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Whim
Plan
View
Fancy
Guess
Flash
Theme
Hunch
Cents
Belief
__ man
Scheme
Notion
Design
Vision
Inkling
Thought
Concept
Opinion
Project
Fantasy
Meaning
Conceit
Glimmer
Good __
Surmise
Figment
Approach
Proposal
___ clue
Noumenon
Awareness
Invention
Headlight
Mind find
New slant
Game plan
Brainwave
Brainstorm
Bright ___
Intention.
Hypothesis
Intimation
Suggestion
Revelation
Impression
Head light
Glimmering
___ theory
Conception
Song start
Light bulb
Brain work
Fancy this
Hunch, say
Mind flash
Toon light
Brain gain
Cogitation
Brain wave
Brainchild
Head piece?
Inspiration
Head start?
Supposition
Dome light?
Brain child
Patent seed
Mental seed
Patent base
Abstraction
Mind matter
Brain flash
Mental germ
New thought
Significance
Think piece?
Bean sprout?
[Lightbulb!]
Brain popper
Certain germ
Mind product
Spark result
Thesis basis
Think of it!
Unseen flash
I had no __!
Flash, maybe
Song concept
Budding plan
Novel notion
Patent basis
Song thought
Brain output
Mental spark
Mental image
Basic concept
Point of view
Understanding
Bean product?
___ suspicion
Approximation
Block buster?
Fresh thought
The very ---!
Adman's start
Brain matter?
Bright flash?
Cartoon "bulb
Essay's basis
Evernote note
Imagine that!
It has a germ
It may be big
Mental flash.
Noggin output
Noodle nugget
I have an __!
Bright thing?
Cranial bulb?
Cranial flash
Patent's germ
Personal view
Brain product
Noggin nugget
Brainy output
Novel thought
Creative germ
Piece of mind?
Mental picture
Plan of action
Sudden thought
Aha!" elicitor
That's the ___
The very thing
There's an ___
Brainy product
Coconut yield?
Cortex product
Edison product
Fancy; inkling
Flash of sorts
Germ's future?
Invention germ
Mental glimmer
Noodle filler?
Noodle output?
Rough estimate
Thinker's goal
Eureka!" cause
Flash, perhaps
Just a thought
Noodle product
Cerebral spark
Invention seed
Mental concept
Patent genesis
Theory's start
Think about it
Creative start
Creative input
Clever thought
It's a thought
Creative flash
Bright thought
Creative spark
Group of troops
Creative output
It may be fixed
Fanciful notion
What's the ---?
Personal belief
I've got an __!
Bit of planning
Brain formation
Creative morsel
Designer's need
Invention start
It can be fixed
Patent preceder
Plan for action
Project starter
Song light bulb
Spark, of sorts
Start of a plot
Thinking output
Whence a patent
Comic lightbulb
Coconut product
Project's basis
Brainy creation
Seed for a plot
The very notion
Creative nugget
Start of a plan
Cerebral output
Mental creation
Inventor's germ
Inventor's need
Creative notion
Original thought
I have no _____!
Anagram for aide
Bean concoction?
Brain production
Form an image of
Germ for a novel
Germ of a patent
Innovator's seed
Intangible spark
Invention's germ
Just think of it
Original concept
Seed for a lyric
Start of a novel
TED Talk subject
Think tank topic
Head light bulb?
Imaginative plan
Mental invention
Nearly colorless
Patent's genesis
Thinker's reward
Clueless, no ...
Future invention
Inventor's basis
Inventor's forte
Brain's creation
It may be bright
Bit of brainwork
Inventor's start
Thinker's output
Inventor's flash
Creative concept
It comes to mind
Inventor's spark
Creative thought
Inventive thought
Think tank output
It's in your head
Brilliant thought
''The very'' item
Aha moment" cause
Eureka!" elicitor
Eureka!" inspirer
Here's an ___ ...
Brain's offspring
Cartoon lightbulb
Exclamation point
Fully-grown germ?
Genesis of a plan
Germ for a patent
Invention starter
Invention's basis
Inventive concept
It might be crazy
It's in your mind
Lightbulb source?
Lightbulbin toons
Mental glimmering
Noodle concoction
Prelude to a plot
Something hatched
Start of a patent
Start of a theory
Think tank matter
Thinker's thought
Thinktank product
Visionary's spark
It may be seminal
Strip light bulb?
