| Fiction's opposite | Universal | 29 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | __-check | Newsday | 25 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Word announced before sharing a bit of trivia | New York Times Mini | 06 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Loud performance, that's true (4) | Mirror Cryptic | 01 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Datum (4) | Mirror Quick | 01 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | True statement | Commuter | 01 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | True statement | USA Today | 10 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Bit of data | Thomas Joseph | 23 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | Piece of information concealed by chief actors | The Times Quick Cryptic | 08 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | Accurate statement | USA Today | 09 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | True statement | Newsday | 08 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Piece of information | Family Time | 07 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Almanac entry | LA Times Mini | 03 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Anything that happens first to feature act (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Thing that is known to be true (4) | Puzzler | 22 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Piece of accurate information | Family Time | 02 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Not fiction |  |  | 
          
            | Figurehead to take the stage in reality (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Datum | Mirror Quick | 14 May 2025 | 
          
            | Loud performance, that's true | Mirror Cryptic | 14 May 2025 | 
          
            | You can count on it | Newsday | 10 May 2025 | 
          
            | Science ___ (what science fiction might turn into) |  |  | 
          
            | Datum | Mirror Classic | 01 May 2025 | 
          
            | An indisputable truth (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Hard evidence |  |  | 
          
            | True statement | Wall Street Journal | 07 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | True statement | USA Today | 02 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Datum | Mirror Quick | 26 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Cold inside suet, that's true | Mirror Cryptic | 26 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Not fiction |  |  | 
          
            | Something checked after a debate |  |  | 
          
            | Reality | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 19 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Loud part of the play ___ and that's the truth (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Loud performance, that's true | Mirror Cryptic | 08 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Datum | Mirror Quick | 08 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Loud performance, it's true (4) | Puzzler Cryptic | 06 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Datum | Mirror Classic | 20 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | Verifiable truth | The Sun Mini | 09 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | Not fiction | Commuter | 03 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | A loud part of the play, it's true (4) |  |  | 
          
            | There's no doubt about this being a cast fit to be seen in variety! (3,1,4) |  |  | 
          
            | The start of the first act is true (4) |  |  | 
          
            | That's so true! | Universal | 22 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Truth | Mirror Tea Time | 21 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Truthful statement |  |  | 
          
            | Malefactor conceals piece of information |  |  | 
          
            | Truth | USA Today Quick | 27 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | [89] Newspaper's truth (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Female wild cat revealing truth (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Snapple bottle tidbit |  |  | 
          
            | True statement | Commuter | 09 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | Truth | The Telegraph Quick | 08 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | "There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious ___": Arthur Conan Doyle | New York Times | 08 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | A loud cat is about. It's true! (4) |  |  | 
          
            | True statement | Universal | 17 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Datum | Mirror Quick | 15 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Loud performance, that's true | Mirror Cryptic | 15 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Something true | Newsday | 07 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | No fiction in the start of the first act (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Reality is profitable Conservative admitted |  |  | 
          
            | True statement | Commuter | 26 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | Loud part of the play and that's the truth (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Indisputable statement | The Times Concise | 13 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | Indisputable detail, a scientific ... |  |  | 
          
            | "An octopus has three hearts," e.g. | LA Times Daily | 29 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | That's the truth | Wall Street Journal | 28 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Loud performance, it's true | Mirror Cryptic | 05 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Information that's easily verified | LA Times Daily | 05 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | "As a matter of ___..." |  |  | 
          
            | Piece of trivia | Mirror Quick | 05 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Opening of false accounts conceals troubling truth (4) | The Guardian Quiptic | 04 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Truth | TV | 04 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | ___ or fiction? |  |  | 
          
            | Reality of law under fascist leader (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Datum | Eugene Sheffer | 23 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | ... a piece of information following part of one |  |  | 
          
            | "As a matter of ____ ..." | USA Today Quick | 18 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | "As a matter of ___ …" | New York Times Mini | 17 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | It's true | Eugene Sheffer | 15 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | About a hundred need to slim? It's true! (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Source of trivia |  |  | 
          
