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The Clue

It may be spun (4 letter answer)

The Answer

TALE

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Notes

The answer TALE is seen frequently, appearing about once every 60 puzzles.

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Story
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"A Winter's ___"
"The Winter's ___"
___ of woe
Yarn
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Doubtful story
Fable, e.g.
Fibber's forte
Fisherman's offering?
Hawthorne creation
Lie, perhaps
O'Flaherty product
"Peter Rabbit," for one
Poe specialty
Raconteur's offering
Raconteur's specialty
Related thing
Sailor's tall one
Scheherazade offering
Scheherazade specialty
Scheherazade's lifesaver
Something to spin
Something spun
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Suspicious story
Tall writing?
" . . . a ___ told by an idiot . . . "
Welty product
A fisherman may spin one
Hard-to-believe story
It's hard to believe
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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?"