| Stories; threads | The Telegraph Plusword | 07 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Tales | Eugene Sheffer | 22 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Anecdotes (5) | Puzzler | 10 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Shaggy-dog stories | Wall Street Journal | 03 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Spun tales | Premier Sunday | 24 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | Tales that are spun by the textile worker (5) | Puzzler Cryptic | 31 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Threads tall tales? (5) |  |  | 
          
            | They say in the Royal Navy you'll hear such stories (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Circuitous tales (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Ryan's accounts (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Fantastic stories |  |  | 
          
            | Ray's gone north with his stories (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Materials you can buy at Knitty City |  |  | 
          
            | Threads or tall tales (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Strands of thread |  |  | 
          
            | Threads | The Telegraph Quick | 01 May 2025 | 
          
            | Drawn-out stories (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Unlikely tales, informally (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Spin ___ : tell tales? (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Fish stories | Universal | 01 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Tall tales | Wall Street Journal | 22 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Tales spun at a campfire |  |  | 
          
            | Rambling anecdotes |  |  | 
          
            | Long or rambling stories (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Poles follow Ray back to get accounts |  |  | 
          
            | Anecdotes, stories | Puzzler Backwords | 26 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | They're told they'll probably be needled (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Tells stories, - around the campfire |  |  | 
          
            | Tells stories as they spin |  |  | 
          
            | Knitting project purchases | New York Times Mini | 17 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Stories with a twist? (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Stories, say, possibly about the navy (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Tales, stories | Puzzler Backwords | 10 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Tales | Eugene Sheffer | 23 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | Tall tales | Universal | 15 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | Threads; tales | The Telegraph Mini | 21 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Tall tales appropriate for 35-across | Family Time | 20 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Involved tales |  |  | 
          
            | Tales | Puzzler Backwords | 02 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Threads: tapestry- |  |  | 
          
            | Long stories (5) | Puzzler | 27 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Mohair and angora | Universal | 19 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Knitting shop's choices |  |  | 
          
            | Crocheting materials | USA Today | 06 May 2024 | 
          
            | Stories to say in the navy |  |  | 
          
            | Strands of threads |  |  | 
          
            | Stories for telling |  |  | 
          
            | Threads; stories |  |  | 
          
            | Spun threads (5) |  |  | 
          
            | Wild stories | Newsday | 18 Feb 2024 | 
          
            | Ripping ___, 1970s Michael Palin series | Puzzler Backwords | 28 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | They're said to be spun |  |  | 
          