Vague impression.
Bit of creativity
Brainstorming bit
Cerebral creation
Invention genesis
Mental concoction
Innovator's spark
Object of thought
Invention impetus
Possible solution
Brainstorm result
Think-tank nugget
Mental conception
Mental impression
Sneaking suspicion
Birth of a notion?
Think tank product
It comes to a head
Brainstorming goal
Ah-ha" predecessor
Why, the very ---!
Brain trust's goal
Brainy inspiration
Bulb in a balloon?
Cogitator's reward
Comic's light bulb
Cranial concoction
Creative formation
Formulated thought
General impression
Innovation's basis
Invention preceder
Inventor's thought
Light-bulb lighter
Matter of the mind
Musical conception
Orson: "Bright ___
Productive thought
Seed of innovation
Spitballing result
Start of creation?
Thought sometimes
Unpatentable thing
Basis for a patent
Gray matter matter
Patent predecessor
Potential solution
Spark, so to speak
Invention's origin
Inventor's inkling
It might be bright
Start of a project
Gray matter output
Cartoon light bulb
What comes to mind
Bit of inspiration
Mental inspiration
Think tank's quest
Mental block buster
Piece of one's mind
That's a great ___!
Whose ___ was this?
1968 Bee Gees album
Child of invention?
Cogitation creation
Embryonic invention
Genesis of a patent
Germ for a TV pitch
Gray matter product
Imaginative thought
Gray cells' product
Innovation's origin
Internal impression
Invention necessity
It might be radical
Light in the attic?
Lightbulb in toons
Prelude to a patent
Producer suggestion
Sudden inspiration?
Theorem or noumenon
Think-tank creation
Think-tank offering
Imagination product
Inspirational flash
It can come to mind
It's just a thought
Musical inspiration
Patent prerequisite
Beginning of a plan
Big or bright thing
Creative suggestion
Imaginative concept
Invention inception
Trial balloon, e.g.
Flash of brilliance
It may come to mind
Entrepreneur's need
Start of a solution
Invention beginning
Flash of inspiration
Creative inspiration
''You have no ___!''
'What's the big --?'
Aha moment" producer
Now there's an ___!'
The _____!" (hmmph!)
An attitude of mind.
Author's inspiration
Bee Gees album title
Brain trust offering
Creative one's spark
Entrepreneur's spark
Flash of genius, say
Germ of an invention
Intellection product
Inventor's incentive
Inventor's specialty
Musical mental flash
Result of ruminating
Something thought up
Spark of inspiration
The thinker's reward
No ___" ("Beats me")
Brainstormer's spark
Creative springboard
Gray-matter creation
It can be half-baked
Overhead light bulb?
Phrontistery product
Seed of an invention
Skull session result
Skull-session nugget
Cerebral achievement
Writer's block ender
Inventor's "step one
Content of cognition
Entrepreneur's start
Result of cogitating
What's on your mind?
Brainstorming output
Brainstorming result
Lightbulb, in comics
It may be half-baked
Start of an invention
It's all in your head
It may come to a head
It's all in your mind
You got a better ___?
A must for an author.
Big Time Rush "No ___
Brilliant think piece
Cerebral end-product.
Comic strip lightbulb
Comic-book light bulb
Creative mental spark
Crossword inspiration
Founder's inspiration
Have no ____: baffled
Innovator's necessity
Inspirational thought
Invention's beginning
It can come to a head
It pops into the head
It's out of your mind
Light bulb, to a toon
On-bulb, symbolically
Plan not yet on paper
Product of cogitation
Product of reflection
Reason to shout "Aha!
Skull session product
Something to think up
Think tank's creation
What you may think of
Writer's block buster
That's the general __
Birth of an invention
Creative contribution
Invention inspiration
Inventor's brainchild
Inventor's "lightbulb
It starts with a germ
Sudden bright thought
Brainstorming product
Invention's inception
Inventor's first step
Prelude to a solution
What may come to mind
Germ for an invention
Basis of an invention
Asset for an inventor
Light bulb, in comics
What if . . ." thought
What's the bright ___?
Brainstormer's pursuit
Brainstorming creation
Contemplation creation
Flash in the brainpan?
Inventor's "light bulb
It comes from the head
It may be just a hunch
It might be half-baked
It starts in your head
It's just in your head
It's out of one's mind
Madison Avenue product
Necessity for a patent
Now there's a thought!
