| Aesop story |
Puzzler Backwords |
27 Oct 2025 |
| Myth |
The Telegraph Quick |
22 Oct 2025 |
| Loud, competent story (5) |
Mirror Cryptic |
03 Oct 2025 |
| Myth (5) |
Mirror Quick |
03 Oct 2025 |
| Fellow with clever story |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
29 Sep 2025 |
| Story with a moral |
New York Times |
16 Sep 2025 |
| Loud, competent story (5) |
Mirror Cryptic |
01 Aug 2025 |
| Myth (5) |
Mirror Quick |
01 Aug 2025 |
| Myth (5) |
Mirror Quick |
23 Jul 2025 |
| Loud, competent story (5) |
Mirror Cryptic |
23 Jul 2025 |
| Moral story following murder victim with a twist at the end |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
18 Jun 2025 |
| Note, free to create an old wives' tale (5) |
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| Myth (5) |
Mirror Quick |
06 Jun 2025 |
| Loud, competent story (5) |
Mirror Cryptic |
06 Jun 2025 |
| It's not true it comes to a moral conclusion |
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| Tale marvellous - extremely labyrinthine? (5) |
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| Moral story, as written by Aesop (5) |
Puzzler |
14 May 2025 |
| Story with a moral |
Commuter |
29 Apr 2025 |
| Myth |
Mirror Quick |
25 Apr 2025 |
| Loud, competent story |
Mirror Cryptic |
25 Apr 2025 |
| Two leading characters dropped from pleasant story (5) |
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| Fiction, myth (5) |
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| A cross between a bee and a flea? It can't be true! |
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| Aesop's product |
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| Instructive tale |
Newsday |
20 Feb 2025 |
| Instructive story (5) |
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| Tale by Aesop (5) |
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| Moral tale |
Mirror Tea Time |
01 Feb 2025 |
| Story that can get strongly moralistic (5) |
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| Myth or moral story |
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| Story with a moral |
Newsday |
16 Dec 2024 |
| Myth |
Mirror Quick |
14 Dec 2024 |
| Loud, competent story |
Mirror Cryptic |
14 Dec 2024 |
| Moral story |
The Times Sunday Concise |
01 Dec 2024 |
| Short story with a moral (5) |
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| Loud, competent story |
Mirror Cryptic |
22 Nov 2024 |
| Myth |
Mirror Quick |
22 Nov 2024 |
| Story that teaches a moral lesson (5) |
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| Legend |
The Telegraph Quick |
13 Nov 2024 |
| Short story conveying a moral (5) |
The Guardian Speedy |
10 Nov 2024 |
| Moral tale |
The Telegraph Mini |
12 Oct 2024 |
| First fib - "fit to provide story" (5) |
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| Story that's about Elba loudly returned (5) |
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| Story with a moral |
Commuter |
20 Sep 2024 |
| Apologue |
New York Times |
07 Sep 2024 |
| Moral tale |
Mirror Tea Time |
06 Sep 2024 |
| Loud, competent story |
Mirror Cryptic |
22 Aug 2024 |
| Myth |
Mirror Quick |
22 Aug 2024 |
| Story from Aesop |
Commuter |
05 Aug 2024 |
| Myth |
Mirror Quick |
02 Aug 2024 |
| Loud, competent story |
Mirror Cryptic |
02 Aug 2024 |
| Female competent to produce old wives' tale |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
14 Jun 2024 |
| Moralistic story (5) |
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| Story is loud and competent |
Mirror Cryptic |
15 May 2024 |
| Myth |
Mirror Quick |
15 May 2024 |
| Moral tale |
The Sun Two Speed |
06 May 2024 |
| Female with skills creates story |
The Sun Two Speed |
06 May 2024 |
| Short moral tale (5) |
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| Left outlet for clever story (5) |
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| Aesopian story |
Eugene Sheffer |
23 Apr 2024 |
| Moral tale can follow loudly (5) |
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| In such a story animals and objects may be humanised (5) |
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| Story by Aesop (5) |
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| "The Tortoise and the Hare," e.g. |
USA Today |
27 Mar 2024 |
| Aesop's story with a moral |
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| Fairy returning to embrace sailor in story with a moral (5) |
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| Moral-teaching tale |
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| Aesop tale |
LA Times Daily |
05 Mar 2024 |
| Fredrick the First able to produce Aesop story (5) |
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| Female sailor left half a story (5) |
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| Moral tale |
The Times Concise |
20 Feb 2024 |
| Tale with a moral |
Mirror Quick |
16 Feb 2024 |
| Loud, competent story |
Mirror Cryptic |
16 Feb 2024 |
| Short moral story |
Mirror Classic |
10 Feb 2024 |
| One of Aesop's stories, e.g. |
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| Fictitious story |
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| Great little shell story... |
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| A made-up story with a message or lesson to be learned |
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| Loud, competent story |
Mirror Cryptic |
05 Jan 2024 |
| Myth |
Mirror Quick |
05 Jan 2024 |
| Animal tale |
Newsday |
29 Dec 2023 |
| Great line in cut story |
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| Story from Aesop |
Commuter |
14 Dec 2023 |
| Moral story |
The Telegraph Quick |
28 Nov 2023 |
| Fictional story |
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| France returning Italian island? That's a lie |
The Telegraph Toughie |
08 Nov 2023 |
| Flaubert’s first clever story |
The Times Cryptic |
25 Oct 2023 |
| Story with a lesson |
LA Times Daily |
20 Oct 2023 |
| Myth |
The Telegraph Quick |
10 Jun 2023 |
| Story with a moral |
USA Today |
27 May 2023 |
| Moral story |
The Telegraph Quick |
16 May 2023 |
| Story from Aesop |
Newsday |
15 May 2023 |
| Aesopian tale |
Eugene Sheffer |
02 May 2023 |
| Story with a point |
Thomas Joseph |
31 Mar 2023 |
| Story of competent female at the fore |
The Times Cryptic |
16 Nov 2022 |
| Aesop work |
LA Times Daily |
23 Oct 2022 |
| Aesop story |
Newsday |
17 Oct 2022 |
| One of Aesop's stories? |
The Guardian Quick |
03 Oct 2022 |
| Aesop's story with a moral |
