Clues for the word "TALE"
We've had 373 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 1147 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Quick crossword on April 17, 2024.
Definition of tale
- n. - See Tael.
- v. i. - That which is told; an oral relation or recital; any rehearsal of what has occured; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story.
- v. i. - A number told or counted off; a reckoning by count; an enumeration; a count, in distinction from measure or weight; a number reckoned or stated.
- v. i. - A count or declaration.
- v. i. - To tell stories.
Referring Clues
- "Peter Rabbit," for one
- Saga
- Yarn
- Myth
- Account
- Some story
- It's hard to believe
- Scheherazade specialty
- Poe writing
- Fisherman's offering?
- A fisherman may spin one
- Ballad, often
- Woolly yarn
- Whopper
- It may be spun at sea
- Don't believe it
- It may be spun
- A fisherman may bring one home
- Rumor
- It's tall when exaggerated
- Load of bunk
- Wife of Bath's offering
- Tall story
- Big lie
- Something spun
- Chaucer piece
- Spellbinder
- Raconteur's offering
- Cock-and-bull story
- It may be tall
- Romance, e.g.
- Yarn that is spun
- Writing of Chaucer
- Romance, perhaps
- Scheherazade's lifesaver
- Any "Twilight Zone" episode
- It's related
- Something that's spun
- It may be spun around a campfire
- Narrative
- "The Gift of the Magi," e.g.
- Fable
- Grimm offering
- Uncle Remus offering
- Any Poe story
- Something to spin
- Story
- Chaucer offering
- Poe product
- Hard-to-believe story
- It may be supernatural
- Chronicle
- "The Tell-___ Heart" (Poe poem)
- Falsehood
- Fisherman's story
- A fisherman might bring back a big one
- Legend
- Output from Washington Irving
- "Treasure Island," e.g.
- Fisherman's whopper?
- Poe story, e.g.
- Tattler's story
- Homonym of 53-Down
- "A ___ of Two Cities"
- Chaucer selection
- Fish story
- It may be hard to believe
- Part of Scheherazade's repertoire
- Bedtime story
- Word after fairy or folk
- Unlikely story
- Maupin story of the city
- Fishy yarn
- Grimm work
- "Canterbury" episode
- Fairy story
- Story by Chaucer
- Something related
- Grimm story
- Andersen offering
- Story told around the campfire
- Liar's forte
- Bit of folklore
- Folklore tidbit
- Hoary story
- "Treasure Island," for one
- Fireside recitation
- "The Winter's ___"
- Storybook story
- Storybook offering
- Related thing
- Ghost story, e.g.
- Narration
- One might be tall
- It may be hard to swallow
- Tall one?
- Elaborate invention
- Folk story
- Lie
- Hoffmann offering
- Folklorist's recital
- "Tall" story
- Long story
- "The Winter's ___"
- Story to tell
- Fairy or folk follower
- Chaucer chapter
- "The Handmaid's ___"
- Suspicious story
- Fish story, e.g.
- This could become late if mixed up
- Imaginary narrative
- Fairy milieu
- Fictional piece
- Fictional account
- Word with "folk" or "tall"
- Yarn that's spun?
- Canterbury story
- Fable, e.g.
- Bit of gossip
- Chaucer creation
- "A Prairie Home Companion" feature
- Campfire entertainment
- Bunch of baloney
- Something passed on from an old wife?
- An account of incidents
- Word in an Atwood novel title
- Bunch of bunk
- Fairy follower
- "Tall" story
- Mariner's yarn
- It might be tall
- "The Handmaid's ___" (Margaret Atwood novel)
- One might be hard to believe
- The story of the one that got away, e.g.
- Recitation by Scheherazade
- Fishing souvenir?
- Atwood's "The Handmaid's ___"
- Fairy follwer
- Word in a Dickens title
- Something to weave
- Yarn from an old pirate
- Folksy account
- It can be spun
- Fireside yarn
- Something that's related
- Piece of gossip
- "The Handmaid's ___": Atwood novel
- Canterbury pilgrimage diversion
- Narrative story
- It may be related to you
- Grimm account
- "The Handmaid's ___": Atwood novel
- Account that joins words in seven of this puzzle's answers
- "A Knight's ___" (2001)
- False rumor
- Yarn that's spun
- It may be twice-told
- Conte
- Campfire story
- Fisherman's relation?
- Collectible for a folklorist
- Story that may be tall
- Folk item
- Campfire oration
- Colorful account
- One can be tall
- Dickens wrote one about two cities
- Spinner's yarn
- Piece of fiction
- Anecdote
- Chaucer bit
- Saga, e.g.
- Fictional story
- Old wives' production
- Yam
- 88-Across, for one
- Snow job
- An intriguing yarn
- Account hidden inside 17-, 35-, and 53-Across
- Yarn from a pirate
- Narrated yarn
- Bit of fiction
- Invented account
- Scheherazade offering
- It's often handed down
- Narrator's offering
- Account with growth potential
- Cautionary ___
- Shakespeare's "The Winter's ___"
- It might be spun around a campfire
- Adventure story
- Good yarn
- It may be tall or spun
- Something to weave or spin
- Questionable story
- Relation?
- Parable, e.g.
- "The ___ of Peter Rabbit" (Beatrix Potter book)
- Folk or fairy follower
- Item in the Grimm brothers' collection
- Wild story
- Word with folk or fairy
- Fisherman's whopper
- Poe offering
- "Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox," e.g.
- Account of incidents
- Account of incidents or events
- Folklore component
- "Tattle" follower
- "Canterbury" story
- Tattle tail?