Planning session input
Popper into one's head
Product of imagination
Something on your mind
The germ of a project.
What a germ can become
I haven't the foggiest
I've got it!" elicitor
Brain-picker's pursuit
Embryo of an invention
Creator's sine qua non
Inventor's springboard
It may be preconceived
Light bulb, in a strip
Skull session offering
What a germ may become
Writer's block breaker
Comic-strip light bulb
Inventor's inspiration
Start of something big?
The mother of invention
No ___" ("I'm stumped")
The very ___!" (hmmph!)
A result of cerebration
Bright brain concoction
Creative process output
Cure for writer's block
Google Keep note, often
It begins at conception
It may lead to a patent
It might be harebrained
Metaphorical light bulb
One may get carried out
Planning session nugget
Problem solver, perhaps
Product of cerebration.
Puzzlemaker's beginning
Starting point, perhaps
Cartoonist's light bulb
Innovator's inspiration
It may be bright or big
Lightbulb, figuratively
Result of brainstorming
Light bulb, in cartoons
It may be big or bright
Creative starting point
Don't get the wrong ___
Prelude to an invention
Genesis of an invention
No ___" ("Don't ask me")
Shark Tank" presentation
Birth of a plan, perhaps
Innovator's breakthrough
It may be a great notion
It may come from nowhere
One may be big or bright
Planning session product
Problem solver, at times
Word after big or bright
Bright Mike Gordon song?
It comes before a patent
Its icon is a light bulb
Light bulb, figuratively
Light bulb, symbolically
Potential problem-solver
Step one of an invention
The thought that counts?
Sneaking suspicion, e.g.
Something to think about
It precedes an invention
Potential dilemma solver
It's formed in your head
Hey, what's the big ___?!
Brainstorm session output
Breaker of writer's block
Discussion starting point
Dry ___ (deodorant brand)
Inspiration for an author
It might just come to you
Mental block breakthrough
Musical think tank nugget
Sudden mental inspiration
Thing leading to a patent
Good piece of one's mind?
It may pop into your head
It's formed in one's head
Planning session offering
The light bulb, to Edison
The start of an invention
Breaker of a mental block
It may be fixed or bright
Asset for an entrepreneur
It may be bright or novel
Light bulb, in the comics
Aftermath of a brainstorm
Inventor's starting point
Do you have a better ____?
Hey, that gives me an ___!
Hey, that's not a bad ___!
Say, that gives me an ___!
Say, that's not a bad ___!
A thinker may think of one
Cause of an ''aha'' moment
Entrepreneur's inspiration
It could just come to mind
It's a thought that counts
Light bulb, in the funnies
Lightbulb in a comic strip
Lightbulb, in comic strips
The origin of an invention
What a germ might initiate
What a light bulb may mean
Good ___!" ("Smart move!")
Whose bright ___ was this?
Brainstorming contribution
Light bulb, metaphorically
Product of the imagination
Whose bright ___ was that?
One may be lost in thought
Matter for the gray matter
The embryo of an invention
___ man (game-show creator)
I just had a brilliant ___!
A good one may come to mind
Bright one from gray matter
Brilliant, creative thought
Cause for shouting "Eureka!
First step towards a patent
Inventor's brilliant notion
Inventor's creative thought
It might pop into your head
Item in a writer's notebook
One may stop a mental block
Orson "Here's my bright ___
Patent preceder, presumably
Result of cerebral activity
Springboard for an inventor
It might be right or bright
Light bulb, in comic strips
Reason to shout ''Eureka!''
Start of a brilliant scheme
Vandals "An ___ for a Movie
What a lightbulb symbolizes
It might make you say "Aha!
Writer's block breakthrough
I haven't the slightest ___!
A lightbulb can represent it
Crossword constructor's germ
Crossword constructor's hope
Immediate object of thought.
Inventor's or author's quest
Light bulb, in a comic strip
Reason for shouting "Eureka!
Result of some brainstorming
What a light bulb symbolizes
What an inventor starts with
What's on your mind, perhaps
Flash of brilliance, perhaps
It can be big or harebrained
Something that comes to mind
It might come out of nowhere
Brainstorming session result
Bright" thing from one's mind
I have no ___!" ("Beats me!")