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| Female on island resurrected romance |
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| Tale from Aesop |
Universal |
17 Jan 2022 |
| Story with a moral |
Universal |
29 Nov 2021 |
| Aesop story |
Universal |
20 Nov 2021 |
| Moral tale |
The Telegraph Quick |
04 Nov 2021 |
| “The Fox and the Grapes,” e.g. |
New York Times |
27 Oct 2021 |
| Moral tale |
The Telegraph Quick |
10 Oct 2021 |
| Aesop's tale |
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| Story in super French article |
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| Moral tale |
The Sun Two Speed |
17 May 2021 |
| Great French article and story |
The Sun Two Speed |
17 May 2021 |
| Great, extremely labyrinthine story |
The Telegraph Toughie |
04 May 2021 |
| ''The Fox and the Stork,'' e.g |
Newsday |
01 May 2021 |
| Aesop's story |
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| Animal tale |
Newsday |
21 Mar 2021 |
| Story with a moral? |
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| 'The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing,' for one |
New York Times |
15 Jan 2021 |
| Aesop creation |
The Washington Post |
28 Dec 2020 |
| Aesop creation |
LA Times Daily |
28 Dec 2020 |
| "The Tortoise and the Hare," for one |
Universal |
21 Dec 2020 |
| Story from Aesop |
Newsday |
26 Oct 2020 |
| Cautionary tale |
Universal |
14 Oct 2020 |
| Tale with a moral |
Newsday |
27 Sep 2020 |
| "The Boy Who Cried Wolf," e.g |
LA Times Daily |
12 Aug 2020 |
| 'The Boy Who Cried Wolf,' e.g |
The Washington Post |
12 Aug 2020 |
| 'The Tortoise and the Hare,' e.g |
New York Times |
28 Jul 2020 |
| Story super with French article |
The Sun Two Speed |
06 Jun 2020 |
| Tale with a hidden moral |
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| George Orwell's 'Animal Farm,' e.g |
New York Times |
08 Apr 2020 |
| Story and great French article |
The Sun Two Speed |
01 Mar 2020 |
| Literary term for a story with a moral, often featuring anthropomorphized characters |
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| Fictional story, the kind Aesop is associated with |
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| Parable kin |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Aug 2019 |
| Myth, legend |
The Times Concise |
17 Jul 2019 |
| Doubtful story |
The Washington Post |
07 Apr 2019 |
| Doubtful story |
LA Times Daily |
07 Apr 2019 |
| Tale from Aesop |
Newsday |
12 Feb 2019 |
| Aesop's specialty |
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| Doubtful story |
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| Parable kin |
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| Allegorical story |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Jul 2018 |
| "The Boy Who Cried Wolf," for e.g. |
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| Aesop specialty |
Universal |
14 May 2018 |
| 'The Miser and His Gold,' e.g |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
11 May 2018 |
| Story with a lesson |
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| Story in book abridged in another leaf |
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| Allegorical story |
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| "The Fox and the Grapes," e.g. |
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| "The Miser and His Gold," e.g. |
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| Aesop specialty |
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| Excellent, the French mythical tale |
The Sun Two Speed |
05 Dec 2017 |
| Aesop story |
The Sun Two Speed |
05 Dec 2017 |
| Tale with a moral |
Universal |
28 Apr 2017 |
| Short moral story |
Universal |
22 Apr 2017 |
| Aesopian story |
Eugene Sheffer |
18 Apr 2017 |
| Short moral story |
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| Tale with a moral |
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| Tale with a point |
Universal |
13 Nov 2016 |
| Tale with a moral |
USA Today |
09 Nov 2016 |
| Force accomplished account |
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| Aesop's story? |
The Telegraph Quick |
10 Jun 2016 |
| It isn't true it comes to a moral conclusion |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
09 May 2016 |
| Story |
The Guardian Quick |
28 Apr 2016 |
| Aesopian tale |
Eugene Sheffer |
18 Mar 2016 |
| Story with a lesson |
LA Times Daily |
15 Dec 2015 |
| Offering from Aesop |
New York Times |
08 Dec 2015 |
| Myth or legend |
The Times Concise |
13 Nov 2015 |
| Material to lie on |
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| Aesop's specialty |
Universal |
10 Mar 2015 |
| Story with a moral |
Universal |
22 Jan 2015 |
| Instructive tale |
Newsday |
22 Jan 2015 |
| Aesop creation |
USA Today |
09 Jan 2015 |
| Tale with a moral |
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| Aesop creation |
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| Story starring animals, at times |
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| Instructive tale |
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| Aesop's specialty |
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| Story with a lesson |
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| Offering from Aesop |
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| Moralistic tale |
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| Story with a moral |
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| Tale with an epigrammatic ending |
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| Aesop story |
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| It has a moral |
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| It has a moral |
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| Tale with a moral |
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| Illustrative story |
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| Story told by 15 Across |
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| Aesop's output |
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| Cautionary tale |
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| Aesop work |
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| Talking-animal tale |
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| Aesopian story |
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| Work with animals |
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| Aesop work |
