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I got out of tracing that complex timeline plan (5,5)

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I believe the answer is:

gantt chart

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'i got out of tracing that complex timeline' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether it can be defined by this definition.

'plan' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'plan' could be 'chart' (charting is a kind of planning) and 'chart' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Another definition for gantt chart that I've seen is " Diagram for production system".)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.
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