"Bulls get angry when they see the color red," for one |
New York Times |
17 Mar 2024 |
Common but false notion |
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A widely held but false belief or idea (4) |
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Autonomy, then, is partly a fable? (4) |
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Loch Ness monster, e.g. |
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Legendary story |
Puzzler Backwords |
02 Mar 2024 |
Legendary tale |
Puzzler Backwords |
28 Feb 2024 |
Legendary story |
The Guardian Speedy |
18 Feb 2024 |
Folk tale |
Puzzler Backwords |
02 Feb 2024 |
Ostriches bury their heads in the sand, e.g. |
LA Times Mini |
26 Jan 2024 |
Legendary story that has no vowels in it |
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Dreamy thoughts about old folk tale (4) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
23 Jan 2024 |
Story about Aphrodite and Apollo say |
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Urban - - -, funny but often untrue tale |
Mirror Tea Time |
16 Jan 2024 |
The "fact" that Albert Einstein flunked math class, e.g. |
New York Times Mini |
16 Jan 2024 |
Girl lisped a story |
The Guardian Cryptic |
15 Jan 2024 |
Girl lisped a story (4) |
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Story of mine that's originally hard to follow (4) |
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Story of mine that's originally hard to follow |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
22 Dec 2023 |
Fable (4) |
Puzzler |
09 Dec 2023 |
Ancient story |
Puzzler Backwords |
20 Nov 2023 |
Legend |
The Telegraph Quick |
10 Nov 2023 |
Ancient story |
Universal |
09 Oct 2023 |
Ancient legend |
Newsday |
15 Aug 2023 |
Legendary story, say |
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Story of Pandora, e.g |
Universal |
04 Aug 2023 |
Widely held but false belief |
The Telegraph Quick |
04 Aug 2023 |
Unfounded notion |
The Times Concise |
21 Jul 2023 |
"The Five Second Rule," e.g |
LA Times Daily |
16 Jul 2023 |
Really? That's half gone? It's not true |
The Guardian Cryptic |
14 Jul 2023 |
Bit of folklore |
LA Times Daily |
28 Jun 2023 |
Traditional story widely accepted as fact |
The Guardian Quick |
02 Jun 2023 |
Fictitious tale |
Universal |
08 May 2023 |
Unfounded story |
Newsday |
05 May 2023 |
Belief that can be "busted" |
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Folk tale |
The Telegraph Quick |
12 Mar 2023 |
Violet Elizabeth's teacher in story? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
23 Feb 2023 |
Legendary story |
Family Time |
22 Jan 2023 |
Ancient legend |
Newsday |
25 Dec 2022 |
Violet Elizabeth's title for fairy story |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
25 Nov 2022 |
Folk story |
LA Times Daily |
14 Nov 2022 |
Traditional story |
The Times Concise |
27 Oct 2022 |
Fantasy? I'm surprised this is dismissed |
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Ancient legend |
Newsday |
18 Oct 2022 |
A genre of story, often expressing how societies began |
The Guardian Weekend |
24 Sep 2022 |
Article I have dismissing English fiction |
The Times Cryptic |
29 Aug 2022 |
Story that's not to be believed |
New York Times |
22 Aug 2022 |
"Toads cause warts," e.g |
Universal |
21 Jun 2022 |
Origin story, often |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Jun 2022 |
Legend |
Universal |
11 Jun 2022 |
Legend of empty mystery and truth |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
09 Jun 2022 |
Fable |
The Telegraph Quick |
04 Jun 2022 |
Folklore relayed as truth (urban, perhaps) |
The Guardian Quick |
09 May 2022 |
Unfinished article on vacuous mystery story |
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Ancient legend |
Newsday |
21 Mar 2022 |
Ancient legend |
Newsday |
14 Mar 2022 |
Putative tale |
Newsday |
13 Mar 2022 |
It's just not true! |
New York Times |
13 Mar 2022 |
Found in academy thinking? Don't believe it! |
Irish Times Crosaire |
26 Feb 2022 |
Legend |
Universal |
28 Jan 2022 |
Bit of 29-Down |
Universal |
24 Jan 2022 |
Some gloomy thought is the stuff of legends |
Irish Times Crosaire |
22 Jan 2022 |
Ancient legend |
Newsday |
19 Jan 2022 |
What unicorns live in? |
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Bit of gloomy thought in allegory |
Irish Times Crosaire |
03 Dec 2021 |
Fictitious tale |
Premier Sunday |
21 Nov 2021 |
Bit of lore |
USA Today |
25 Sep 2021 |
Legend |
The Telegraph Quick |
17 Sep 2021 |
Story about a Greek god, e.g |
Universal |
12 Aug 2021 |
Fantastic legend |
Newsday |
08 Aug 2021 |
Legend |
The Telegraph Quick |
26 Jul 2021 |
Bit of fiction |
The Washington Post |
23 Jul 2021 |
Bit of fiction |
LA Times Daily |
23 Jul 2021 |
False belief that can be busted |
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Fable; fantasy |
The Guardian Speedy |
04 Jul 2021 |
Tale of the gods |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Jun 2021 |
Timmy Thompson's secret fantasy |
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George Washington's chopping down a cherry tree, e.g |
New York Times |
24 May 2021 |
This writer's continuing with the unfinished story |
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One might revolve around Mars |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Apr 2021 |
Misconception |
USA Today |
13 Apr 2021 |
Traditional story |
The Times Concise |
29 Mar 2021 |
Legend |
Universal |
29 Mar 2021 |
Fallacy |
The Telegraph Quick |
05 Mar 2021 |
Legend that's part of my theories |
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Legend's cousin |
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Wildly popular fictional tale |
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Fiction |
The Sun Two Speed |
31 Jan 2021 |
Bigamy thus contains false notion |
The Sun Two Speed |
31 Jan 2021 |
Notion that we use only 10 percent of our brains, e.g |
The Washington Post Sunday |
24 Jan 2021 |
Legend |
The Telegraph Quick |
04 Jan 2021 |
Folklore tale |
Premier Sunday |
03 Jan 2021 |
Ancient tale |
Newsday |
23 Dec 2020 |
Lie on setter's newspaper |
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Tale about Tantalus, say |
The Washington Post |
02 Dec 2020 |
Tale about Tantalus, say |
LA Times Daily |
02 Dec 2020 |
Bit of gloomy thought in allegory |
Irish Times Crosaire |
30 Nov 2020 |
Pandora's box, e.g |
The Washington Post |
17 Nov 2020 |
Pandora's box, e.g |
LA Times Daily |
17 Nov 2020 |
Fable |
The Times Concise |
15 Nov 2020 |
"The ___ of Sisyphus," philosophical essay by Albert Camus published in 1942 |
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Violet Elizabeth's to feel the want of not having story? |
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Folklore story |