            | "Mythbusters" topic, perhaps |  |  | 
          
            | Indisputable truth (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Truth | Mirror Tea Time | 14 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | The current was measured in feet? - It is true! (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Almanac tidbit | LA Times Mini | 02 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Checker's concern | LA Times Daily | 26 May 2024 | 
          
            | (5/6) Looking at the clue keenly, Holmes said, "There's nothing more deceptive than an obvious ___ (bit of truth)..." |  |  | 
          
            | Something written on the underside of a Snapple cap | New York Times Mini | 12 May 2024 | 
          
            | Datum | Commuter | 27 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | Irrefutable statement |  |  | 
          
            | Indisputable piece of information |  |  | 
          
            | It's true : it will play its part loudly to begin with (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Datum | Mirror Quick | 10 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | Loud performance, it's true | Mirror Cryptic | 10 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | Datum | The Guardian Quick | 02 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | "Courteney Cox was originally offered the part of Rachel," e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Something that's true |  |  | 
          
            | It's a proven thing |  |  | 
          
            | Datum | Mirror Classic | 30 Mar 2024 | 
          
            | Truth | Commuter | 14 Mar 2024 | 
          
            | Trivia answer | Family Time | 11 Mar 2024 | 
          
            | Not fiction |  |  | 
          
            | Loud deed, but there's nothing false about it (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Not a fiction |  |  | 
          
            | A thing known to be true (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Not fake news! (4) |  |  | 
          
            | ___ check (verify the information) |  |  | 
          
            | True statement | Universal | 06 Feb 2024 | 
          
            | Specific piece of information |  |  | 
          
            | Indisputable detail (4) | Puzzler | 14 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | Proven detail (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Loud performance, it’s true | Mirror Cryptic | 20 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Datum | Mirror Quick | 20 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | It's true | Thomas Joseph | 24 Nov 2023 | 
          
            | It's true! | New York Times | 10 Nov 2023 | 
          
            | It's the truth | Newsday | 22 Oct 2023 | 
          
            | Irrefutable statement |  |  | 
          
            | Truth | The Telegraph Quick | 21 Sep 2023 | 
          
            | Indisputable point | LA Times Daily | 29 Aug 2023 | 
          
            | Datum | Newsday | 20 Aug 2023 | 
          
            | Account in newspaper reveals truth | The Telegraph Toughie | 10 Aug 2023 | 
          
            | "As a matter of ___..." |  |  | 
          
            | It's true | USA Today | 18 Jul 2023 | 
          
            | Very matter-of-___ manner (not showing emotion) |  |  | 
          
            | Datum | Eugene Sheffer | 16 Jun 2023 | 
          
            | *Political groups | New York Times | 15 Jun 2023 | 
          
            | Piece of true information | The Guardian Quick | 05 Jun 2023 | 
          
            | Loud turn, in reality | The Telegraph Cryptic | 29 May 2023 | 
          
            | Accurate statement | USA Today | 02 May 2023 | 
          
            | True concept (which can be sad or plain) | The Guardian Quick | 20 Apr 2023 | 
          
            | Verifiable statement | Newsday | 05 Apr 2023 | 
          
            | It's true! | New York Times | 30 Mar 2023 | 
          
            | 'As a matter of __ . . .' | Newsday | 06 Mar 2023 | 
          
            | As a matter of ___ (actually) |  |  | 
          
            | ___ check (verify information) |  |  | 
          
            | It's the truth | Newsday | 26 Feb 2023 | 
          
            | Almanac bit | Thomas Joseph | 18 Jan 2023 | 
          
            | ___ of the matter (truth) |  |  | 
          
            | True thing | Thomas Joseph | 07 Dec 2022 | 
          
            | Concept whose truth can be proved | The Guardian Quick | 15 Nov 2022 | 
          
            | Reality | The Telegraph Quick | 15 Oct 2022 | 
          
            | Truth; reality | The Times Concise | 13 Oct 2022 | 
          
            | Bit of trivia | USA Today | 04 Oct 2022 | 
          
            | "The inventor of the Pringles can is buried in one," e.g | Universal | 02 Oct 2022 | 
          
