| No time for human message from story | 
            The Times Quick Cryptic | 
            29 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | __ compass | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            12 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | Upright | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            11 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | Fable's message | 
            Newsday | 
            30 Sep 2025 | 
          
          
            | Final ultimatum on spoken message (5) | 
            Puzzler Cryptic | 
            28 Sep 2025 | 
          
          
            | ___ of the story (lesson) | 
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            | Aesopian ending | 
            LA Times Mini | 
            05 Aug 2025 | 
          
          
            | Frenchman before test has lesson (5) | 
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            | Ethical, virtuous (5) | 
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            | Tale takeaway, at times | 
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            | Involving right and wrong (5) | 
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            | Lesson to be learned from "Mr. Albert Goes Round the Globe" (5) | 
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            | Righteous | 
            Newsday | 
            05 Jun 2025 | 
          
          
            | ___ of the story | 
            Universal | 
            27 May 2025 | 
          
          
            | Highly principled | 
            Newsday | 
            11 May 2025 | 
          
          
            | Figure a verbal test is proper | 
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            | Of good conduct (5) | 
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            | Married soldiers given a line as lesson (5) | 
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            | Fable finish | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            29 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | Concise truth, maxim (5) | 
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            | High ground at the end of a story? | 
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            | Ed was not par t of the earldom - this was the point of the story (5) | 
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            | "The ___ to the story is ..." | 
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            | Leader of men said to be ethical (5) | 
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            | "And the ___ of the story is..." | 
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            | Lesson of a story (5) | 
            Puzzler | 
            02 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | Lesson from gangster's girl endlessly sheltering gunmen | 
            The Times Cryptic | 
            17 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | Message on medium that's spoken (5) | 
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            | Decayed molar will teach you a lesson (5) | 
            Puzzler Cryptic | 
            13 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | Principled | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            12 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | Good tooth 60% twisted | 
            The Telegraph Cryptic | 
            10 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | Many a test is ethical (5) | 
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            | The point of the story is quite ethical (5) | 
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            | Dig out marigold - this could be the lesson... (5) | 
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            | The lesson to be obtained from a fable or event (5) | 
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            | Ethical | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            20 Dec 2024 | 
          
          
            | Lesson from Aesop's stories | 
            New York Times Mini | 
            17 Dec 2024 | 
          
          
            | Lesson in molar development (5) | 
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            | Takeaway from a tale | 
            New York Times | 
            06 Dec 2024 | 
          
          
            | Fable finale | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            01 Dec 2024 | 
          
          
            | Lesson from Aesop's Fables | 
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            | Just a bad molar (5) | 
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            | Lesson about molar | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            27 Nov 2024 | 
          
          
            | Ethical | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            27 Nov 2024 | 
          
          
            | Decent point to the story (5) | 
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            | A practical lesson to be drawn from this sort of victory (5) | 
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            | Fable's lesson | 
            Commuter | 
            16 Nov 2024 | 
          
          
            | End of a fable | 
            Newsday | 
            13 Nov 2024 | 
          
          
            | Virtuous | 
            Newsday | 
            03 Nov 2024 | 
          
          
            | Upright | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            31 Oct 2024 | 
          
          
            | It's quite proper to roam around a rail terminus | 
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            | Righteous | 
            Puzzler Backwords | 
            17 Oct 2024 | 
          
          
            | From many an exam, there's a lesson to be learned (5) | 
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            | Lesson to be drawn | 
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            | Lesson about molar | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            27 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | Ethical | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            27 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | What most orthodox religions are looking to be initially | 
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            | Lesson at the end of an Aesop's fable, say | 
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            | Ethical | 
            Mirror Tea Time | 
            19 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | Muslim leader said to be virtuous (5) | 
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            | Just a maxim | 
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            | Moslem leader said to be virtuous (5) | 
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            | "___ of the story ..." (fable ender) | 
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            | Virtuous point to the story (5) | 
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            | On the straight and narrow | 
            Newsday | 
            22 Aug 2024 | 
          