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Something read in Deuteronomy? This is not true |
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Olympian account |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Sep 2020 |
Legendary story |
Family Time |
10 Aug 2020 |
Greek god story, e.g |
LA Times Daily |
20 Jul 2020 |
Greek god story, e.g |
The Washington Post |
20 Jul 2020 |
'We use only 10 percent of our brains,' e.g |
The Washington Post Sunday |
19 Jul 2020 |
Loch Ness monster, to a skeptic |
Universal |
09 Jun 2020 |
Tale about Theseus |
Newsday |
05 Jun 2020 |
Bit of lore |
Wall Street Journal |
09 May 2020 |
This writer's article abridged an old wives' tale |
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One might revolve around Venus |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Feb 2020 |
Ancient story |
The Times Concise |
12 Feb 2020 |
Economy that contains false notion |
The Sun Two Speed |
22 Dec 2019 |
Old story |
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Old story |
New York Times |
11 Dec 2019 |
Folk story |
The Washington Post |
31 Oct 2019 |
Folk story |
LA Times Daily |
31 Oct 2019 |
One's extremely Trumpish misconception |
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Fable |
The Telegraph Quick |
02 Oct 2019 |
Like the Loch Ness Monster |
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Widely held misconception |
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Ancient legend |
Newsday |
17 Jul 2019 |
Not entirely gloomy, this old story? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
05 Jul 2019 |
Bit of lore |
Thomas Joseph |
11 Jun 2019 |
Cor! The endless legend |
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Tale of Greek gods, e.g |
USA Today |
03 Jun 2019 |
Bit of folklore |
LA Times Daily |
25 Apr 2019 |
Bit of folklore |
The Washington Post |
25 Apr 2019 |
Loch Ness monster, e.g. |
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Finding on Snopes.com |
New York Times |
14 Mar 2019 |
Economy that contains false notion |
|
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False belief held by academy there |
|
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What Zeus is |
Family Time |
21 Jan 2019 |
Traditional story involving supernatural beings, say |
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Folk story |
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Tale of Greek gods, e.g. |
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Bit of folklore |
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Finding on Snopes.com |
|
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Don't believe it |
The Washington Post |
21 Dec 2018 |
Don't believe it |
LA Times Daily |
21 Dec 2018 |
Something not to be believed |
Family Time |
26 Nov 2018 |
The Fountain of Youth, for one |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
26 Oct 2018 |
Tale of Zeus, e.g |
Universal |
17 Oct 2018 |
A figment of barmy thoughts |
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Legend |
The Washington Post |
20 Aug 2018 |
Legend |
LA Times Daily |
20 Aug 2018 |
Widely held misconception |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Aug 2018 |
Imaginary tale |
Universal |
01 Aug 2018 |
Gracious! Half that is sheer fiction |
The Telegraph Toughie |
17 Jul 2018 |
Bit of folklore |
Family Time |
15 Jul 2018 |
Legend |
Eugene Sheffer |
12 Jul 2018 |
Academy that houses folklore |
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Stories that may be busted |
|
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Some dreamy, thrilling story |
|
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False belief that can be busted |
|
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Traditional story |
The Telegraph Quick |
04 Jun 2018 |
Widely popular but imaginary idea much like unicorns |
|
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'The man, the ___, the legend' |
USA Today |
01 May 2018 |
Story about Zeus and Hera, e.g |
New York Times |
23 Apr 2018 |
Legend presented in crummy theatre |
|
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Fanciful story |
The Telegraph Quick |
10 Feb 2018 |
Widely held misconception |
|
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"The man, the ___, the legend" |
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Legend |
|
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Imaginary tale |
|
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Don't believe it |
|
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The Fountain of Youth, for one |
|
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Story about Zeus and Hera, e.g. |
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Tale of Zeus, e.g. |
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Sasquatch, for instance |
|
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Twice thrummy, featuring an urban legend |
|
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Folklore |
Universal |
25 Nov 2017 |
Ancient legend |
Universal |
16 Oct 2017 |
Fancy being given most of the story |
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Cruise dismissed by Eurythmics - that's a cock-and-bull story |
Irish Times Crosaire |
30 Aug 2017 |
It's not a true story |
Jonesin |
29 Aug 2017 |
Legendary story |
|
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One of many revolving around Mars |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Jun 2017 |
Washington and the cherry tree, e.g |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
28 Apr 2017 |
Gosh! Half of that is fiction! |
|
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Common false belief |
The Times Concise |
13 Apr 2017 |
Olympic account |
Wall Street Journal |
04 Mar 2017 |
Something people might believe that may not be true |
Family Time |
16 Jan 2017 |
Tale of Titans, say |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Jan 2017 |
Folklore |
|
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Washington and the cherry tree, e.g. |
|
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Ancient legend |
|
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Fancy this compiler's tough on the outside |
The Telegraph Toughie |
06 Oct 2016 |
The legend of Hop-o'-my-Thumb |
The Times Cryptic |
06 Sep 2016 |
The legend of Hop-o'-my-Thumb |
|
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Legend's cousin |
Universal |
05 Sep 2016 |
Legend; fable |
The Telegraph Quick |
22 Aug 2016 |
Sasquatch, for one |
USA Today |
09 Aug 2016 |
Bit of legend |
Premier Sunday |
31 Jul 2016 |
Tale of the gods |
USA Today |
31 Jul 2016 |
Loch Ness monster, e.g |
New York Times |
24 Jul 2016 |
