___-cute (rom-com trope) Crossword Clue

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___-cute (rom-com trope) Crossword Answer

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(verb)
1. contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
2. experience as a reaction
(noun)
1. a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held
(adjective)
1. being precisely fitting and right

Hint 2: Clue Definition

TROPE (noun)
1. language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense

Hint 3: Anagram

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More Universal Crossword (12/21/2025) Answers

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24. Insult

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43. Hall and Oates hit that warned "Watch out, boy, she'll chew you up"

45. Phrase that invites nays

47. 1 of 100 in D.C.

48. ___-cone

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54. Lymph ___

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Down

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