
What's on your mind, perhaps
Why, the very _____!
Bee Gees album title
Bright one from gray matter
Cerebral creation
It may be bright or novel
Don't get the wrong ___
Good ___! ("Nice thinking!")
What a brilliant ___!
A lightbulb might signify one
Anagram of 17-Across
It seemed like a good ___ at the time!
Cerebral achievement
Why, the very ___!
Fanciful notion
It can be big, bright, good or bad
It may be seminal
What's the bright ___?
Big or bright thing
Brainy inspiration
It may come to mind
Object of a brilliant thought
Result of cogitating, perhaps
Result of a lightbulb moment
Word after "vague" or "bright"
Creator's sine qua non
Inventor's "light bulb"
It could be a very good thought
It may be bright or big
It starts in your head
Cause of an "aha" moment
Genesis of a plan
It can come to a head
Think tank matter
The very item
A good one may come to mind
Asset for an entrepreneur
Inventor's first step
Productive thought
Now there's an ___!' up 2009 IDEA The very ___!" ("What nerve!")
The very thing?
It precedes an invention
Potential problem-solver
The origin of an invention
Asset for an inventor
Brainstormer's pursuit
Brainy output
Entrepreneur's starting point
What a light bulb sometimes signifies
Inventor's inkling
Inventor's springboard
A lightbulb can represent it
Brain's creation
Brainy creation
Creative morsel
Inventor's brilliant notion
It can be good, bad or bright
It might pop into your head
The very beginning of an invention
Bright thing from gray matter
Bright thing that comes to mind
Embryonic invention
It may be big or bright
Sudden mental inspiration
Brilliant flash of inspiration
A thinker may think of one
Brainy product
Innovator's seed
It's better than a mere thought
Brilliant, creative thought
Creative one's spark
The mother of invention
What a comic strip lightbulb indicates
No ___ ("I'm stumped")
Brilliant think piece
Good thing to have at a meeting
Innovator's necessity
Thing leading to a patent
Writer's block ender
Crossword inspiration
Inspirational thought
Noggin output
One may pop into your head
What's produced upstairs?
What gave you that ___?
Concept or conception
One might be ahead of its time
Product of a brainstorm
Skull session creation
Word after "half-baked" or "concrete"
You may bounce one off of someone
Founder's inspiration
Imaginative thought
Metaphorical lightbulb
One may dawn on you
Word after "bright" or "bad"
Brainstorm goal
Entrepreneur's spark
Innovative spark
Lightbulb, in a comic
One may start with "What if we ..."
Think tank result
A good one is bright
That's what you think!
Lightbulb moment
That's a thought!
You might bounce it off a buddy
Thought sometimes
What's the big ____?
Figment
Have no ____: baffled
Think tank topic
Project starter
Skull session exchange
Flight of fancy, maybe
Two cents worth
Mother of invention
Two cents worth, perhaps
The very ___! (hmmph!)
Figment of your imagination
Ah-ha predecessor
Approximation
Light bulb, to Edison and comics
Lightbulb source?
The start of an invention
Inventor's specialty
It may be big
Its icon is a light bulb
Start of a brilliant scheme
Flash of brilliance, perhaps
Genesis of many great inventions
Step one of an invention
Lightbulb's meaning, sometimes
Word with "big" or "good"
The very ____! ("What nerve!")
It may be preconceived
Strip light bulb?
Whose bright ___ was this?
Brainstorming bit
It may pop into your head
Result of a brilliant thought, perhaps
Sneaking suspicion, e.g.
Head light bulb?
It can be big or harebrained
It might be right or bright
Starting point for an invention
It comes before a patent
Good piece of one's mind?
Something that comes to mind
Sudden bright thought
Brilliant notion
It's formed in one's head
Skull session nugget
Brainstormer's spark
Breaker of a mental block
Cause for shouting "Eureka!"
Germ for a patent
One may stop a mental block
Start of a patent
Aha moment producer
Shark Tank presentation
Genesis of a patent
Innovation's origin
Planning session nugget
Planning session offering
Product of a picked brain, perhaps
Visionary's spark
Writer's block breaker
What if . . . thought
Innovation's basis
Patent's germ
Reason to shout "Aha!"
Skull session offering
Innovative thought
Can I bounce an ___ off you?
What gives you that ___?
Bit of innovation
Brainstorm product
Brainstorming breakthrough
Brainstorming goal
Brainstorming success
Innovator's inkling
Original thought
Product of pondering
Result of musing
Tidbit from a think tank
That's not a bad ___!
You get the ___
It might be bad or bright
Oh, wow, I had no ___!
Half-baked ___
What a lightbulb emoji can symbolize
What a lightbulb often signifies in cartoons
Big or "bright" notion
Bright notion
Foggiest notion
I don't have the faintest ___!
Novel concept
A lightbulb emoji might represent one
Inspired thought
Product of a lightbulb moment
Hint
Possible answer
Bright --
Skull session bit
Reflection result
Suggestion box entry
What a lightbulb may symbolize in comics
What do you think?
Ford ads hyped a better one
Say, there's an ___!
Thinking product
Salvation by imagination, per Frank Lloyd Wright
bad ___ right? (Olivia Rodrigo single)
Basis of a plan
Creative development
Product of speculation
Ford claimed a better one
Awareness
Exclamation point?
Brainstorm found in the long answers
Light in the attic?
Springboard for an inventor
TED Talk subject
Something that comes to a head
Entrepreneur's inspiration
Whence a patent
Eureka! inspirer
It might come with an "Aha!"
Inspired flash
Noodle creation
Patent precursor
What a thinker thinks up
Innovative flash
Inspiration for a "Eureka!"
One might elicit a "Eureka!"
Postulation
Flash of ingenuity
Ponderer's product