Urban legend |
USA Today |
19 Jul 2016 |
Stuff of legends |
Universal |
14 May 2016 |
It's not really true |
Universal |
10 May 2016 |
Tale of the Titans |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Apr 2016 |
The stuff of legends |
The Washington Post |
11 Apr 2016 |
Tall tale |
Premier Sunday |
06 Mar 2016 |
Loch Ness monster, e.g. |
|
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Urban legend |
|
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Tale of the gods |
|
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Sasquatch, for one |
|
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Legend's cousin |
|
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Old wives' tale |
The Washington Post |
04 Dec 2015 |
Tale of the pantheon |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Oct 2015 |
Fairy story writer's wanting first and last to teach |
|
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Old story |
LA Times Daily |
18 Oct 2015 |
Story young girl lisped |
|
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Story reversed within eighty minutes |
|
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Story reversed within eighty minutes |
|
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Bit of lore |
LA Times Daily |
07 Aug 2015 |
Urban legend |
Family Time |
02 Aug 2015 |
Jeremy Thorpe's inner fantasy |
|
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Legend's cousin |
USA Today |
02 Apr 2015 |
Thchoolgirl'th a legend |
|
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False belief |
The Times Concise |
27 Jan 2015 |
Ancient legend |
|
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The lost city of Atlantis, e.g. |
|
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Bit of lore |
|
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Tale of the pantheon |
|
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Old story |
|
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Michael Penn hit "No ___" |
|
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Old wives' tale |
|
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Legend's cousin |
|
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Story set on Mount Olympus, e.g. |
|
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Jupiter, Mars, and Neptune's realm? |
|
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Story of a girl with a speech impediment |
|
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Fancy article curtailed? There's no truth in it |
|
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The stuff of legends |
|
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Old wives' tale |
|
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Paul Bunyan, e.g. |
|
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Pandora's box, e.g. |
|
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The Fountain of Youth, for one |
|
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The stuff of legends |
|
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Legend |
|
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Story taking month, not a month less a day |
|
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Yen to interrupt thousandth tall tale? |
|
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Very tall tale |
|
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Olympic account |
|
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It's not a true story |
|
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Legend's cousin |
|
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Old wives' tale |
|
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Legendary tale |
|
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Old wives' tale |
|
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It's not a true story |
|
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Bit of folklore |
|
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Fable |
|
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Olympian tale |
|
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One often dispelled |
|
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Urban legend, e.g. |
|
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Fable |
|
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Sasquatch, for instance |
|
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Story |
|
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That babies come from a 53-Across, e.g. |
|
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Urban legend, e.g. |
|
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Sasquatch, for instance |
|
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Ancient tale |
|
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Tale that never happened |
|
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What unicorns live in |
|
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It's not true |
|
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That masturbation causes blindness, e.g. |
|
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It's not true |
|
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Greek god story, e.g. |
|
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Urban legend |
|
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Greek god story, e.g. |
|
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Tale involving Greek gods, e.g. |
|
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Fiction |
|
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Fiction |
|
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The stuff of legends |
|
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Unfounded notion |
|
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Tale involving Greek gods, e.g. |
|
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Legend |
|
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Legend |
|
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Urban legend |
|
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The Fountain of Youth, for one |
|
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Legend |
|
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The story of Icarus, e.g. |
|
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Legendary story |
|
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Fiction |
|
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The Fountain of Youth, for one |
|
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"Toads cause warts," e.g. |
|
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Belief that toads cause warts, for example |
|
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It ain't real |
|
