The Clue
Teaching tale (5 letter answer)
The Answer
FABLE
Tags
Notes
The answer FABLE is seen occasionally, appearing about once every 600 puzzles.
Related Clues
Apologue
Lie
Aesop product
Aesop specialty
Aesop tale
Big lie
Epigrammatic tale
Tale with a point
"Animal Farm," e.g.
Creation of Ade or Aesop
"The Fox and the Grapes," e.g.
George Ade piece
It ends in a point
It's an old story
La Fontaine opus
"The Boy Who Cried Wolf," e.g.
Definition
FABLE as a noun:
1. (fabrication, fiction, fable) = a deliberately false or improbable account
2. (fable, parable, allegory, apologue) = a short moral story (often with animal characters)
3. (legend, fable) = a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events