The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word PLAN , but the solution may also be GINUP which is one of the most recent solution (2020 in New York Times).
Contrive crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PLAN | 16 % | 4 |
| DEVISE | 16 % | 6 |
| BREW | 13 % | 4 |
| HATCH | 9 % | 5 |
| MANAGE | 9 % | 6 |
| PLOT | 6 % | 4 |
| SCHEME | 6 % | 6 |
| WEAVE | 6 % | 5 |
| FRAME | 3 % | 5 |
| COOKUP | 3 % | 6 |
| FIXUP | 3 % | 5 |
| FASHION | 3 % | 7 |
| GINUP | 3 % | 5 |
| ENGINEER | 3 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Contrive
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- devise
- invent
- project
- excogitate
- formulate
- cast
- throw
- design
- plan
- forge
- weave
- conspire
Crossword Answer definitions
PLAN noun- A drawing showing technical details of a building, machine, etc., with unwanted details omitted, and often using symbols rather than detailed drawing to represent doors, valves, etc.
- A set of intended actions, usually mutually related, through which one expects to achieve a goal.
- A two-dimensional drawing of a building as seen from above with obscuring or irrelevant details such as roof removed, or of a floor of a building, revealing the internal layout; as distinct from the elevation.
- A method; a way of procedure; a custom.
- A subscription to a service.
- To design (a building, machine, etc.).
- To create a plan for.
- To intend.
- To make a plan.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result PLAN
- "__ 9 from Outer Space"
- Lay out in advance
- Make arrangements for
- Blueprint
- Make arrangements
- Marshall __
- Outline
- Stratagem
- Strategem
- Work out
More clues leading to the result DEVISE
More clues leading to the result BREW
- Make tea
- Prepare tea
- Make beer
- Batch of homemade beer
- Pub concoction
- Make your own beer
- Pub quaff
- Steep, boil, and ferment
- Cauldron concoction
- "Strange ___" (Bob and Doug McKenzie comedy)
More clues leading to the result HATCH
- Concoct, as a scheme
- Concoct
- Devise
- Mark with shading
- Door in a plane
- Come out of your shell
- Break into the world
- Sub entry
- Concoct, as a plot
- Deck opening
More clues leading to the result MANAGE
- Control the use
- Operate
- Run a squad
- Get by
- Supervise
- Run
- Oversee
- Lead from the dugout
- Do a baseball job
- Run a team
More clues leading to the result PLOT
- Cabal
- Graph
- Novel necessity
- Novel requirement
- Scheme
- 1976 Hitchcock film "Family ____"
- Cook up, in a way
- Story line
- It may thicken
- Piece of land
More clues leading to the result SCHEME
- Devious plot
- Blueprint
- Conspiracy
- Plot
- Business strategy
- Game plan
- Nefarious plan
- Connive
- Ponzi or rhyme follower
- Carefully laid plan
More clues leading to the result WEAVE
- Spin
- Drive recklessly
- Spin a tale
- Fabric pattern
- Make a basket
- Make a basket?
- Move slalom-style
- Bob's partner
- Change lanes erratically
- Use a loom
More clues leading to the result FRAME
- Doublecross
- Chassis
- 1/10th of a string
- Bowling division
- One of ten in bowling
- Skeleton
- Round in bowling
- Set up for a fall
- Supporting structure
- Contextualize
More clues leading to the result COOKUP
More clues leading to the result FIXUP
- Play matchmaker for
- Renovate
- Make repairs to
- Bring together, dating-wise
- Match socially
- Contrive.
- Repair.
- Repair: Colloq.
- Arrange a date for
- Refurbish
More clues leading to the result FASHION
- Style
- Mode
- Symbolic sum of 17-, 22- and 50-Across
- Method
- Runway display
- Shape
- Vogue.
- Contrive.
- ___ show.
- Manner.
More clues leading to the result GINUP
- Generate
- Enliven, so to speak
- Make more exciting, in slang
- Add zip to
- Excite
- Enliven
- Stimulate
- Generate by dubious means
- Contrive
- Enliven, in slang