The Clue
Lamb product (4 letter answer)
The Answer
TALE
Tags
Notes
The answer TALE is seen frequently, appearing about once every 60 puzzles.
Related Clues
Account
Falsehood
Legend
Narrative
Saga
Story
Whopper
"The Winter's ___"
___ of woe
Yarn
Anagram for teal
Apologue, e.g.
Asimov product
Ballad, often
Bit of gossip
Chaucer product
Chaucerian form
Chaucer's "The Miller's ___"
Fisherman's offering?
Fisherman's relation?
It's related
Libelous account
A likely story
Malamud product
"Peter Rabbit," for one
Raconteur's offering
Recitation by Scheherazade
Sailor's tall one
Something to spin
Something spun
Suspicious story
Tall story
Tattle tail
" . . . a ___ told by an idiot . . . "
Yarn that is spun
"The Gift of the Magi," e.g.
It's hard to believe
Output from Washington Irving
Two cities' story
It's tall when exaggerated
A fisherman might bring back a big one
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?"