The Clue
Tells it like it isn't (4 letter answer)
The Answer
LIES
Tags
Notes
The answer LIES is seen frequently, appearing about once every 110 puzzles.
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Baloney
Extends
Fabrications
Falsehoods
Fibs
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Is mendacious
Perjures
Prevaricates
Prevarications
Is prone
Reclines
Is situated
Sprawls
All hogwash
Big fibs
Commits perjury
Empty promises
Epitaph verb
Epitaph word
"Fairy tales"
False propaganda
Fiction collection
Fiction of a sort
Golf positions
Golfers' concerns
Iago's forte
Isn't straight
Links positions
Polygraph detections
Polygraph indications
Storyteller's pack
Tall tales
Trygve and family
Twisted tales
Concerns of P.G.A. players
Double talk, at times
Pinocchio's nose-growers
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Cry before and after "all"
These enlarged Pinocchio's nose
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Definition
LIE as a noun:
1. (lie, prevarication) = a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
2. (Lie, Trygve Lie, Trygve Halvden Lie) = Norwegian diplomat who was the first Secretary General of the United Nations (1896-1968)
3. position or manner in which something is situated
LIE as a verb:
1. be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position
2. be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position; "The sick man lay in bed all day"; "the books are lying on the shelf"
3. (dwell, consist, lie, belong, lie in) = originate (in); "The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country"
4. be and remain in a particular state or condition; "lie dormant"
5. tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive; "Don't lie to your parents"; "She lied when she told me she was only 29"
6. (lie, rest) = have a place in relation to something else; "The fate of Bosnia lies in the hands of the West"; "The responsibility rests with the Allies"
7. (lie down, lie) = assume a reclining position; "lie down on the bed until you feel better"