Makes preparations
The crossword clue "Makes preparations" is answered by PLANS, a 5-letter entry. Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
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PLANS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PLANS answer page.
Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for PLANS
Every other clue in this collection answered by PLANS, most used first.
- Blueprints - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
- Schemes - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Thinks ahead - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Designs - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
- Architectural drawings - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Isn't rash - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Maps out - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Prepares for the future - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Makes level - EVENS, used 65 times
- "__ makes waste" - HASTE, used 51 times
- Makes simpler - EASES, used 48 times
- Makes less difficult - EASES, used 41 times
- Makes an effort - TRIES, used 35 times
- Makes - EARNS, used 28 times
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