            | Truth | The Telegraph Quick | 02 Sep 2022 | 
          
            | Fiction's opposite | USA Today | 11 Aug 2022 | 
          
            | "As a matter of ___..." |  |  | 
          
            | Fiction's opposite | New York Times | 13 Jun 2022 | 
          
            | 'Octopuses can use tools,' e.g | New York Times | 05 Jun 2022 | 
          
            | Loud turn, in reality | The Times Cryptic | 30 May 2022 | 
          
            | Reality; certainty | The Times Concise | 22 Apr 2022 | 
          
            | No mere opinion | The Washington Post | 21 Apr 2022 | 
          
            | No mere opinion | LA Times Daily | 21 Apr 2022 | 
          
            | True thing | USA Today | 07 Mar 2022 | 
          
            | Opposite of fiction |  |  | 
          
            | What is on top of calories in butter? Every scientist knows that! | Irish Times Crosaire | 25 Feb 2022 | 
          
            | It's true | Newsday | 20 Feb 2022 | 
          
            | Foremost calories in butter? Every scientist knows that! | Irish Times Crosaire | 18 Feb 2022 | 
          
            | It's true | LA Times Daily | 15 Feb 2022 | 
          
            | It's true | The Washington Post | 15 Feb 2022 | 
          
            | Datum | Eugene Sheffer | 09 Feb 2022 | 
          
            | Indisputable thing | Newsday | 06 Feb 2022 | 
          
            | Basis of a trivia question | New York Times | 02 Feb 2022 | 
          
            | Trivia champ's tidbit |  |  | 
          
            | Observable truth | The Washington Post Sunday | 23 Jan 2022 | 
          
            | It's true | Thomas Joseph | 04 Jan 2022 | 
          
            | Foremost calories in butter? Every scientist knows that! | Irish Times Crosaire | 22 Dec 2021 | 
          
            | Irrefutable statement |  |  | 
          
            | Opposite of fiction |  |  | 
          
            | Datum | Eugene Sheffer | 23 Nov 2021 | 
          
            | True statement | Thomas Joseph | 10 Nov 2021 | 
          
            | Truth | The Telegraph Quick | 07 Nov 2021 | 
          
            | Statement of verifiable information | Irish Times Simplex | 04 Nov 2021 | 
          
            | ___-checker | Universal | 15 Oct 2021 | 
          
            | Fiction's opposite | Universal | 13 Oct 2021 | 
          
            | It's undeniable to those characters at the end of 15 across | Irish Times Crosaire | 06 Oct 2021 | 
          
            | True statement | Newsday | 28 Sep 2021 | 
          
            | "A dolphin sleeps with one eye open," e.g | Universal | 07 Sep 2021 | 
          
            | Bit of dope? |  |  | 
          
            | Datum | New York Times | 26 Aug 2021 | 
          
            | Accurate statement | USA Today | 08 Aug 2021 | 
          
            | "It's true!" | Universal | 08 Jul 2021 | 
          
            | Fiction counterpart | USA Today | 08 Jul 2021 | 
          
            | ___ check (verify the information) |  |  | 
          
            | Researched item | LA Times Daily | 03 Jun 2021 | 
          
            | Researched item | The Washington Post | 03 Jun 2021 | 
          
            | Court case determination | The Washington Post | 14 May 2021 | 
          
            | Court case determination | LA Times Daily | 14 May 2021 | 
          
            | Truth from Conservative in blubber | The Sun Two Speed | 10 May 2021 | 
          
            | Actuality | The Sun Two Speed | 10 May 2021 | 
          
            | True statement | Universal | 09 May 2021 | 
          
            | Bit of truth | Family Time | 02 May 2021 | 
          
            | Feature, primarily pretence or reality? |  |  | 
          
            | Almanac bit | Thomas Joseph | 19 Mar 2021 | 
          
            | "It's a __!" | LA Times Daily | 07 Feb 2021 | 
          
            | 'It's a __!' | The Washington Post | 07 Feb 2021 | 
          
            | Bit of trivia | New York Times | 07 Jan 2021 | 
          
            | You should believe one | Universal | 12 Dec 2020 | 
          
            | True statement | Newsday | 23 Nov 2020 | 
          
            | 'Fun ___ . . .' | USA Today | 15 Nov 2020 | 
          
            | Verifiable thing | USA Today | 14 Nov 2020 | 
          
            | Almanac item | Premier Sunday | 08 Nov 2020 | 
          
            | It's indisputable | Newsday | 06 Nov 2020 | 
          
            | & 16 Teaching KFC about suppressing carbon a full-time job these days? |  |  | 
          
            | 'As a matter of ___ . . .' | USA Today | 07 Oct 2020 | 
          
            | Verified statement from the leading members of the Finnish-American comedy troupe |  |  | 
          
