Nonliteral phrases Crossword Clue

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Here is the answer for the crossword clue Nonliteral phrases last seen in Newsday puzzle. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 6 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is IDIOMS.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% IDIOMS Nonliteral phrases (6) Newsday Mar 9, 2025
45% IDIOM Nonliteral phrase (5) USA Today Mar 29, 2021
22% FIGUREOFSPEECH Nonliteral phrase ... or, in another sense, a hint to 19-, 30- or 38-Across (14) Universal Sep 21, 2023
3% RIFF Jazz phrase (4) Eugene Sheffer Sep 3, 2025
2% ASTOLDTO Phrase before a memoir co-author (8) Premier Sunday Oct 5, 2025
2% EIS "___ for elephant" (speller's phrase): 2 wds. (3)
2% MINDIFISMOKE Punny phrase on a pitmaster's apron, perhaps (12) USA Today Sep 29, 2025
2% TRITE Like the phrase "It's always darkest before the dawn" (5) The Atlantic Sep 28, 2025
2% ASIN Spelling-out phrase (4) Eugene Sheffer Sep 23, 2025
2% ITISWHATITIS Phrase akin to "C'est la vie" (12) USA Today Sep 21, 2025

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