Cartoon light bulb indication
Dave Matthews "The ___ of You
Entrepreneur's starting point
It can be bounced off someone
Kickstarter project's genesis
Light bulb's symbolic meaning
OK Go "A Good ___ at the Time
One that's out of one's head?
The chief end in view: Slang.
What a light bulb may signify
Good ___!" ("Nice thinking!")
You may bounce it off someone
Bright thing from gray matter
Word with ''big'' or ''good''
It may be bounced off someone
Object of a brilliant thought
Result of cogitating, perhaps
It can be good, bad or bright
Good ___!" ("Great thinking!")
I had no ___!" ("News to me!")
Brilliant flash of inspiration
Something that comes to a head
Lightbulb's meaning, sometimes
Light bulb for Wile E. Coyote?
I've just had a brilliant ___!
A good one is often carried out
Bright thing that comes to mind
Germ for a Madison Ave. product
Good thing to have at a meeting
It could be a very good thought
It's better than a mere thought
One may accompany a finger snap
Start of something big, perhaps
It's symbolized by a light bulb
Result of cogitating, sometimes
Start of something big, usually
Starting point for an invention
You might bounce it off someone
Features "The ___ of Growing Old
Mount ___ (Crete's highest peak)
Something that can't be patented
Genesis of many great inventions
Light bulb, to Edison and comics
Bad ___ Jeans" (classic SNL skit)
Ford had a better one, in old ads
It may be thrown out at a meeting
Possible outcome of a brown study
Result of brainstorming, at times
I have no ___!" ("Don't ask me!")
What a light bulb might symbolize
Result of a brainstorming session
I had no ___!" ("You're kidding!")
Product of a picked brain, perhaps
Stars : pain :: light bulb : _____
The very beginning of an invention
Word exclaimed after "no" or "good
It can be big, bright, good or bad
Some punk's ___ of a teenage nation
''The very ___!'' (''What nerve!'')
'68 Bee Gees album they thought of?
That's the ___!" ("Good thinking!")
Concept represented by a light bulb
It might begin with a "What if ...?
One might arrive with a finger snap
Randy Newman song that came to him?
What a comics light bulb symbolizes
I had no ___!" ("What a surprise!")
Brainstorm found in the long answers
Something talked about in a TED talk
What a cartoon light bulb represents
What a think tank might come up with
What all great inventions begin with
Something a think tank comes up with
Something that might come to a head?
That's a great ___!" ("Let's do it!")
A finger in the air might connote one
One could eventually lead to a patent
Overhead exclamation point, in comics
People see it when the lights turn on
What a light bulb sometimes signifies
Do you have any ___ what you've done?
Mike Gordon song a light went off for?
One may be called bright when it isn't
What a comic strip lightbulb indicates
What a light bulb symbolizes in comics
Black cloud : anger :: light bulb : __
Result of a brilliant thought, perhaps
It might come off the top of your head
Possibly half-baked noodle concoction?
It's like a pop-up ad but in your brain
Light bulb's signification, in cartoons
What a light bulb indicates in cartoons
What a raised index finger may indicate
. . . an ___ whose time has come": Hugo
That's a terrible ___!" ("Don't do it!")
What a comic-strip light bulb represents
What a cartoon light bulb might represent
''It seemed like a good ___ at the time!''
Thought hidden in eight long puzzle answers
I've got absolutely no ___" ("I'm clueless")
Darkness "Seemed Like a Good ___ at the Time
What a light bulb symbolizes in comic strips
Leonard Cohen might come up with an "Old" one
LCD Soundsystem might come up with a "Big" one
Light bulb's symbolic meaning, in comic strips
It's represented by a light bulb in comic strips
What a light bulb over someone's head symbolizes
For poetry the ___ is everything": Matthew Arnold
It's often symbolized by a lightbulb, in the comics
An __ is salvation by imagination": Frank Lloyd Wright
Drawing is putting a line round an ___": Henri Matisse
What's the big ___?" ("What do you think you're doing?")
Paris is always a good ___" (line from the film "Sabrina")
Thing often symbolized by a light bulb over someone's head
It's represented in cartoons by a light bulb over someone's head
Stealing the Declaration of Independence is an example of a terrible one
If at first, the ___ is not absurd, then there is no hope for it": Einstein
I should make a crossword puzzle for BuzzFeed today!" was one of my classic ones
Incandescent light bulb depiction (because I have yet to see a CFL bulb depict one)
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