Popular misconceptions and old wives' tales Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% MYTHS Popular misconceptions and old wives' tales (5)
6% STALE Old wives' tales, to some extent (5) (5) Puzzler Cryptic Oct 10, 2025
5% YARNS Tales (5) Eugene Sheffer Sep 22, 2025
5% MATES Wives or husbands (5) Newsday Sep 8, 2025
5% OLDLADIES Wives and mothers (9) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Aug 15, 2025
5% PEELE "The Old Wives' Tale" playwright (5)
5% HUSBAND Subject of an old wives' tale? (7) New York Times Jan 12, 2017
5% MYTH Old wives' tale (4)
5% SUPERSTITIOUS Believing old wives' tales (13) The Times Concise Oct 19, 2015
5% LORE Old wives' tales and such (4) USA Today Mar 7, 2015
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