The Clue
Chaucer piece (4 letter answer)
The Answer
TALE
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Notes
The answer TALE is seen frequently, appearing about once every 60 puzzles.
Related Clues
Account
Anecdote
Conte
Falsehood
Märchen
Myth
Narrative
Saga
Spellbinder
Story
Whopper
Yarn
Apologue, e.g.
Big lie
Chaucer product
Fisherman's relation?
Hawthorne product
Hoffmann product
Lie, perhaps
A likely story
Recitation by Scheherazade
Sailor's tall one
Scheherazade specialty
Something to spin
Tall story
Tall writing?
Woolly yarn
Writing of Chaucer
Woven piece
Any Poe story
"The Gift of the Magi," e.g.
Hard-to-believe story
It's hard to believe
Output from Washington Irving
Something that's related
Something that's spun
Wife of Bath's offering
It's tall when exaggerated
It may be spun at sea
Definition
TALE as a noun:
1. (narrative, narration, story, tale) = a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program; "his narrative was interesting"; "Disney's stories entertain adults as well as children"
2. (fib, story, tale, tarradiddle, taradiddle) = a trivial lie; "he told a fib about eating his spinach"; "how can I stop my child from telling stories?"