The Clue
Sailors' stories (5 letter answer)
The Answer
YARNS
Tags
Notes
The answer YARNS is uncommon, appearing about once every 400 puzzles.
Related Clues
Fabrications
Stories
Tales
Adventurer's inventory
Elaborate stories
Exaggerated tales
Münchhausen's inventory
Raconteurs' output
Salts' talks
Spun stories?
Tall tales
Tars' tales
"The one that got away" and others
Lies along the waterfront?
Seamen tell them
Well-knit tales
"The fish that got away" and others
Paul Bunyan tales, e.g.
They're not to be believed
Things sailors bring back
Things spun by old salts
Fishermen bring them back to shore
What whalers may bring back
Definition
YARN as a noun:
1. (narration, recital, yarn) = the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events; "his narration was hesitant"
2. (thread, yarn) = a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving
YARN as a verb:
1. tell or spin a yarn