I'll just comment on one aspect - you'll likely have to redefine "clean".
When eating more than enough to get all your nutrients in, you may need to eat "unclean" (whatever that means to you) to get enough calories in.

Obviously if 3 oreos makes you eat the whole bag with no self-control, work on that quality before bringing oreos back in house.
Otherwise, sometimes a known planned daily goodie makes it easy to wait until tomorrow because you know you'll get another.

If you lower carbs, you'll have to raise fat.

But it may also be that you meal/snack balance is off, and you need to have good ratio of macros in every meal/snack.
May even have to eat the protein and fat before the carbs to slow down digestion and insulin response.

Could it be that the TDEE is actually a tad higher than you think, therefore the cut level is just enough for body to crave as it should, but not high enough to satisfy but still lose weight?

From personal experience on that one, I get same effect if I'm not exercising enough.

Many years ago I had to make sure carbs were last, that's not so bad now, as long as there is fat and protein with it. The long drawn out lunch for instance fails if done in wrong order. So munch it all down in reasonable time is my normal attempt.

Some even find benefit to watching the glycemic index of the carbs, even when eaten last and in good ratio's - that's the pre-diabetic effect.

All those effects can be improved for many at least with good exercise. May not even be a problem down the road for you.

My macros are 45% fats 35% carbs 20% protein.This would still be considered low carb.I notice my performance has been awesome and yesterday I ate over 2700 calories and still drop on the scale.Yes I eat carbs bit I alsontrack them but even though I follow these macros I'm still low carb you can friend request me