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99% | 9 | Exact Match! | ||||||
noun • a fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe) | ||||||||
22% | 13 | As work plan is flexible, completion of plan maintained? | ||||||
noun • C. Northcote Parkinson's cynical observation that work will expand so as to fill the time available for its completion • C. Northcote Parkinson's cynical observation that the number of subordinates in an organization will increase linearly regardless of the amount of work to be done | ||||||||
20% | 11 | Unconventional text in sonnet not entirely fanciful | ||||||
adjective • not having existence or being or actuality | ||||||||
Fanciful Or Impossible Plan Crossword Clue
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PIPEDREAM which was last seen in the The Guardian Quick crossword.
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PIPEDREAM
Updated: October 13, 2023
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