Crossword Clues

Figure of speech Crossword Clue

Last seen: The New York Times, 04 Apr 2023

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TROPE
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Love triangle, e.gCrossword Clue
Movie or TV clicheCrossword Clue
Recurrent motifCrossword Clue
Meet cute in a rom-com, e.gCrossword Clue
Enemies to lovers, e.gCrossword Clue
Familiar cliché in storytelling, like "the love triangle" or "the girl next door"Crossword Clue
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Figure of speech from Hamlet’s closing lineCrossword Clue
A car that won't start is a common one in horror filmsCrossword Clue
Movie clicheCrossword Clue

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METAPHOR
8 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Figure of speech (sometimes mixed)Crossword Clue
Spoon theory, for exampleCrossword Clue
Came across a figure of speech - this one?Crossword Clue
Figure of speech thats upset mother, about father retiringCrossword Clue
Satisfied a number picked up analogyCrossword Clue
Franklin’s “A good conscience is a continual Christmas,” e.gCrossword Clue
Nerves of steel, e.gCrossword Clue
Bumped into Harpo transformed as a figure of speechCrossword Clue
Something that shouldn't be mixedCrossword Clue
A figure of speech matched a figure of speechCrossword Clue

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IDIOM
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
"Have a cow" or "hold your horses"Crossword Clue
ExpressionCrossword Clue
"A blessing in disguise," e.gCrossword Clue
Translating challengeCrossword Clue
Challenge for a translator, perhapsCrossword Clue
"Let the cat out of the bag," e.gCrossword Clue
"So far, so good," for oneCrossword Clue
"Pig in a poke" or "ducks in a row"Crossword Clue
Never say never, sayCrossword Clue
Challenge for a translator, maybeCrossword Clue

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SIMILE
6 Letters
9 RELATED CLUES
Figure of speech with "like" or "as"Crossword Clue
Comparison I show amusement aboutCrossword Clue
Colorful analogy, perhapsCrossword Clue
"Free as a bird," for exampleCrossword Clue
"Cool as a cucumber," for exampleCrossword Clue
One putting on happy expression in comparisonCrossword Clue
Figure of speech based on comparisonsCrossword Clue
"Snug as a bug in a rug," e.gCrossword Clue
Figure of speech is back by not a small distance?Crossword Clue

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DEVICE
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Word after "mnemonic" or "electronic"Crossword Clue
Central part of idea by deputy for contrivanceCrossword Clue
Smartphone, e.gCrossword Clue
Plan six hundred Scottish river bridgesCrossword Clue
Remove frost around head of vital instrumentCrossword Clue
ApplianceCrossword Clue
Instrument of French iniquityCrossword Clue
Plan reflects reporters shortcomingCrossword Clue
Plan to cut work by half - its a crimeCrossword Clue
ContrivanceCrossword Clue

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IMAGE
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Publicist's focusCrossword Clue
Public perceptionCrossword Clue
Photograph, e.gCrossword Clue
One might be saved as a JPEG fileCrossword Clue
Public relations concernCrossword Clue
PersonaCrossword Clue
Public relations focusCrossword Clue
PictureCrossword Clue
Icon, e.gCrossword Clue
JPEG fileCrossword Clue

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IRONY
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
"Dramatic" literary deviceCrossword Clue
A fire station burning down, e.gCrossword Clue
Someone yelling "Keep your voice down!," e.gCrossword Clue
It might be verbal, dramatic or situationalCrossword Clue
Dolly Parton losing a Dolly Parton lookalike contest, e.gCrossword Clue
Press and why it doesn't usually mean what it saysCrossword Clue
"___ is wasted on the stupid": Oscar WildeCrossword Clue
Literary twistCrossword Clue
"Honesty with the volume cranked up," per George SaundersCrossword Clue
Swift specialtyCrossword Clue

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ORATOR
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Powerful public speakerCrossword Clue
Skillful speakerCrossword Clue
Two men going round for deliverer with addressCrossword Clue
Clay, e.gCrossword Clue
RhetoricianCrossword Clue
Skilled speakerCrossword Clue
Delivery specialist?Crossword Clue
Eloquent speakerCrossword Clue
Speaker absorbed by Chancellor, a Tory?Crossword Clue
Sojourner Truth or Frances HarperCrossword Clue

