Enter a clue or pattern or both:
The Clue
It may be spun (4 letter answer)
The Answer
TALE
Tags
Notes
The answer TALE is seen frequently, appearing about once every 60 puzzles.
Related Clues
Account
Fib
Lie
Märchen
Narrative
Story
Whopper
"A Winter's ___"
"The Winter's ___"
___ of woe
Yarn
Asimov product
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
Something to weave
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
Poe story, e.g.
Two cities' story
Any "Twilight Zone" episode
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?"