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Answer for the clue "Literary device used to address plot inconsistencies ", 6 letters:
retcon

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n. A situation, in a soap opera or similar serial fiction, in which a new storyline explains or changes a previous event or attaches a new significance to it. vb. To employ such a device.

Usage examples of retcon.

His body shimmers into humanity, retconning the pocket universe of the bridge into agreeing that he's been present in primate form all along.