            | Opposite of fiction | USA Today | 28 Sep 2020 | 
          
            | One may be checked on a news show | Universal | 22 Sep 2020 | 
          
            | Part of actualité? |  |  | 
          
            | Piece of data | Thomas Joseph | 16 Sep 2020 | 
          
            | Statistic shows calories initially found in lard | The Sun Two Speed | 24 Aug 2020 | 
          
            | Datum | Eugene Sheffer | 17 Aug 2020 | 
          
            | Foremost calories in butter? Every scientist knows that! | Irish Times Crosaire | 14 Aug 2020 | 
          
            | It's the truth | The Washington Post | 23 Jul 2020 | 
          
            | It's the truth | LA Times Daily | 23 Jul 2020 | 
          
            | It is so | Newsday | 17 Jul 2020 | 
          
            | "Missouri borders on eight states," e.g | Universal | 22 Jun 2020 | 
          
            | Fiction's opposite | New York Times | 15 Jun 2020 | 
          
            | See 35-Down | USA Today | 12 May 2020 | 
          
            | It’s true | Wall Street Journal | 04 May 2020 | 
          
            | It's for real | Newsday | 19 Apr 2020 | 
          
            | It's the truth | New York Times | 21 Mar 2020 | 
          
            | Reality | The Washington Post | 08 Feb 2020 | 
          
            | Reality | LA Times Daily | 08 Feb 2020 | 
          
            | The case football administrators brought to court |  |  | 
          
            | Fiction alternative | Newsday | 29 Dec 2019 | 
          
            | Truth | The Washington Post | 24 Dec 2019 | 
          
            | Truth | LA Times Daily | 24 Dec 2019 | 
          
            | Fiction counterpart | USA Today | 22 Dec 2019 | 
          
            | Accurate statement | Universal | 28 Oct 2019 | 
          
            | Bit of truth | Newsday | 20 Oct 2019 | 
          
            | Truth, reality | The Times Concise | 17 Oct 2019 | 
          
            | "J and Q don't appear on the periodic table," e.g | Universal | 04 Oct 2019 | 
          
            | Rich with a hundred, in truth |  |  | 
          
            | Undeniable truth | USA Today | 21 Sep 2019 | 
          
            | Fine pretence in truth |  |  | 
          
            | It's undeniable | USA Today | 17 Aug 2019 | 
          
            | South Side | The Washington Post Sunday | 21 Jul 2019 | 
          
            | You can't deny it | USA Today | 19 Jul 2019 | 
          
            | 'Cold, hard' thing | USA Today | 09 Jun 2019 | 
          
            | As a matter of ___ (actually) |  |  | 
          
            | "Twelve plus one" anagrams to "eleven plus two," e.g | Universal | 20 Apr 2019 | 
          
            | "Octopuses have three hearts," e.g | Universal | 12 Apr 2019 | 
          
            | Basis for a 'Jeopardy!' question | USA Today | 28 Feb 2019 | 
          
            | Indisputable statement | Universal | 02 Feb 2019 | 
          
            | Piece of true info | Family Time | 27 Jan 2019 | 
          
            | Indisputable statement | USA Today | 18 Jan 2019 | 
          
            | Truth that can be backed up |  |  | 
          
            | "Cold, hard" thing |  |  | 
          
            | Indisputable statement |  |  | 
          
            | Indisputable statement |  |  | 
          
            | You can't deny it |  |  | 
          
            | Undeniable truth |  |  | 
          
            | Basis for a "Jeopardy!" question |  |  | 
          
            | "Octopuses have three hearts," e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | It's undeniable |  |  | 
          