            | Spins them - stories, I mean! |  |  | 
          
            | Stories | Thomas Joseph | 28 Nov 2023 | 
          
            | Anecdotes, stories | Puzzler Backwords | 12 Nov 2023 | 
          
            | Stories | The Telegraph Quick | 06 Jun 2023 | 
          
            | Knitter's materials | USA Today | 15 May 2023 | 
          
            | Stories in Sun's issue about Poles | The Guardian Cryptic | 03 May 2023 | 
          
            | Fabulist's fabulations | New York Times | 21 Apr 2023 | 
          
            | Stories | The Telegraph Quick | 21 Mar 2023 | 
          
            | These could be woolly stories | The Telegraph Cryptic | 07 Feb 2023 | 
          
            | Stories | LA Times Daily | 29 Oct 2022 | 
          
            | Knitters' supplies | Premier Sunday | 31 Jul 2022 | 
          
            | Knitter's materials | Newsday | 06 Jun 2022 | 
          
            | Rambling accounts | The Washington Post | 01 May 2022 | 
          
            | Rambling accounts | LA Times Daily | 01 May 2022 | 
          
            | Knitter's supplies | Universal | 04 Feb 2022 | 
          
            | Tall tales | New York Times | 23 Jan 2022 | 
          
            | Stories; threads | The Telegraph Quick | 22 Dec 2021 | 
          
            | Tall tales | Wall Street Journal | 21 Dec 2021 | 
          
            | Always rejected Twitter's right wing points and threads |  |  | 
          
            | Stories | Wall Street Journal | 28 Aug 2021 | 
          
            | Tall tales of fish rising on poles | The Telegraph Cryptic | 28 Jul 2021 | 
          
            | Stories | The Telegraph Quick | 01 Jul 2021 | 
          
            | Sailors' tales | Universal | 07 May 2021 | 
          
            | Rambling tales | The Telegraph Quick | 18 Apr 2021 | 
          
            | Sagas; threads | The Telegraph Quick | 26 Mar 2021 | 
          
            | Exaggerated stories | New York Times | 06 Jan 2021 | 
          
            | Tall tales | Universal | 02 Dec 2020 | 
          
            | Threads | The Telegraph Quick | 29 Nov 2020 | 
          
            | Unlikely stories | Newsday | 08 Oct 2020 | 
          
            | Rambling stories | Wall Street Journal | 17 Aug 2020 | 
          
            | Tales that are spun | Universal | 15 Aug 2020 | 
          
            | Stories of fish rising on poles |  |  | 
          
            | Knitting supplies | USA Today | 05 Jun 2020 | 
          
            | Tall tales | The Washington Post | 31 Jan 2020 | 
          
            | Knitter’s purchases | Wall Street Journal | 20 Nov 2019 | 
          
            | What some sailors bring back | New York Times | 03 Nov 2019 | 
          
            | What some sailors bring back |  |  | 
          
            | Stories speak about inspiring sailors |  |  | 
          
            | Knitter's fabrics | Newsday | 08 Jul 2019 | 
          
            | Some basket balls | Newsday | 27 Apr 2019 | 
          
            | Tales | Eugene Sheffer | 05 Apr 2019 | 
          
            | Tales; threads | The Telegraph Quick | 23 Jan 2019 | 
          
            | Tall tales |  |  | 
          
            | Exaggerated accounts | New York Times | 07 Nov 2018 | 
          
            | "Spun" tales | LA Times Daily | 22 May 2018 | 
          
            | 'Spun' tales | The Washington Post | 22 May 2018 | 
          
            | Tales | The Telegraph Quick | 09 Mar 2018 | 
          
            | Tall stories | Universal | 04 Feb 2018 | 
          
            | Tall stories |  |  | 
          
            | "Spun" tales |  |  | 
          
            | Exaggerated accounts |  |  | 
          
            | Rambling tales | Wall Street Journal | 14 Dec 2017 | 
          
            | Hard-to-believe stories | New York Times | 05 Dec 2017 | 
          
            | Things sailors spin | New York Times | 08 Oct 2017 | 
          
            | What Baron Munchausen spun | Universal | 22 Jun 2017 | 
          
            | Crocheter's collection | New York Times | 16 Jun 2017 | 
          
            | Tall stories | Premier Sunday | 11 Jun 2017 | 
          
            | Stories | Wall Street Journal | 15 Apr 2017 | 
          
            | Anecdotes of fish turnover not extreme from leading skipper | Irish Times Crosaire | 15 Apr 2017 | 
          
            | Tall tales | LA Times Daily | 04 Apr 2017 | 
          
            | Hard-to-believe stories |  |  | 
          
            | Crocheter's collection |  |  | 
          
            | Things sailors spin |  |  | 
          
            | What Baron Munchausen spun |  |  | 
          
            | Fish stories | Wall Street Journal | 24 Oct 2016 | 
          
            | Colorful stories | Wall Street Journal | 13 Aug 2016 | 
          
            | Entertaining tales | The Washington Post | 12 Aug 2016 | 
          
            | Outlandish tales | Newsday | 23 Jun 2016 | 
          
            | Tall tales | Newsday | 15 Jun 2016 | 
          
            | Tall tales | USA Today | 09 Jun 2016 | 
          
            | Tall tales |  |  | 
          
            | Spun tales | Premier Sunday | 29 Nov 2015 | 
          
            | Stories for instance set up to entertain the Navy | The Telegraph Cryptic | 07 Nov 2015 | 
          
            | They're not to be believed | Universal | 16 Apr 2015 | 
          
            | Stories to tell in turn, entertaining sailors | The Telegraph Toughie | 18 Feb 2015 | 
          
