Literary Anticlimax Crossword Clue

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	noun • triteness or triviality of style • insincere pathos • a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one
	36%	8		Comedic anticlimax
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	36%	8		A letdown or anticlimax
	noun • The act of flaming out or burning out; extinguishing. • The act of quitting or failing, especially due to overwork or in a dramatic manner. • The sudden extinguishing of the flame of a burner (due to obstruction of fuel)

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	Clue	Source
1	Anticlimax
2	Anticlimax
3	Anticlimax coming back to earth? The Guardian Cryptic - 19 Oct 2001	The Guardian Cryptic / 19 Oct 2001
4	City, very large, giving a sense of anticlimax The Guardian Cryptic - 18 Feb 2005	The Guardian Cryptic / 18 Feb 2005
5	From the Greek for “depth” and introduced in its literary sense by Alexander Pope, an anticlimax or ludicrous descent from the sublime to the ridiculous in speech/writing Telegraph Giant General Knowledge - 13 May 2023	Telegraph Giant General Knowledge / 13 May 2023
6	Trite anticlimax The Guardian Quick - 29 Mar 2019	The Guardian Quick / 29 Mar 2019
7	Tubs in which love's an anticlimax The Guardian Cryptic - 05 Oct 2004	The Guardian Cryptic / 05 Oct 2004

Anticlimax
Sentimentality
Mush or gush
Insincere sentimentality
City planners can be a letdown
Anticlimax in city at love on first sight!
Tubs in which love's an anticlimax
City, very large, giving a sense of anticlimax
Anticlimax by unintentional shift from the sublime to the trivial

Spa city's huge feeling of anticlimax
Trite anticlimax
Crazy house internally a big let-down
Transition from the sublime to the ridiculous
From the Greek for “depth” and introduced in its literary sense by Alexander Pope, an anticlimax or ludicrous descent from the sublime to the ridiculous in speech/writing
Change from the sublime to the ridiculous?
Disappointment hit home, leaving yours truly a little sad
Ludicrous descent from the elevated to the banal
Anticlimactic change in tone

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