          
            | Good Frenchman has spoken (5) | 
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            | "The arc of the ___ universe is long, but it bends toward justice" | 
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            | Fable feature | 
            Commuter | 
            24 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | The point of a story (5) | 
            The Guardian Quick | 
            19 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | The lesson to be learned from many a test | 
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            | Ethical (5) | 
            Puzzler | 
            10 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | Many have said it's ethical (5) | 
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            | Fable's lesson | 
            Commuter | 
            01 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | Fable feature | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            29 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | Many have spoken of such a victory (5) | 
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            | Practical lesson to be drawn (5) | 
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            | Righteous, upright and virtuous | 
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            | Decent interpretation of Amol Rajan's starter (5) | 
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            | On reflection, singular omelette is somewhat decent | 
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            | Story's message | 
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            | "The ___ of the story is . . ." | 
            USA Today | 
            31 May 2024 | 
          
          
            | Fable's message | 
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            | Ethical significance | 
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            | Person with no time to be virtuous | 
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            | Taking the high road | 
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            | It is ethical for Monsieur to take the viva voce (5) | 
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            | Fable feature | 
            Commuter | 
            13 May 2024 | 
          
          
            | Ethical advice from fable (5) | 
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            | "Little Bunny Foo Foo" lesson, e.g. | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            29 Apr 2024 | 
          
          
            | Serious lesson | 
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            | Fable feature | 
            Commuter | 
            20 Apr 2024 | 
          
          
            | Good lesson (5) | 
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            | Decent mark on exam | 
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            | The lesson there is to be learned from the virtuous (5) | 
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            | Principled | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            13 Apr 2024 | 
          
          
            | Ethical | 
            Mirror Tea Time | 
            05 Apr 2024 | 
          
          
            | Righteous | 
            Universal | 
            05 Apr 2024 | 
          
          
            | Message from one of Aesop's fables, such as Beauty is only skin-deep | 
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            | Good in English or in French bad | 
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            | Ethical - as found in bream or alevin! (5) | 
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            | Lesson: - of the story | 
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            | Virtuous Frenchman seen before spoken exam | 
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            | Word before "compass" or "duty" | 
            Universal | 
            27 Feb 2024 | 
          
          
            | There's a T in 'fatal' is the lesson you learn from it (5) | 
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            | knowing right from wrong | 
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            | Maiden said to be ethical | 
            The Times Quick Cryptic | 
            21 Feb 2024 | 
          
          
            | The message of a poem or a long novel (5) | 
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            | There's some point in a story having one (5) | 
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            | Lesson of a fable (5) | 
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            | It is ethically right for me to lose half on the viva voce (5) | 
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            | This lesson ban could be abnormal! (5) | 
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            | Lesson from a fable | 
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            | Good mark on test | 
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            | Storybook ending? | 
            New York Times | 
            07 Jan 2024 | 
          
          
            | Principled | 
            Newsday | 
            04 Jan 2024 | 
          
          
            | Fable's lesson | 
            Newsday | 
            01 Jan 2024 | 
          
          
            | Good mark on test (5) | 
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            | Mike's spoken message (5) | 
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            | Mike's spoken message | 
            The Guardian Cryptic | 
            15 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | Very good mark on exam | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            14 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | Ethical | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            14 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | Righteous | 
            Puzzler Backwords | 
            09 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | Ethical introduction to maths exam (5) | 
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            | Principled | 
            LA Times Mini | 
            08 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | Lesson Mike has spoken | 
            The Times Quick Cryptic | 
            07 Nov 2023 | 
          
          
            | Lesson at the end of an Aesop's fable, say | 
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            | Fable finale | 
            Newsday | 
            20 Jul 2023 | 
          
          
            | Lesson in a fable | 
            USA Today | 
            15 Jun 2023 | 
          
          
            | Upstanding | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            02 Jun 2023 | 
          