            | Accurate statement |  |  | 
          
            | "J and Q don't appear on the periodic table," e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | "Twelve plus one" anagrams to "eleven plus two," e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Account in Financial Times is the truth |  |  | 
          
            | Almanac tidbit | USA Today | 30 Nov 2018 | 
          
            | As a matter of ___ (actually) |  |  | 
          
            | It might get checked | The New Yorker | 15 Oct 2018 | 
          
            | Truth | The Telegraph Quick | 29 Jul 2018 | 
          
            | Internee comes out of Internet caf? and that's the reality of it | Irish Times Crosaire | 27 Jul 2018 | 
          
            | Reality | The Telegraph Quick | 26 Jul 2018 | 
          
            | Not fiction |  |  | 
          
            | "Is that a ___?" | Universal | 01 Jul 2018 | 
          
            | True thing | Universal | 21 Jun 2018 | 
          
            | Datum | The Telegraph Quick | 23 May 2018 | 
          
            | Fiction's opposite |  |  | 
          
            | It's true | The Washington Post | 09 May 2018 | 
          
            | It's true | LA Times Daily | 09 May 2018 | 
          
            | Almanac item | The Washington Post | 07 May 2018 | 
          
            | Almanac item | LA Times Daily | 07 May 2018 | 
          
            | Irrefutable point | New York Times | 08 Apr 2018 | 
          
            | Piece of information | Family Time | 02 Apr 2018 | 
          
            | Something known to be true | LA Times Daily | 13 Mar 2018 | 
          
            | Something known to be true | The Washington Post | 13 Mar 2018 | 
          
            | Failure to act on the outskirts of reality | Irish Times Crosaire | 02 Mar 2018 | 
          