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El Dorado, for one |
|
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Tale of the gods |
|
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Legend |
|
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The stuff of legends |
|
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Legend cousin |
|
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It's not true |
|
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Subject for Bulfinch |
|
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Traditional story |
|
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It's not to be believed |
|
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Fantasy |
|
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Baseless notion |
|
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Washington chopping down the cherry tree, e.g. |
|
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Legend |
|
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Traditional story |
|
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"Gore invented the internet," e.g. |
|
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Untrue tale |
|
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Unfounded belief |
|
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Unfounded belief |
|
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Fable |
|
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Urban ___ (modern legend) |
|
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Misconception |
|
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Legend |
|
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Legendary story |
|
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Sasquatch, e.g. |
|
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Ancient Greek legend |
|
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'Pyramus and Thisbe e.g.,' |
|
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Olympian story |
|
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El Dorado, for one |
|
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It's not true |
|
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Lore of yore |
|
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Don't believe it |
|
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El Dorado, for one |
|
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Urban legend |
|
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Old wives' tale |
|
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Edith Hamilton specialty |
|
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Story involving Greek gods, for example |
|
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Story from Olympus |
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Legendary story |
|
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The stuff of legends |
|
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Bulfinch topic |
|
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"Doubleday invented baseball," e.g. |
|
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Folklore story |
|
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It's not really true |
|
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Subject for Bulfinch |
|
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Fantasy |
|
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Commonly held false notion |
|
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Story |
|
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Item of folklore |
|
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Legendary story |
|
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Deep tale |
|
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"Daedalus and Icarus," e.g. |
|
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Bulfinch topic |
|
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Camus's "The___of Sisyphus" |
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Tale about the Minotaur, e.g. |
|
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Story about Zeus, e.g. |
|
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Theseus-Minotaur tale, e.g. |
|
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Tale about Eros, e.g. |
|
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Bulfinch specialty |
|
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Literary genre |
|
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Theseus and the Minotaur, e.g. |
|
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Orpheus-Eurydice tale, e.g. |
|
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Tale about Thor |
|
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Bullfinch specialty |
|
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The Hero-Leander tale is one |
|
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Invented story |
|
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Legend |
|
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Fanciful tale |
|
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Arthurian story, for one |
|
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Relative of 1 Across |
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Story of gods |
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Legend. |
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Kind of story. |
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Story. |
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Traditional story. |
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Invented story. |
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Imaginary one. |
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Folktale. |
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Poetic fiction. |
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Imaginary person. |
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Story of a sort. |
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Allegory. |
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Bulfinch's topic. |
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Bulfinch subject. |
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Legendary matter. |
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Fictitious person. |
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Bulfinch specialty. |
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Bullfinch specialty. |
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Fairy tale. |
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Urban ___ |
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Mr. Rogers was a Navy Seal, e.g. |
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