| Flight or floor follower | 24 |
| First word in an Ed Wood title | 30 |
| Drawing-board product | 21 |
| Drawing board product | 21 |
| Draw up a schedule for | 22 |
| Don't wing it | 17 |
| Don't be shortsighted | 25 |
| Do one's homework, so to speak | 34 |
| Cult film "_____ 9 From Outer Space" | 46 |
| Chart out | 9 |
| Caballer's need | 19 |
| Business strategy | 17 |
| Blueprint, say | 14 |
| Blueprint, for example | 22 |
| Bit of strategizing | 19 |
| Be proactive | 12 |
| Arrange, as a vacation | 22 |
| Architectural starting point | 28 |
| Architect's diagram | 23 |
| 401(k), e.g. | 12 |
| "The man with the ---" | 32 |
| "Make a new ___, Stan" (Paul Simon lyric) | 51 |
| "Here's the ___" | 30 |
| "A Simple ---" (1998) | 31 |
| "___ 9 From Outer Space" | 34 |
| ____ of attack | 14 |
| ____ ahead! | 11 |
| Primary strategy | 16 |
| Preferred course of action | 26 |
| First course of action | 22 |
| Preferred option | 16 |
| Initial strategy | 16 |
| First strategy choice | 21 |
| First strategy | 14 |
| First course? | 13 |
| Starting strategy | 17 |
| Primary stratagem | 17 |
| Primary course | 14 |
| Preferred way to proceed | 24 |
| Preferred course | 16 |
| Original scheme | 15 |
| Level ground, in Spain | 22 |
| It's often backed up | 24 |
| Flat surfaces of the skull | 26 |
| First option | 12 |
| Favored course | 14 |
| Course to start with | 20 |
| Backup strategy | 15 |
| Secondary strategy | 18 |
| Fallback strategy | 17 |
| Fallback option | 15 |
| Backup procedure | 16 |
| Alternate tactic | 16 |
| Alternative if things don't work out | 40 |
| Try this if things don't work out | 37 |
| Second choice | 13 |
| Back-up strategy | 16 |
| Alternative strategy | 20 |
| Alternate strategy | 18 |
| What to try when the first attempt fails | 40 |
| What to try next | 16 |
| Something to resort to | 22 |
| Second course? | 14 |
| Scheme one might resort to | 26 |
| Post-hook-up drug | 17 |
| Over-the-counter emergency contraceptive | 40 |
| Morning-after pill name | 23 |
| Just-in-case strategy | 21 |
| If-all-goes-wrong-the-first-time scheme | 39 |
| Fallback scheme | 15 |
| Fallback idea | 13 |
| Fall-back strategy | 18 |
| Emergency strategy | 18 |
| Contingency strategy | 20 |
| Contingency arrangement | 23 |
| Certain emergency backup | 24 |
| Bounce-back strategy | 20 |
| Backup option | 13 |
| Back-up contingency | 19 |
| Alternative strategy if things don't work out | 49 |
| Alternative if things go wrong | 30 |
| Alternative course of action | 28 |
| Alternative course | 18 |
| 2nd choice British rapper? | 26 |
| "If at first you don't succeed" course of action | 62 |
| Backups | 7 |
| Quantum theory pioneer Max | 26 |
| German physics Nobelist | 23 |
| Quantum theorist Max | 20 |
| Physicist who made constant calculations? | 41 |
| Nobel Prize physicist from Germany | 34 |
| Max of physics | 14 |
| 1918 Physics Nobelist | 21 |
| Kind of geometry | 16 |
| Make even | 9 |
| Wood-shaving tool | 17 |
| Wood shaver | 11 |
| Sycamore | 8 |
| Sycamore, e.g. | 14 |
| One might do some banking | 25 |