| Clue | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 💬🗣️🗯️ | New York Times | 18 Feb 2026 |
| Metaphors for "won" and "too"? (7,2,6) | ||
| Outlines of communication where words are used non-literally for effect | Irish Times Crosaire | 15 Apr 2024 |
| Cliché, irony, etc, the basis for the Budget address? | The Telegraph Toughie | 22 Jan 2021 |
| Metaphors, for instance | Newsday | 03 Sep 2020 |
| They're not literal, and this puzzle's title | ||
| They're not literal, and this puzzle's title | ||
| Commencement-address stats? | ||
| Tropes | ||
| Metaphors, e.g. | ||
| Synecdoches | ||
| Tools of the writer. |