            | Fiction's opposite | LA Times Daily | 13 Feb 2018 | 
          
            | Fiction's opposite | The Washington Post | 13 Feb 2018 | 
          
            | A truth | The Telegraph Quick | 03 Feb 2018 | 
          
            | Something proven | Newsday | 04 Jan 2018 | 
          
            | It's true |  |  | 
          
            | True thing |  |  | 
          
            | Irrefutable point |  |  | 
          
            | Fiction's opposite |  |  | 
          
            | Almanac tidbit |  |  | 
          
            | Fiction's opposite |  |  | 
          
            | It's the truth |  |  | 
          
            | "Is that a ___?" |  |  | 
          
            | Almanac item |  |  | 
          
            | Truth we hold to be self-evident? | New York Times | 08 Dec 2017 | 
          
            | You can be sure of it | Wall Street Journal | 01 Dec 2017 | 
          
            | 'The following is completely true:' | New York Times | 29 Nov 2017 | 
          
            | Gospel truth | LA Times Daily | 20 Nov 2017 | 
          
            | Gospel truth | The Washington Post | 20 Nov 2017 | 
          
            | Rumor killer | Wall Street Journal | 18 Nov 2017 | 
          
            | Almanac entry | New York Times | 16 Nov 2017 | 
          
            | Verified statement | Newsday | 12 Nov 2017 | 
          
            | It's true | Thomas Joseph | 03 Nov 2017 | 
          
            | It gets checked, hopefully | Jonesin | 26 Sep 2017 | 
          
            | One of John Adams' 'stubborn things' | The Washington Post | 21 Sep 2017 | 
          
            | One of John Adams' "stubborn things" | LA Times Daily | 21 Sep 2017 | 
          
            | Almanac tidbit | LA Times Daily | 11 Sep 2017 | 
          
            | Fiction's counterpart | Wall Street Journal | 11 Sep 2017 | 
          
            | Almanac tidbit | The Washington Post | 11 Sep 2017 | 
          
            | It's not debatable | The Washington Post | 17 Aug 2017 | 
          
            | It's not debatable | LA Times Daily | 17 Aug 2017 | 
          
            | "Alternative ___" (bit of fake news) | USA Today | 18 Jul 2017 | 
          
            | Female to behave insincerely in truth |  |  | 
          
            | Almanac entry | USA Today | 28 Mar 2017 | 
          
            | The 100% truth (accept no imitations!) | Jonesin | 21 Mar 2017 | 
          
            | Datum | Newsday | 26 Feb 2017 | 
          
            | One of John Adams' "stubborn things" |  |  | 
          
            | Almanac entry |  |  | 
          
            | Truth we hold to be self-evident? |  |  | 
          
            | Almanac entry |  |  | 
          
            | Almanac tidbit |  |  | 
          
            | Gospel truth |  |  | 
          
            | It's not debatable |  |  | 
          
            | "Alternative ___" (bit of fake news) |  |  | 
          
            | "The following is completely true:" |  |  | 
          
            | Piece of accurate information | Family Time | 11 Dec 2016 | 
          
            | Carbon will puncture spare tyre in particular | The Telegraph Cryptic | 19 Nov 2016 | 
          
            | Almanac tidbit | Universal | 15 Oct 2016 | 
          
            | True tidbit | Family Time | 12 Sep 2016 | 
          
            | It's the truth | USA Today | 09 Aug 2016 | 
          
            | Indisputable statement | The Washington Post | 08 Aug 2016 | 
          
            | Loud variety turn in reality | The Telegraph Cryptic | 06 Aug 2016 | 
          
            | Sure thing | Newsday | 24 Jul 2016 | 
          
            | Indisputable thing | Universal | 11 Jun 2016 | 
          
            | Datum | Wall Street Journal | 27 May 2016 | 
          
            | Proven thing | USA Today | 22 Apr 2016 | 
          
            | "Is that a ___?" | USA Today | 05 Mar 2016 | 
          
            | Loud performance in reality | The Sun Two Speed | 27 Jan 2016 | 
          
            | Item of truth | The Sun Two Speed | 27 Jan 2016 | 
          
            | Almanac tidbit |  |  | 
          
            | Indisputable thing |  |  | 
          
            | It's the truth |  |  | 
          
            | Verifiable statement | Universal | 01 Dec 2015 | 
          
            | It's no lie | Eugene Sheffer | 13 Nov 2015 | 
          
            | True piece of information | Universal | 04 Oct 2015 | 
          
            | Almanac entry | Thomas Joseph | 29 Sep 2015 | 
          
            | True statement | Jonesin | 10 Sep 2015 | 
          
            | Reference book tidbit | LA Times Daily | 18 Aug 2015 | 
          
            | Fine performance given | The Telegraph Cryptic | 14 Jun 2015 | 
          
            | Piece of true information | Family Time | 03 May 2015 | 
          
            | 'Is that a ___?' | The Chronicle of Higher Education | 17 Apr 2015 | 
          
            | Matter-of-__ (straightforward) | Newsday | 07 Apr 2015 | 
          
            | Piece of information | The Guardian Quick | 28 Feb 2015 | 
          
            | Verifiable statement |  |  | 
          
            | True piece of information |  |  | 
          
            | Sure thing |  |  | 
          
            | Datum |  |  | 
          
            | True statement |  |  | 
          
            | Reference book tidbit |  |  | 
          
            | Almanac tidbit |  |  | 
          
            | Subject of some checkers |  |  | 
          
            | Global warming, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Checker's concern, maybe |  |  | 
          