          
            | "___ of the story..." (lesson) | 
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            | Aesop's fable lesson | 
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            | Righteous | 
            Newsday | 
            26 Mar 2023 | 
          
          
            | Fable's lesson | 
            Newsday | 
            20 Mar 2023 | 
          
          
            | Fable finale | 
            Universal | 
            07 Mar 2023 | 
          
          
            | End of a piece by 65-Across | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            02 Feb 2023 | 
          
          
            | Fable ending | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            04 Jan 2023 | 
          
          
            | Ending of a fable | 
            Newsday | 
            21 Dec 2022 | 
          
          
            | Fable ending | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            21 Sep 2022 | 
          
          
            | "___ of the story" (lesson) | 
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            | Fairy tale's point | 
            Family Time | 
            19 Jun 2022 | 
          
          
            | Lesson from Aesop's fable, say | 
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            | Word before "compass" or "dilemma" | 
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            | Lesson from a story | 
            The Times Concise | 
            25 Apr 2022 | 
          
          
            | Lesson | 
            The Times Concise | 
            17 Apr 2022 | 
          
          
            | Lesson from a fable | 
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            | ___ victory (gain in spite of a loss) | 
            The Washington Post Sunday | 
            27 Feb 2022 | 
          
          
            | Practical lesson | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            19 Feb 2022 | 
          
          
            | Exam's ultimate test, right? | 
            The Times Cryptic | 
            07 Feb 2022 | 
          
          
            | Lesson from a fable | 
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            | Lesson at the end of a fable | 
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            | ___ Mondays (North Carolina protests) | 
            USA Today | 
            10 Dec 2021 | 
          
          
            | Fable ending | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            23 Nov 2021 | 
          
          
            | "___ of the story" (fable ender) | 
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            | ___ of the Story (Fable ender) | 
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            | Lesson from Aesop's fable | 
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            | Concerned with ethics | 
            Universal | 
            19 Sep 2021 | 
          
          
            | Aesopian ending | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            14 Sep 2021 | 
          
          
            | Virtuous | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            30 Jun 2021 | 
          
          
            | Holding high ethical standards | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            17 May 2021 | 
          
          
            | Principled | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            10 May 2021 | 
          
          
            | Honourable man wasting time  | 
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            | Fable ending | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            02 Apr 2021 | 
          
          
            | Ethical dame is not involved in melodrama | 
            Irish Times Crosaire | 
            13 Feb 2021 | 
          
          
            | Lesson at the end of a fable | 
            Newsday | 
            26 Jan 2021 | 
          
          
            | Ethical | 
            New York Times | 
            11 Jan 2021 | 
          
          
            | Lesson from Aesop | 
            The Washington Post | 
            21 Dec 2020 | 
          
          
            | Lesson from Aesop | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            21 Dec 2020 | 
          
          
            | Certain lesson | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            04 Dec 2020 | 
          
          
            | Certain lesson | 
            The Washington Post | 
            04 Dec 2020 | 
          
          
            | Fable finale | 
            Newsday | 
            08 Nov 2020 | 
          
          
            | Kind of high ground | 
            New York Times | 
            08 Nov 2020 | 
          
          
            | . Right, second right, then a left  | 
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            | Right molar's erupting  | 
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            | Fable's lesson | 
            Universal | 
            19 Aug 2020 | 
          
          
            | Man's timeless lesson  | 
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            | Fable finish | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            11 Aug 2020 | 
          
          
            | Fable's message | 
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            | Highly principled | 
            Newsday | 
            18 Jun 2020 | 
          
          
            | Aesop fable's lesson | 
            Jonesin | 
            09 Jun 2020 | 
          
          
            | It's just end of term for 33 down | 
            Irish Times Crosaire | 
            30 May 2020 | 
          
          
            | Good spirits falling short of ecstasy | 
            The Telegraph Toughie | 
            22 Apr 2020 | 
          
          
            | Aesopian conclusion | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            19 Apr 2020 | 
          
