The Clue
"Paradise Lost,' for one (4 letter answer)
The Answer
EPIC
Tags
Notes
The answer EPIC is very common and appears about once every 46 puzzles.
Related Clues
"Beowulf" is one
Grand
Grandiose
Heroic
Homeric
Huge
"Iliad," for one
Imposing
Majestic
Monumental
"Ulysses," for one
Vast
Big story
Colossal, filmwise
DeMille output
DeMille specialty
"Divine Comedy" is one
Edda, e.g.
Grand-scale
On a grand scale
Grand in scope
Heroic tale
Hero's tale
Huge in scope
"Iliad" or "Odyssey"
Kind of proportions
Like one for the ages
Large-scale
Miltonian opus
Miniseries, maybe
Sweeping story
Cast-of-thousands movie
Homer's "Odyssey," e.g.
Larger-than-life
Michener's "Centennial," e.g.
"Orlando Furioso," e.g.
"Paradise Lost," e.g.
"Poema del Cid" is one
"War and Peace," e.g.
D. W. Griffith product
De Mille movie, e.g.
Typical De Mille film
Movie that might have a cast of thousands
Definition
EPIC as a noun:
1. (epic poem, heroic poem, epic, epos) = a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds
EPIC as an adjective:
1. (epic, heroic, larger-than-life) = very imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary (especially in size or scale); "an epic voyage"; "of heroic proportions"; "heroic sculpture"
2. (epic, epical) = constituting or having to do with or suggestive of a literary epic; "epic tradition"