            | Stories | Thomas Joseph | 23 Jan 2015 | 
          
            | Tall tales |  |  | 
          
            | Colorful stories |  |  | 
          
            | Spun tales |  |  | 
          
            | They're not to be believed |  |  | 
          
            | Anecdotes from sunny Arnside |  |  | 
          
            | Tales well-spun |  |  | 
          
            | Incredible stories |  |  | 
          
            | Salt's output |  |  | 
          
            | "The one that got away" and others |  |  | 
          
            | Munchhausen spun them |  |  | 
          
            | Adventurer's inventory |  |  | 
          
            | "The fish that got away" and others |  |  | 
          
            | Elaborate stories |  |  | 
          
            | Knitting balls |  |  | 
          
            | Things spun by old salts |  |  | 
          
            | What whalers may bring back |  |  | 
          
            | They may be spun |  |  | 
          
            | Questionable tales, perhaps |  |  | 
          
            | Man reflected on partners'  stories |  |  | 
          
            | Tall tales |  |  | 
          
            | Tales |  |  | 
          
            | Exaggerated stories |  |  | 
          
            | Tall tales |  |  | 
          
            | Stories |  |  | 
          
            | Knitter's materials |  |  | 
          
            | Outlandish tales |  |  | 
          
            | Paul Bunyan tales, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Tall stories |  |  | 
          
            | Fish stories |  |  | 
          
            | Fish stories |  |  | 
          
            | Outlandish tales |  |  | 
          
            | Stories of questionable veracity |  |  | 
          
            | Tales |  |  | 
          
            | Stories of questionable veracity |  |  | 
          
            | "The one that got away" and others |  |  | 
          
            | What Munchhausen spun |  |  | 
          
            | Tall tales |  |  | 
          
            | Spun things |  |  | 
          
            | Knitters' needs |  |  | 
          
            | Needlework supplies |  |  | 
          
            | Lies along the waterfront? |  |  | 
          
            | Tall tales |  |  | 
          
            | Spun things |  |  | 
          
            | Adventurer's inventory |  |  | 
          
            | Fish stories |  |  | 
          
            | Shetland and others |  |  | 
          
            | Sailors spin them |  |  | 
          
            | They may be related to you |  |  | 
          
            | Munchhausen spun them |  |  | 
          
            | Tall tales |  |  | 
          
            | Tall tales |  |  | 
          
            | Knitter's needs |  |  | 
          
            | Knitter's needs |  |  | 
          
            | Fishermen bring them back to shore |  |  | 
          
            | Needlepoint needs |  |  | 
          
            | Tall stories |  |  | 
          
            | Stories |  |  | 
          
            | Stories |  |  | 
          
            | Sailors' stories |  |  | 
          
            | They may be unbelievable |  |  | 
          
            | Fish stories |  |  | 
          
            | Tales of the sea |  |  | 
          
            | Knitter's purchases |  |  | 
          
            | Tales |  |  | 
          
            | They may be related to people at sea |  |  | 
          
            | Tales |  |  | 
          
            | Well-knit tales |  |  | 
          
            | Tales |  |  | 
          
            | Tales well-spun |  |  | 
          
            | Incredible stories |  |  | 
          
            | Well-knit tales |  |  | 
          
            | Sailors' tales |  |  | 
          
            | Tales from 48 Across |  |  | 
          
            | Tall stories |  |  | 
          
            | Münchhausen spun them |  |  | 
          
            | Tall tales |  |  | 
          
            | Tales of the sea |  |  | 
          
            | Tales |  |  | 
          
            | Amazing stories |  |  | 
          
            | Walloping lies |  |  | 
          
            | Adventurer's inventory |  |  | 
          
            | Seamen spin them |  |  | 
          
            | Tar's tales |  |  | 
          
            | They're not to be believed |  |  | 
          
            | Münchhausen's inventory |  |  | 
          
            | Things to be spun |  |  | 
          
            | Things sailors bring back |  |  | 
          
            | Seamen tell them |  |  | 
          
            | Fabrications |  |  | 
          
            | "The one that got away" and others |  |  | 
          
            | Spun stories? |  |  | 
          
            | Exaggerated tales |  |  | 
          
            | Tars' tales |  |  | 
          
            | Salts' talks |  |  | 
          
            | Stories |  |  | 
          
            | Tall tales |  |  | 
          
            | Tars' tale |  |  | 
          
            | Raconteurs' output |  |  | 
          
            | Dry goods items. |  |  | 
          
            | From which "little things" are made. |  |  | 
          
            | Tall tales. |  |  | 
          
            | Tales. |  |  | 
          
            | Tall stories. |  |  | 
          
            | Spun wools. |  |  | 
          
            | Long-winded stories |  |  | 
          
            | Fish stories. |  |  | 
          
            | Adventure stories. |  |  | 
          
            | Stories. |  |  | 
          
            | Strands of wool. |  |  | 
          
            | Old tar's forte |  |  |