The Clue
"Ship of Fools," e.g. (4 letter answer)
The Answer
TALE
Tags
Notes
The answer TALE is seen frequently, appearing about once every 60 puzzles.
Related Clues
Account
Anecdote
___ bearer
Chronicle
Conte
Fable
Fib
Narrative
Recital
Saga
Story
Whopper
___ of woe
Yarn
Asimov product
Chaucer offering
"Decameron" unit
Dinesen offering
Fable, e.g.
Fisherman's offering?
Grimm offering
It's related
Lie, perhaps
Load of bunk
"Peter Rabbit," for one
Poe product
Poe writing
Raconteur's offering
Sailor's tall one
Scheherazade's recital
Shakespearean "hanger"
Something to spin
Something to weave
Tall story
Welty product
It's hard to believe
O. Henry offering
Something that's spun
"Treasure Island," e.g.
Any "Twilight Zone" episode
"I could a ___ unfold . . . ": Shak.
It may be supernatural
It's tall when exaggerated
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?"