            | Matter-of-__ (straightforward) |  |  | 
          
            | "Is that a ___?" |  |  | 
          
            | Something true |  |  | 
          
            | Bit of trivia |  |  | 
          
            | True item |  |  | 
          
            | Fiction alternative |  |  | 
          
            | Fundamental of science |  |  | 
          
            | True story component |  |  | 
          
            | It's not fiction |  |  | 
          
            | It's the truth |  |  | 
          
            | Encyclopedia tidbit |  |  | 
          
            | One true thing |  |  | 
          
            | Datum |  |  | 
          
            | Really, after "in" |  |  | 
          
            | True statement |  |  | 
          
            | Bit of truth |  |  | 
          
            | Certainty |  |  | 
          
            | Word with finding or checker |  |  | 
          
            | It's the real thing |  |  | 
          
            | Checker's determination |  |  | 
          
            | Fiction alternative |  |  | 
          
            | It's true |  |  | 
          
            | Trivia champ's tidbit |  |  | 
          
            | Trivia champ's tidbit |  |  | 
          
            | It's never wrong |  |  | 
          
            | Bit of trivia |  |  | 
          
            | Truth |  |  | 
          
            | Non-fiction |  |  | 
          
            | Ain't it the truth |  |  | 
          
            | Nonfiction |  |  | 
          
            | Verified datum |  |  | 
          
            | Ain't it the truth |  |  | 
          
            | Theory, after being proven |  |  | 
          
            | Almanac excerpt |  |  | 
          
            | There are 336 dimples on a typical golf ball, for instance |  |  | 
          
            | "That's the ___, Jack!" |  |  | 
          
            | Thing that Sgt. Friday requested |  |  | 
          
            | Almanac datum |  |  | 
          
            | Fiction's opposite |  |  | 
          
            | Sure thing? |  |  | 
          
            | ___ checker |  |  | 
          
            | Fiction alternative |  |  | 
          
            | Piece of accurate information |  |  | 
          
            | Undeniable truth |  |  | 
          
            | Almanac tidbit |  |  | 
          
            | Piece of verified information |  |  | 
          
            | Piece of information |  |  | 
          
            | Trivia buff's fodder |  |  | 
          
            | Fancy counterpart |  |  | 
          
            | It's undeniable |  |  | 
          
            | Almanac tidbit |  |  | 
          
            | Trivia buff's fodder |  |  | 
          
            | Piece of accurate information |  |  | 
          
            | Almanac tidbit |  |  | 
          
            | Myth debunker |  |  | 
          
            | Cold hard thing? |  |  | 
          
            | Bit of reality |  |  | 
          
            | Nugget of truth |  |  | 
          
            | It's the truth |  |  | 
          
            | Concern for a checker |  |  | 
          
            | Checker's determination |  |  | 
          
            | Known truth |  |  | 
          
            | Fiction alternative |  |  | 
          
            | It's not fancy |  |  | 
          
            | Indisputable thing |  |  | 
          
            | Undisputable bit |  |  | 
          
            | Myth debunker |  |  | 
          
            | It's not fiction |  |  | 
          
            | Checker's determination |  |  | 
          
            | It's not fiction |  |  | 
          
            | Almanac tidbit |  |  | 
          
            | Undisputed point |  |  | 
          
            | Reality |  |  | 
          
            | Thing for Sgt. Friday |  |  | 
          
            | Cold, hard thing? |  |  | 
          
            | Fancy alternative |  |  | 
          
            | Accessory after the ___ |  |  | 
          
            | Bit of information |  |  | 
          
            | "Is that a __?" |  |  | 
          
            | True thing |  |  | 
          
            | You can be sure of it |  |  | 
          
            | You can be sure of it |  |  | 
          
            | Matter-of-___ |  |  | 
          
            | Bit of data |  |  | 
          
            | Bit of truth |  |  | 
          
            | Almanac entry |  |  | 
          
            | Verifiable statement |  |  | 
          
            | One true thing |  |  | 
          
            | Bit of truth |  |  | 
          
            | It's incontrovertible |  |  | 
          
            | Fiction counterpart |  |  | 
          
            | Bit of truth |  |  | 
          
            | It's the truth |  |  | 
          
            | One true thing |  |  | 
          
            | "Is that a ___?" |  |  | 
          
            | Fiction's opposite |  |  | 
          
            | One might be in evidence |  |  | 
          
            | True story component |  |  | 
          
            | After the __ |  |  | 
          
            | Not fancy |  |  | 
          
            | Almanac entry |  |  | 
          
            | Matter-of-___ |  |  | 
          
            | Something proven |  |  | 
          
