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