- Fictional narrative
- See 98-Down
- Something not to be believed
- It may be cautionary
- Offering from the Brothers Grimm
- Woven piece
- Fairy ___
- 75 Down's is famous
- An angler may spin one
- Folklore sample
- Poe work
- Account from Scheherazade
- Minstrel's offering
- Relative of 1-Across
- Story that might be tall
- Bit of campfire entertainment
- When twisted, it could become late
- See 47-Across
- A fisher may spin one
- Story that might be "tall"
- Folklore bit
- "The Twilight Zone" episode, usually
- It may be recounted
- Load of baloney
- Improbable concoction
- After tall or tell
- "Cautionary" account
- Chaucer concoction
- Second word of a Dickens title
- 'Tall' story
- Fanciful story
- Penny-dreadful inclusion
- Extended account
- Brothers Grimm offering
- Story that's "spun"
- Angler's account
- Beatrix Potter's "The ___ of Peter Rabbit"
- Minstrel's recitation
- Parable
- Chaucer work
- Homonym of tail
- Word with nursery or fairy
- Word after folk or fairy
- "he Handmaid's ___"(Margaret Atwood novel)
- "The Tell-___ Heart"
- Storyteller's offering
- Story of your trip, perhaps
- Rock and roll myth
- Queen "A Winter's ___"
- "VH1 Storyteller" features
- Primus might tell one "From the Punchbowl"
- Cream might tell one of "Brave Ulysses"
- Sting song, often
- Arctic Monkeys might tell a "Fake" one of San Francisco!
- Sting might tell a "Summoner's" one
- Beach Boys "There's a ___ about Christmas that you've all been told"
- Narrative - fabrication
- Lie back when listening
- Porky's tip on the radio
- Lie shown up by relative
- Late change in a story
- See 20
- Story in which the head isn't mentioned
- 24's narrative to follow in speech
- One revealing some talent for writing?
- One may be related to you
- See 12
- Champion on board with English relation
- Past 11 loses head for a relation
- Andersen creation
- Scheherazade's offering
- Scheherazade's specialty
- The ___ of Despereaux (2004 Newbery winner)
- Division of Chaucer's masterwork
- Beatrix Potter work
- Anecdotal narrative
- Story's end read aloud
- Time is something you can tell
- Fictitious story
- Folklorist's story
- Finish off incredible eastern story
- Chaucer story
- Story included in Fatal Encounter
- Charming story
- Folklorist's account
- Enchanting story
- Many a Poe work
- "The Handmaid's ___" (Hulu drama)
- Something a sailor spins
- Folksy story
- Bit of lore
- Story concealed by mortal enemies
- Folk ___
- Cooper work
- What a fisherman might bring home even if he doesn't catch any fish
- Whodunit, e.g.
- Wonderful story
- Part of an anthology
- Chaucerian account
- Grimm piece
- Part of a literary anthology
- See 22
- "The Miller's" or "The Monk's"
- "A Bronx ___"
- Fib
- Offering from Chaucer's miller or cook
- Tall ___
- Fictitious or true story
- Kind of account
- Story time followed by drink
- Folksy narrative
- Fairy or folk item
- Woeful story, perhaps
- Fiction
- Story, narrative
- Raconteur's delivery
- Made-up story
- "Tall" account
- Gripping recounting
- Colorful story
- Fantasy
- Tall ___ (yarn)
- Potter work
- Chaucerian excerpt
- See 2
- Gossipy report
- Food cooked in a cornhusk
- It can involve an adventure
- "Tall" yarn
- A tall one is exaggerated
- Bit of 2-Down
- Possibly late with a story
- Word after "tall" or "fairy"
- Piece of lore
- Sample of folklore
- See 51 Down
- Unbelievable story
- Story that's often "tall"
- You can tell it's just a yarn
- Story that might be "cautionary"
- Fabulist's work
- One shared at a campfire
- "The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl," e.g.
- Old wives' ___
- "It is a ___ told by an idiot": Macbeth
- "The Mirror of Matsuyama," for one
- It may be a tall one
- Adventurous story
- Incredible story that teaches you something
- Yarn relative
- Narrated story with heroes and villains
- Parable or allegory
- See 124-Across
- "The ___ of Despereaux" by Kate DiCamillo
- "The Green Frogs," for example
- One revealing some talent for writing?
- "Tall" or "cautionary" story
- ___ as old as time
- One of 24 in a Chaucer book
- Campfire telling
- "Cautionary" story
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Quick - April 17, 2024
- LA Times - April 11, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - April 09, 2024
- Mirror Daily - April 01, 2024
- USA Today - March 29, 2024
- LA Times - March 28, 2024
- Penny Dell Sunday - March 17, 2024
- Family Time - March 10, 2024
- Daily American - March 09, 2024
- Mirror Daily - February 19, 2024
- LA Times - February 14, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - February 11, 2024
- Mirror Daily - February 04, 2024
- Mirror Daily - February 01, 2024
- Mirror Daily - January 29, 2024
- Mirror Daily - January 28, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - January 25, 2024
- Mirror Daily - January 20, 2024
- New York Times - January 16, 2024
- Mirror Daily - January 15, 2024
- Mirror Daily - January 09, 2024
- Daily American - January 01, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - December 30, 2023
- Your Life Choices - December 29, 2023
- New York Times - December 24, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - December 20, 2023
- Daily American - December 14, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - December 06, 2023
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - November 28, 2023
- Mirror Daily - November 28, 2023
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