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| Jean de La Fontaine story |
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| Jean de La Fontaine story |
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| Aesop work |
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| Aesop's tale |
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| Big lie |
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| Aesop tale |
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| Aesop offering |
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| Allegorical tale |
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| Aesop tale |
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| Aesopian narrative |
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| Moral story |
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| Aesop tale |
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| Moralistic tale |
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| Legend |
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| "The Boy Who Cried Wolf," e.g. |
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| Aesop's forte |
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| Story with a moral |
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| "The Tortoise and the Hare," for one |
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| Legend |
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| Not a true story |
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| "The Fox and the Grapes," e.g. |
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| "Animal Farm," e.g. |
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| Tale with a point |
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| Aesop story |
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| Tale with a point |
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| It has a moral |
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| Aesop work |
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| "The Fox and the Grapes," e.g. |
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| It's an old story |
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| It has a point |
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| Story from Aesop |
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| It ends in a point |
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| Story with a moral |
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| Story with a moral |
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| Aesop's opus |
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| Tale of Aesop |
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| Tale with a point |
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| Moralistic tale |
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| 33-Down output |
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| Tale with a moral |
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| Animal tale |
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| Cautionary tale |
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| It's an old story |
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| Aesop's genre |
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| Tale |
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| Aesop's output |
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| Instructive tale |
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| Aesop tale |
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| One of Aesop's stories |
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| "Animal Farm" form |
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| It ends in a point |
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| Moralistic tale |
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| "The Tortoise and the Hare," e.g. |
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| Allegory |
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| "Animal Farm," e.g. |
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| "The Tortoise and the Hare," e.g. |
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| Lie |
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| It's an old story |
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| Epigrammatic tale |
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| Tall tale |
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| Aesop opus |
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| Aesop product |
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| Apologue |
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| Aesop specialty |
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| Teaching tale |
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| Creation of Ade or Aesop |
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| La Fontaine opus |
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| "The Fox and the Grapes," e.g. |
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| George Ade piece |
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| Legend |
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| Faulkner's "A ___." |
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| Talking-animal story. |
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| Story not founded on fact. |
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| Tall story |
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| Aesop's forte. |
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| La Fontaine story. |
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| Fiction. |
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| Story with talking animals |
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| Apologue. |
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| Moral tale. |
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| Short tale. |
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| Idle story. |
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| Old Greek writing. |
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| Allegory. |
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| Invented tale. |
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| Type of story. |
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| Legend. |
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| Beast tale. |
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