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Overused Plot Device In Soaps Crossword Clue

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noun

• partial or total loss of memory

37%5 A conventional or overused theme, plot, or character
noun

• language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense

37%13Overused plot devices
noun

• uncreativeness due to a lack of originality

• the quality of being unoriginal

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