Smooching on a park bench, e.g., for short Crossword Clue

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Smooching on a park bench, e.g., for short Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. a lightweight consumer electronic device that looks like a hand-held computer but instead performs specific tasks; can serve as a diary or a personal database or a telephone or an alarm clock etc.

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

SMOOCHING (noun)
1. affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs)
BENCH (noun)
1. persons who administer justice
2. a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below)
BENCH (verb)
1. exhibit on a bench
2. take out of a game; of players

Hint 3: Anagram

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