Fib (4 letters)

{ Answer }

TALE

{ Related Clues }

Account
___ bearer
Chronicle
Fabrication
Legend
Märchen
Myth
Narrative
Saga
Story
Whopper
"A Winter's ___"
Yarn
Anagram for teal
Chaucer offering
Dinesen product
Fable, e.g.
Falsehood, sometimes
Fisherman's offering?
Fisherman's story
Hawthorne creation
Libelous account
"Peter Rabbit," for one
Poe product
Poe writing
Raconteur's offering
Scheherazade offering
Something to spin
Something spun
Spun yarn
Don't believe it
A fisherman may spin one
"The Gift of the Magi," e.g.
Hard-to-believe story
O. Henry offering
Paul Bunyan account
Something that's related
Hand-me-down, sometimes
"I could a ___ unfold . . . ": Shak.
Dickens wrote one about two cities
A fisherman might bring back a big one

{ Tags }

account, believe, chaucer, conte, eg, its, may, narrative, offering, poe, product, saga, scheherazade, something, specialty, spun, story, tale, tall, whopper, yarn

{ Notes }

The answer TALE is seen frequently, appearing about once every 60 puzzles.

{ 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?"