Leave nothing to chance

The answer

PLAN

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PLAN answer page.

Used 11 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• COVERALLTHEBASES (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for PLAN

Every other clue in this collection answered by PLAN, most used first.

• Blueprint - used 192 times, most recently in 2026
• Scheme - used 113 times, most recently in 2026
• Think ahead - used 75 times, most recently in 2026
• Map out - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
• Make preparations - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
• Design - used 42 times, most recently in 2024
• Strategy - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Course of action - used 30 times, most recently in 2024
• Outline - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
• Strategize - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Marshall ___ - used 19 times, most recently in 2006
• Make arrangements - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Architect's drawing - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Prepare for the future - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Sketch out - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Architect's design - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Schedule - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• Agenda - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Not leave things to chance - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Lay out in advance - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Project - used 10 times, most recently in 2009
• Try not to be taken by surprise - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
• Intend - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Intention - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Schematic - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• Lay out - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Layout. - used 7 times, most recently in 1997
• Prepare for tomorrow - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Contrive - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
• Diagram - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Get ready for the wedding - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• Look ahead - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Mastermind - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Stratagem - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Work out - used 6 times, most recently in 2022

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Leave out - OMIT, used 929 times
• Doing nothing - IDLE, used 237 times
• Nothing more than - MERE, used 159 times
• Leave speechless - STUN, used 93 times
• Leave off - OMIT, used 90 times
• Leave at the altar - JILT, used 63 times

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