            | True story component |  |  | 
          
            | Checker's item |  |  | 
          
            | Sure thing |  |  | 
          
            | Reality |  |  | 
          
            | Much more than rumor |  |  | 
          
            | Historicity |  |  | 
          
            | One of Twain's "stubborn things" |  |  | 
          
            | Almanac bit |  |  | 
          
            | One of Twain's "stubborn things" |  |  | 
          
            | It's true |  |  | 
          
            | Almanac bit |  |  | 
          
            | Datum |  |  | 
          
            | Piece of information |  |  | 
          
            | It's fancy-free? |  |  | 
          
            | Truism |  |  | 
          
            | True thing |  |  | 
          
            | Kind of finder |  |  | 
          
            | "Matters of __ ... are very stubborn things": Tindal |  |  | 
          
            | Reporter's find |  |  | 
          
            | "Matters of __ ... are very stubborn things": Tindal |  |  | 
          
            | Not fiction |  |  | 
          
            | Checked thing |  |  | 
          
            | It's true |  |  | 
          
            | Almanac statement |  |  | 
          
            | Given |  |  | 
          
            | Thing that's fancy-free? |  |  | 
          
            | Sure thing |  |  | 
          
            | Fiction's opposite |  |  | 
          
            | That's the truth |  |  | 
          
            | Almanac bit |  |  | 
          
            | Fiction's antithesis |  |  | 
          
            | Almanac datum |  |  | 
          
            | It's true |  |  | 
          
            | Truth |  |  | 
          
            | Fancy's antithesis |  |  | 
          
            | It's true |  |  | 
          
            | Part of a good case |  |  | 
          
            | Almanac entry |  |  | 
          
            | Bit of trivia |  |  | 
          
            | Verified information |  |  | 
          
            | It might be found on a mission |  |  | 
          
            | Almanac bit |  |  | 
          
            | Almanac datum |  |  | 
          
            | Jury determination |  |  | 
          
            | It's fancy-free? |  |  | 
          
            | Almanac entry |  |  | 
          
            | Datum |  |  | 
          
            | You can be sure of it |  |  | 
          
            | Truism |  |  | 
          
            | Almanac tidbit |  |  | 
          
            | Truth |  |  | 
          
            | The real thing |  |  | 
          
            | Piece of accurate information |  |  | 
          
            | After the ___ |  |  | 
          
            | Cold hard thing? |  |  | 
          
            | "Is that a _____?" |  |  | 
          
            | Reality |  |  | 
          
            | It's fancy-free? |  |  | 
          
            | Is that a ____? |  |  | 
          
            | Actuality |  |  | 
          
            | It's undeniable |  |  | 
          
            | Almanac item |  |  | 
          
            | Almanac entry |  |  | 
          
            | Verifiable statement |  |  | 
          
            | You'd better believe it! |  |  | 
          
            | Not fiction |  |  | 
          
            | Truth |  |  | 
          
            | Datum |  |  | 
          
            | Truth |  |  | 
          
            | Item for Sgt. Friday |  |  | 
          
            | Not fancy? |  |  | 
          
            | Actuality |  |  | 
          
            | Fiction's antithesis |  |  | 
          
            | Reality |  |  | 
          
            | Something real |  |  | 
          
            | Truth |  |  | 
          
            | Bit of truth |  |  | 
          
            | The real thing |  |  | 
          
            | Fancy's antithesis |  |  | 
          
            | ___ or fiction |  |  | 
          
            | Fancy's opposite |  |  | 
          
            | Piece of reality |  |  | 
          
            | Matter-of-___ |  |  | 
          
            | It's the real thing |  |  | 
          
            | In ___ (really) |  |  | 
          
            | Fiction's counterpart |  |  | 
          
            | See 52-Down |  |  | 
          
            | Datum. |  |  | 
          
            | Not fancy. |  |  | 
          
            | Matter-of-___. |  |  | 
          
            | The real thing. |  |  | 
          
            | Reality. |  |  | 
          
            | Something known to be true. |  |  | 
          
            | Verifiable statement |  |  | 
          
            | Matter of ___. |  |  | 
          
            | Actuality. |  |  | 
          
            | Truth. |  |  | 
          
            | Something so. |  |  | 
          
            | Opposite of fancy. |  |  | 
          
            | It is necessarily so. |  |  | 
          
            | Event. |  |  | 
          
            | Piece of data. |  |  | 
          
            | Piece of information. |  |  | 
          
            | Item of truth. |  |  | 
          
            | Verity. |  |  | 
          
            | Often-checked thing |  |  | 
          
            | Anything certain. |  |  |