Answer to "Familiar plot device" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word TROPE which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2024.

Familiar plot device crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
TROPE	100 %	5

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Familiar plot device

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• twist
• hoe
• irony
• revenge
• amnesia
• deathtrap
• machination
• stratagem
• trap
• kidnap
• macguffin
• quest

Crossword Answer definitions

TROPE noun

1. Something recurring across a genre or type of art or literature, such as the ‘mad scientist’ of horror movies or the use of the phrase ‘once upon a time’ as an introduction to fairy tales; a motif.
2. A figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning, such as a metaphor.
3. Mathematical senses.
4. Musical senses.
5. Philosophical senses.

TROPE verb

1. To use, or embellish something with, a trope.
2. Senses relating chiefly to art or literature.
3. To think or write in terms of tropes.

More crossword clues leading to the same solutions

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More clues leading to the result TROPE

• Figure of speech
• Use of a word as an expression
• Figurative use of a word
• Metaphor, e.g.
• Figurative expression
• Metonymy or synecdoche, e.g.
• Irony, e.g.
• Irony, say
• Overused theme
• Irony, for example