plan C
plan B
plan A
worst of both worlds
miscarriage
nonsolution
abortion
half-measure
counterplan
that's done it
goat rope
formula
counterproposal
fallback
there's more than one way to skin a cat
fudge
third way
escape fire
on the horns of a dilemma
puzzle
dissolution
mystifier
dissolving
trial and error
cobra effect
puzzler
case-based reasoning
pseudosolution
teaser
overshoot
wave-off
go-around
misplan
champagne problem
underpants gnome
false dilemma
ill-conceived
schemelessness
replan
exnovation
brainstorm
silver bullet
enodation
scrape the bottom of the barrel
alternativity
principle
compound pattern
decipher
optionlessness
cut the Gordian knot
insoluble
solutionlessness
only
elimination
the cure is worse than the disease
resolution
wheeze
contingency plan
Tower of Babel
solving
reasoning by elimination
lateral thinking
fluid intelligence
opportunity cost
dissolve
nostrum
ironically
technical debt
bandage
counterproblem
counterproposition
ameliorated
that dog won't hunt
multialternative
solutionally
approximation
kill two birds with one stone
between a rock and a hard place
let's roll
workaround
constraint
re-solve
ticket
kink
pitch
virtuous circle
hack
afterthought
planulated
resolvable
flag day
God works in mysterious ways
alternative
flat out
fork in the road
put the same shoe on every foot
slash