| Rest after pure fib (5,3) |
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| While it is wrong, sweetheart tells a harmless fib (5,3) |
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| Polite fib (5,3) |
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| Insignificant fib |
Mirror Classic |
28 May 2025 |
| Small fib |
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| Wife, having beaten conviction, exposed false statement |
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| European wine lake - Independent starts story with good intentions (5,3) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
23 Apr 2025 |
| European wine lake a Independent starts story with good intentions (5,3) |
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| Fib that spares someone's feelings |
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| Harmless or trivial untruth? (5,3) |
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| Placing rest behind ball on table leads to slight stretch |
The Telegraph Toughie |
31 Dec 2024 |
| Saying it's ivory when it's not? (5,3) |
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| Minor falsehood from chess player about priest (5,3) |
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| Harmless fib |
The Times Concise |
24 Oct 2024 |
| Dishonesty that pales into insignificance (5,3) |
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| Harmless untruth (5,3) |
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| Well-meant fib (5,3) |
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| Light? Why Spooner, that's a little fib! (5,3) |
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| Well-meaning untruth that may be told while tie is knotted (5,3) |
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| Harmless fib (2 wds.) |
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| Forgivable falsehood |
The Guardian Speedy |
23 Oct 2022 |
| "We'll be in touch!," often |
New York Times |
20 Mar 2022 |
| Delicate deception |
Universal |
21 Dec 2021 |
| "Little" fib |
LA Times Daily |
28 Jun 2021 |
| 'Little' fib |
The Washington Post |
28 Jun 2021 |
| Untruth with Lee one concocted |
The Sun Two Speed |
19 Mar 2021 |
| Harmless fib |
The Sun Two Speed |
19 Mar 2021 |
| Well-meaning falsehood |
The Guardian Speedy |
22 Sep 2019 |
| We are prone to absorb blow as harmless deception |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
20 May 2018 |
| Slight fiction |
The Washington Post |
19 May 2018 |
| Slight fiction |
LA Times Daily |
19 May 2018 |
| 'You don't look a day over 30,' perhaps |
Wall Street Journal |
06 Feb 2018 |
| Slight fiction |
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| Slightly embellished truth |
The Washington Post |
09 Nov 2017 |
| Slightly embellished truth |
LA Times Daily |
09 Nov 2017 |
| A trivial fib |
Irish Times Simplex |
24 Jul 2017 |
| "Little" deception |
LA Times Daily |
16 Jan 2017 |
| "Little" deception |
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| Slightly embellished truth |
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| Colourful type describes what the swinger is looking for in good fiction |
Irish Times Crosaire |
22 Apr 2016 |
| "You don't look a day over 29," probably |
LA Times Daily |
05 Feb 2015 |
| "You don't look a day over 29," probably |
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| Tinge of perjury? |
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| Benign fiction |
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| Benign fiction |
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| Good fiction? |
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| Tactful deception |
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| "The dog ate my homework," e.g. |
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| "Oh yes, I love that dress," maybe |
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| Diplomatic deception |
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| "I never would have guessed it was a toupee," maybe |
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| "Little" falsehood |
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| "Little" falsehood |
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| Tactful deception |
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| "No, it doesn't make you look fat," maybe |
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| Seemingly harmless distortion |
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| Harmless distortion |
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| "The dog ate my homework," e.g. |
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| Tinge of perjury? |
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| Ofay's fib |
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| Fib |
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| Polite prevarication. |
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| Fib. |
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| One form of polite excuse. |
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