          
            | Aesopian conclusion | 
            The Washington Post | 
            19 Apr 2020 | 
          
          
            | Takeaway of a fable | 
            New York Times | 
            07 Apr 2020 | 
          
          
            | Mark exam in lesson  | 
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            | Fable conclusion | 
            Newsday | 
            15 Mar 2020 | 
          
          
            | Ethical | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            06 Feb 2020 | 
          
          
            | Aesopian ending | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            27 Dec 2019 | 
          
          
            | Ethical | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            03 Dec 2019 | 
          
          
            | Very good mark on exam | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            03 Dec 2019 | 
          
          
            | Aesopian conclusion | 
            USA Today | 
            21 Nov 2019 | 
          
          
            | "Look before you leap," for one | 
            Universal | 
            18 Nov 2019 | 
          
          
            | Parable message | 
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            | Parable message | 
            New York Times | 
            13 Nov 2019 | 
          
          
            | Ethical point initially made by word of mouth  | 
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            | "___ Disorder," 2006 collection of connected short stories by Margaret Atwood which chronicles the pains of a Canadian family | 
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            | Fable takeaway | 
            Universal | 
            17 Oct 2019 | 
          
          
            | Man having no time for practical lesson  | 
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            | Fable's end | 
            New York Times | 
            11 Sep 2019 | 
          
          
            | A lesson at the end of a fable | 
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            | Good middle-of-the road album? Not bad  | 
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            | 'Right,' Mike said, ... | 
            The Telegraph Toughie | 
            31 Jul 2019 | 
          
          
            | Fable's message | 
             | 
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            | Principled | 
            Newsday | 
            11 Jul 2019 | 
          
          
            | Test after master's first lesson | 
            The Telegraph Cryptic | 
            05 Jul 2019 | 
          
          
            | Lacking ethical sense | 
            The Washington Post Sunday | 
            30 Jun 2019 | 
          
          
            | Decent exam mark given first  | 
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            | Upshot of a story | 
            New York Times | 
            23 Jun 2019 | 
          
          
            | Concerned with right and wrong | 
            Irish Times Simplex | 
            15 Jun 2019 | 
          
          
            | Right molar operated on  | 
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            | Story lesson | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            23 May 2019 | 
          
          
            | Story lesson | 
            The Washington Post | 
            23 May 2019 | 
          
          
            | Principled | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            17 Apr 2019 | 
          
          
            | Concerned with principles of right and wrong | 
            Irish Times Simplex | 
            27 Mar 2019 | 
          
          
            | Point of a fable | 
            The Washington Post | 
            04 Feb 2019 | 
          
          
            | Point of a fable | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            04 Feb 2019 | 
          
          
            | Parable's ending | 
            USA Today | 
            28 Jan 2019 | 
          
          
            | Tale's end, sometimes | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            16 Jan 2019 | 
          
          
            | Parable's ending | 
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            | Fable's end | 
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            | Fable takeaway | 
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            | Upshot of a story | 
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            | Story lesson | 
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            | Principled | 
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            | Point of a fable | 
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            | Wisdom from Aesop | 
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            | ___ of the story (lesson) | 
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            | Fable end | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            02 Oct 2018 | 
          
          
            | Virtuous | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            16 Sep 2018 | 
          
          
            | Standing upright? | 
            Universal | 
            22 Aug 2018 | 
          
          
            | Lesson at the end of a fable | 
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            | Aesopian ending | 
            Newsday | 
            17 Jun 2018 | 
          
          
            | Lesson of a story | 
            The Times Concise | 
            05 Jun 2018 | 
          
          
            | ___ compass | 
            New York Times | 
            23 May 2018 | 
          
          
            | Fable lesson | 
            The Washington Post | 
            06 May 2018 | 
          
          
            | Fable lesson | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            06 May 2018 | 
          
          
            | Lesson from story | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            05 May 2018 | 
          
