Surpassing in storytelling? Not close Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% OUTLYING Surpassing in storytelling? Not close (8) The Times Cryptic Nov 2, 2016
7% EXCEED Transcend, surpass (6) The Times Concise Oct 11, 2025
7% OUTDO Surpass (5) Thomas Joseph Oct 6, 2025
7% ECLIPSES Surpasses (8) Universal Sep 20, 2025
7% NOVELIST Storyteller (8) LA Times Daily Sep 14, 2025
6% NEAR Close by (4) Commuter Oct 15, 2025
6% REDO Surpass dressing up (4) Newsday Oct 4, 2025
6% CIGAR "Close, but no ____" (5) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Oct 4, 2025
6% AESOP Storyteller of antiquity (5) New York Times Sep 30, 2025
6% SHUT Close (4) Eugene Sheffer Sep 29, 2025

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