The Clue
White ones are little (4 letter answer)
The Answer
LIES
Tags
Notes
The answer LIES is seen frequently, appearing about once every 110 puzzles.
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Extends
Fabrications
Fibs
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Inventions
Is mendacious
Perjures
Prevaricates
Is prone
Reclines
Is situated
"Tru ___"
Untruths
Whoppers
All hogwash
Big fibs
Commits perjury
Epitaph verb
"Fairy tales"
Fiction collection
Iago's forte
Isn't straight
Propaganda, often
Pure fiction
Tall tales
Trygve and family
Word on a tombstone
Concerns of P.G.A. players
Cry of vehement denial
Double talk, at times
Golf predicaments, at times
Inventions, so to speak
Some Pinocchio pronouncements
U.N.'s Trygve and kin
" . . . believing in old men's ___ . . . ": Pound
They often come in packs
Tells it like it isn't
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"