          
            | Lesson master put into speech  | 
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            | Lesson at a fable's end | 
            Newsday | 
            26 Feb 2018 | 
          
          
            | End of story? | 
            New York Times | 
            18 Feb 2018 | 
          
          
            | End of a fable | 
            Family Time | 
            05 Feb 2018 | 
          
          
            | End of story? | 
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            | Standing upright? | 
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            | ___ compass | 
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            | Fable lesson | 
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            | Aesopian conclusion | 
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            | Aesopian ending | 
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            | It's good to have examination by first of March  | 
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            | Concerned with right and wrong | 
            USA Today | 
            20 Dec 2017 | 
          
          
            | Aesopian ending | 
            The Washington Post | 
            17 Dec 2017 | 
          
          
            | Aesopian ending | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            17 Dec 2017 | 
          
          
            | Good man or criminal?  | 
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            | ''Do right'' lesson | 
            Newsday | 
            09 Nov 2017 | 
          
          
            | Conclusion of a story, or the learning from that | 
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            | Exam following Monsieur's lesson | 
            The Telegraph Cryptic | 
            24 Sep 2017 | 
          
          
            | Righteous | 
            Newsday | 
            10 Sep 2017 | 
          
          
            | Takeaway, of a sort | 
            New York Times | 
            27 Aug 2017 | 
          
          
            | Narrative lesson | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            12 Aug 2017 | 
          
          
            | 'Slow and steady wins the race,' e.g | 
            New York Times | 
            01 Aug 2017 | 
          
          
            | Conclusion to a fable | 
            Universal | 
            27 Jul 2017 | 
          
          
            | Aesopian finale | 
            USA Today | 
            04 Jul 2017 | 
          
          
            | A lesson at the end of a fable | 
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            | Fable finale | 
            New York Times | 
            21 May 2017 | 
          
          
            | Fable's message | 
            New York Times | 
            15 May 2017 | 
          
          
            | Concerned with right and wrong | 
             | 
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            | Fable finale | 
             | 
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            | Kind of fiber | 
            New York Times | 
            01 Jan 2017 | 
          
          
            | Fable's message | 
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            | Kind of fiber | 
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            | Conclusion to a fable | 
             | 
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            | Takeaway, of a sort | 
             | 
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            | "Slow and steady wins the race," e.g. | 
             | 
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            | Aesopian ending | 
             | 
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            | Aesopian finale | 
             | 
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            | Just married – it's a test people say | 
             | 
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            | Lesson in a fable | 
            USA Today | 
            11 Dec 2016 | 
          
          
            | Lesson that can be drawn from a story | 
            The Times Concise | 
            23 Nov 2016 | 
          
          
            | Fable conclusion | 
            Universal | 
            09 Sep 2016 | 
          
          
            | Upstanding | 
            New York Times | 
            17 Aug 2016 | 
          
          
            | Aesopian conclusion | 
            Jonesin | 
            17 May 2016 | 
          
          
            | Fable finale | 
            USA Today | 
            29 Apr 2016 | 
          
          
            | Lesson at the end | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            20 Apr 2016 | 
          
          
            | Fable's lesson | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            04 Apr 2016 | 
          
          
            | Lesson to take from a fable | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            14 Mar 2016 | 
          
          
            | Aesop's point | 
            Universal | 
            09 Mar 2016 | 
          
          
            | 'Look before you leap,' for one | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            05 Mar 2016 | 
          
          
            | Aesop's point | 
            USA Today | 
            02 Mar 2016 | 
          
          
            | Fable conclusion | 
             | 
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            | Lesson | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            16 Dec 2015 | 
          
          
            | Just married, before the exam | 
            The Telegraph Cryptic | 
            14 Dec 2015 | 
          
          
            | Virtuous | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            04 Dec 2015 | 
          
          
            | Behaving ethically | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            13 Nov 2015 | 
          
          
            | Initially master has spoken in lesson | 
            The Telegraph Cryptic | 
            16 Oct 2015 | 
          
