Answer to "Overused plot device" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word CLICHE , but the solution may also be TROPE which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in LA Times).

Overused plot device crossword clue answers

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

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
CLICHE	50 %	6
TROPE	50 %	5

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

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

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

Crossword Answer definitions

CLICHE noun

1. Something, most often a phrase or expression, that is overused or used outside its original context, so that its original impact and meaning are lost. A trite saying; a platitude.
2. A stereotype (printing plate).

CLICHE verb

1. To use a cliché; to make up a word or a name that sounds like a cliché.

More crossword clues leading to the same solutions

Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution

More clues leading to the result CLICHE

• Overworked phrase
• Stale saying
• Platitude
• "Back to the salt mines," for one
• Overused idea
• Trite expression
• Bromide
• Hackneyed
• Bit of predictable prose
• It's overused

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