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20 answers for: Similar-sounding phrase, such as "I scream" for "i...
RANKANSWERCLUE
ORONYMSimilar-sounding phrase, such as "I scream" for "ice cream"
ICECREAMCONEDoes this mean the guards won't let you park outside parlour as I scream for Cohen, say? (3, 5,4)
SHREDDEDWHEATPhrases such as "I bet you can't eat three" promoted this cereal
PUNSTEROne who might say I scream for ice cream? (7)
PLAYONWORDSUse of similar-sounding phrases for effect
ORELSEOminous-sounding phrase
GENDERNEUTRALLike 20-, 28- and 45-Across vis-a-vis the female-sounding phrases they're based on?
ICEI scream, you scream, we all scream for ... cream
SUBJUNCTIVEForm of the verb in a phrase such as 'If I were you' (11)
IDIOMNon-literal phrase such as 'cut the mustard' or 'right as rain'
PALINDROMICRelating to a phrase such as 'Madam I'm Adam' (11)
SLANGCant or jargon, such as that in the cockney rhyming style encompassing phrases such as apples and pears, china plate, mince pies, syrup of figs and treacle tart (5)
MOTTOPhrase such as with a coat of arms
EGGCORNMisheard phrase such as "nerve-wrecking"
MOTIFRecurring phrase, such as the first four notes of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony
IDIOMATICDescribing a phrase such as "forty winks" (9)
ADVERBA modifying word or phrase such as 'fairly' or 'slowly' (6)
ONOMATOPOEIAWhat is the formation of a word or phrase, such as "tick-tock", that phonetically represents what is
PLEONASMUse of more words than are necessary to convey a meaning, as in phrases such as safe haven (8)
TAUTOLOGYUse of redundant wording in phrases such as “opening introduction”