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OXYMORON
8 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
"Old news" or "original copy"Crossword Clue
Stupid contradiction of love kiss planted on celebritys rear end and titCrossword Clue
Love and sex play, finally, with an idiot? Idiot savant, perhapsCrossword Clue
Deafening silence, perhaps, after Oscar axes dunceCrossword Clue
Unbiased opinion, e.gCrossword Clue
Oscar coordinates fools original copy?Crossword Clue
A juxtaposition of contradictory terms; "military intelligence" for exampleCrossword Clue
'Deafening silence', for example — or on my ox (anag)Crossword Clue
Neat conclusion to Motley Fool, a figure of speechCrossword Clue
Contradictory figure of speechCrossword Clue

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ZEUGMA
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Literary device linking two unrelated termsCrossword Clue
Even parts of quiz game developed this figureCrossword Clue
Heras husband cut short good mother in a forum and a frenzy, perhapsCrossword Clue
Greek god acquiring good mother for son? An interesting choice of wordsCrossword Clue
Figure of speech exemplified by "You held your breath and the door for me"Crossword Clue
Amazing use, perhaps odd, as in irrelevant figure of speechCrossword Clue
Rhetorical device exemplified by the Daft Punk lyric "Let's raise the bar/And our cups to the stars"Crossword Clue
Poetic term for what the Rolling Stones lyric "she blew my nose and then she blew my mind" containsCrossword Clue
Regular contributors to quiz game developed figure of speechCrossword Clue
Clever word play wherein Azed endlessly plays with mugCrossword Clue

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HENDIADYS
9 Letters
2 RELATED CLUES
Sidney had curled up nice and warm, maybeCrossword Clue
Sidney had curled up nice and warm, maybeCrossword Clue

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LITOTES
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Bit of rhetoric from student, one wholly using modern language?Crossword Clue
Figure of speech child found in stories — that's an understatementCrossword Clue
Small amount of drink mopped up by a tissue, falsely? That's an understatementCrossword Clue
It downplays setter getting eaten by 50 bearsCrossword Clue
It downplays setter getting eaten by 50 bearsCrossword Clue
Tall stories after consuming drink? Thats an understatementCrossword Clue
Toilets are shabby? Its an understatementCrossword Clue
Untidy toilets? Thats some understatement!Crossword Clue
Kid in stories not exactly well-behaved, for exampleCrossword Clue
Child tucking into pork pies not the smallest, for exampleCrossword Clue

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TROUPE
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Moving company?Crossword Clue
Group of mimes, maybeCrossword Clue
Group of touring performersCrossword Clue
Performing companyCrossword Clue
Group that plays aroundCrossword Clue
Band tore up school lettersCrossword Clue
Work with characters set apart in authentic companyCrossword Clue
Traveling companyCrossword Clue
Company or body of soldiers, from what we hearCrossword Clue
"Actors playing ""Our Pet"" "Crossword Clue

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ANAPHORA
8 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
In speech girl favouring a rhetorical deviceCrossword Clue
Repetition of words at the starts of successive phrases, in rhetoricCrossword Clue
One down - hard, or a deliberate repetition of a word?Crossword Clue
A short sleep at hotel, or before a part of the EucharistCrossword Clue
Poet's repetition for effectCrossword Clue
A rewrite of "Mary Had a Little Lamb" using ___: "A lamb quite little, Mary had / A lamb, fleece white as snow"Crossword Clue
Rhetorical device like "this earth, this realm, this England"Crossword Clue
Rhetorical device like "this earth, this realm, this England"Crossword Clue
Repetition of a word at the start of successive sentencesCrossword Clue
Word repetitionCrossword Clue

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ANTIMETABOLE
12 Letters

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TELEPORT
8 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Move in a flash, hypotheticallyCrossword Clue
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Move a person instantly in dematerialised form from one place to anotherCrossword Clue
Beam up, e.gCrossword Clue
The Tube left to go by cerebration?Crossword Clue
Box left to transport in the futureCrossword Clue
Box left to transport in the futureCrossword Clue
Travel sci-fi styleCrossword Clue
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Move by dematerialising and re-assembling — repel tot (anag)Crossword Clue

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METONYM
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
"Hollywood" vis-à-vis the film industry, e.gCrossword Clue
"The White House" vis-à-vis the executive branch of government, e.gCrossword Clue
Reductive substitution English man used in mass mediumCrossword Clue
Cruise around state east of Maine - theres another word for itCrossword Clue
Cruise around state east of Maine — there's another word for itCrossword Clue
Broadway, for the theater industryCrossword Clue
"The press," for "reporters," e.gCrossword Clue
"The press," for "reporters," e.gCrossword Clue
"The White House," for "the presidency," e.gCrossword Clue
"The White House," for "the presidency," e.gCrossword Clue

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CHIASMUS
8 Letters
1 RELATED CLUES
Mate with no new problems rebutted contrasting rhetoricCrossword Clue

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