          
            | Aesopian ending | 
            USA Today | 
            16 Oct 2015 | 
          
          
            | Fable offering | 
            Universal | 
            17 Sep 2015 | 
          
          
            | Fable finish | 
            USA Today | 
            04 Sep 2015 | 
          
          
            | Right, or in French, wrong  | 
             | 
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            | Lesson taught by a fable | 
            Universal | 
            28 Feb 2015 | 
          
          
            | Aesop's ending | 
            Universal | 
            14 Feb 2015 | 
          
          
            | Virtuous | 
             | 
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            | Fable finish | 
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            | Fabulous finish, of a sort | 
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            | Like some codes | 
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            | Virtuous | 
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            | Aesopian ending | 
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            | Aesop's ending | 
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            | Fable offering | 
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            | Lesson taught by a fable | 
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            | Story conclusion, sometimes | 
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            | ___ support | 
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            | Fable conclusion | 
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            | Fable finale | 
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            | End of an Aesop fable | 
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            | Fable point | 
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            | Virtuous | 
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            | Righteous | 
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            | Aesop's lesson | 
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            | Kind of support | 
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            | Point of a fable | 
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            | Dead Kennedys "___ Majority" | 
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            | "Slow and steady wins the race," e.g. | 
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            | Principled | 
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            | Parable message | 
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            | Aesopian conclusion | 
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            | Tale's end, sometimes | 
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            | Point of a tale | 
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            | Fable ender | 
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            | Parable message | 
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            | Principled | 
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            | Conforming to proper behavior | 
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            | "Slow and steady wins the race," e.g. | 
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            | Fable lesson | 
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            | Point | 
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            | Point | 
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            | Aesopian conclusion | 
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            | Fable's end | 
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            | End of a fable | 
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            | Fable's tagline | 
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            | Lesson from Aesop | 
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            | "Here's the ___ of the story from a guy who knows ..." | 
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            | Upright Gary Numan song | 
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            | Good | 
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            | Platitude after a parable | 
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            | Fable finish | 
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            | Ethical | 
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            | End of a fable | 
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            | "Slow and steady wins the race," for one | 
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            | Story's lesson | 
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            | Story's lesson | 
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            | Fable conclusion | 
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            | Fable's message | 
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            | Scrupulous | 
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            | "Slow and steady wins the race," for one | 
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            | Fable conclusion | 
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            | Fable's lesson | 
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            | Fable's lesson | 
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            | High-minded | 
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            | Kind of support | 
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            | Fable finale | 
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            | Kind of support | 
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            | Lesson taught at the end, sometimes | 
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            | Fable point | 
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            | Fabulist's finish | 
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            | End of a story | 
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            | Upright | 
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            | Fable finale | 
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            | Aesop ending | 
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            | Story's end, perhaps | 
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            | Story's point | 
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            | Principled | 
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            | Lesson in a tale | 
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            | Fable ending | 
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            | Aesopian end | 
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            | Lesson at the end | 
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            | Lesson at the end | 
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            | Fable finale | 
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            | Fable finale | 
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            | Aesopian closer | 
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            | Tale tail, sometimes | 
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            | Aesopian conclusion | 
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            | Aesopian conclusion | 
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            | Fable ending, often | 
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            | Aesop fable lesson | 
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            | Storybook ending, perhaps | 
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            | Lesson from Aesop | 
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            | Storybook ending, sometimes | 
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            | Aesop's lesson | 
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            | Parable's ending | 
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            | Fable finale | 
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            | Tale end | 
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            | Message of a kind | 
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            | Reading lesson | 
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            | Virtuous | 
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            | Fable ending | 
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            | Fable feature | 
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            | Message of a kind | 
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            | Reading lesson | 
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            | Upright | 
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            | Lesson in a fable | 
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            | Fable conclusion | 
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            | Fable ending | 
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            | Aesop's form of expression | 
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            | Majority leader? | 
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            | Storybook ending? | 
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            | End of an Aesopian fable | 
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            | Fabulous finale | 
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            | Words to live by | 
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            | Certain lesson | 
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            | High-minded | 
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            | Aesop conclusion | 
