Official permission to write verse? That stretches the truth Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% POETIC LICENCE Official permission to write verse? That stretches the truth (14) The Times Cryptic Jul 11, 2022
6% LIED Stretched the truth (4) LA Times Daily Oct 13, 2025
6% LIES Stretches the truth (4) Universal Sep 20, 2025
5% ALLOWS Gives permission for (6) USA Today Dec 20, 2025
5% POET One versed in verse (4) New York Times Dec 18, 2025
5% ODE Verse (3) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Dec 14, 2025
5% FACTS "That's the truth" (5) New York Times Dec 12, 2025
5% NOLIE "That's the truth!" (5) New York Times Dec 8, 2025
5% EXEAT Permission to be absent (5) Puzzler Backwords Dec 1, 2025
5% MAYNOT Lack permission to (6) Wall Street Journal Nov 22, 2025

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