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            | Parable's point | 
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            | Fable finale | 
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            | Fable finale | 
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            | Aesopian conclusion | 
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            | Fable lesson | 
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            | Virtuous | 
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            | Fable feature | 
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            | Virtuous | 
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            | Virtuous | 
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            | Aesopian ending | 
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            | Fabulous finale? | 
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            | Kind of victory | 
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            | Good | 
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            | Aesops message | 
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            | Parable's message | 
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            | Aesopian coda | 
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            | Fable's point | 
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            | Lesson of a tale | 
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            | Upstanding | 
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            | Fable's lesson | 
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            | End of an Aesopian fable | 
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            | Upright | 
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            | Fable s lesson | 
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            | Fable s teaching | 
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            | Exam's ultimate test, right?  | 
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            | Story conclusion | 
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            | Aesopian lesson | 
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            | Part of a homily | 
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            | Aesop point | 
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            | Platitude after a parable | 
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            | Fable finale | 
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            | Right | 
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            | Some stories have one | 
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            | Upstanding | 
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            | Upright | 
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            | Fable offering | 
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            | Ethical | 
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            | Good in conduct or character | 
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            | Virtuous | 
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            | Ethical | 
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            | Ethical | 
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            | Aesopian conclusion | 
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            | Righteous | 
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            | Lesson to be learned | 
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            | Fable's point | 
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            | Fabulous finish? | 
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            | High-minded | 
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            | Righteous | 
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            | Fabulous finale | 
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            | Ethical | 
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            | Aesop fable's ending | 
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            | Aesop's ending | 
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            | Aesopian finale | 
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            | Aesop feature | 
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            | Principled | 
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            | Aesopian ending | 
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            | Fable's finale | 
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            | Lesson of a sort | 
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            | Having good character | 
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            | ___ Majority | 
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            | Message from Aesop | 
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            | Aesop fable ending | 
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            | Fable ending | 
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            | Fable's ending | 
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            | Ingredient of an Aesop tale | 
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            | Fable addendum | 
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            | Fable dividend | 
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            | Aesopian ending | 
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            | Didactic | 
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            | Fable's punchline | 
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            | Fable's punch line | 
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            | Kind of victory | 
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            | Fable's high point | 
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            | Kind of turpitude | 
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            | Part of M.R.A. | 
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            | Aesop's concern | 
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            | Aesop ending | 
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            | Fable's lesson. | 
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            | Every fable has one. | 
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            | Point of a fable. | 
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            | What an Aesop fable has. | 
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            | Point of a cute animal story? | 
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            | Children's book conclusion | 
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            | Fabulous ending. | 
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            | Maxim. | 
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            | Fable ending. | 
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            | Ethical. | 
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            | Right and proper. | 
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            | High-minded. | 
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            | Ending of some children's stories | 
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            | Aesop's last word. | 
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            | Lesson. | 
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            | Fable's burden. | 
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            | Inner meaning of a narrative. | 
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            | Proper | 
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            | Right. | 
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            | Ending of some stories. | 
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            | Children's story ender, often | 
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            | Principled. | 
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            | Parable's message | 
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            | End of a story with animals | 
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            | Punch-line for Aesop. | 
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            | Virtuous. | 
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            | Characteristic of McGuffey's Readers. | 
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            | What we all should be. | 
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            | Fable's import. | 
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            | Right in conduct. | 
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            | Fable's finale. | 
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            | Fable's ending. | 
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            | Aphorism. | 
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            | Principal. | 
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            | Point of a parable. | 
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            | Aesopian ending. | 
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            | Lesson taught by a fable. | 
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            | Aesopian conclusion. | 
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            | Aesop's point. | 
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            | Upright. | 
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            | Meat of a fable. | 
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