Fib
Crossword Clue and Answers
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This clue in was most recently seen in the wild in The Mirror Classic.
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Publications
- The Mirror Classic - Monday, 8 Mar 2021
- The Mirror Classic - Saturday, 12 Dec 2020
- The Mirror Classic - Saturday, 10 Oct 2020
- The Mirror Classic - Sunday, 26 Jul 2020
- The New York Times Crossword - Tuesday, 15 May 2018
- The New York Times Crossword - Monday, 6 Nov 2017
- The New York Times Crossword - Monday, 24 Apr 2017
Crossword Answers
3 letters
LIE
A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
4 letters
TALE
A trivial lie; "he told a fib about eating his spinach"; "how can I stop my child from telling stories?"
FLAM
MYTH
A traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain the world view of a people
YARN
The act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events; "his narration was hesitant"
5 letters
STORY
A message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program; "his narrative was interesting"; "Disney's stories entertain adults as well as children"
6 letters
BLAGUE
CANARD
A deliberately misleading fabrication
MAKEUP
The way in which someone or something is composed
PALTER
Be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
7 letters
BOUNCER
A person whose duty is to throw troublemakers out of a bar or public meeting
CONCOCT
Devise or invent; "He thought up a plan to get rich quickly"; "no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software"
DECEIVE
Be false to; be dishonest with
FALSIFY
Insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
FALSITY
A false statement
FERRAGO
FICTION
A literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact
MISLEAD
Give false or misleading information to
ROMANCE
Tell romantic or exaggerated lies; "This author romanced his trip to an exotic country"
TRUMPUP
Invent; "trump up charges"
UNTRUTH
A false statement
8 letters
FLIMFLAM
A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
TELLTALE
Someone who gossips indiscreetly
TELLALIE
WHITELIE
An unimportant lie (especially one told to be tactful or polite)
9 letters
FALSEHOOD
The act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting
FABRICATR
10 letters
GHOSTSTORY
LTLEWHELIE
TARADIDDLE
Pretentious or silly talk or writing
11 letters
EVASIVENESS
Intentionally vague or ambiguous
TARRADIDDLE
Pretentious or silly talk or writing
PREVARICATE
Be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
FABRICATION
The deliberate act of deviating from the truth
12 letters
BEUNTRUTHFUL
EQUIVOCATION
Falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language
EXAGGERATION
The act of making something more noticeable than usual; "the dance involved a deliberate exaggeration of his awkwardness"
LEGALFICTION
PIOUSFICTION
SPEAKFALSELY
13 letters
PREVARICATION
The deliberate act of deviating from the truth
TELLAWHITELIE
14 letters
DRAWTHELONGBOW
LITTLEWHITELIE
THUMPEDUPSTORY
UNTRUTHFULNESS
The quality of being untruthful
15 letters
FARFETCHEDSTORY
STRETCHTHETRUTH
16 letters
SLIGHTSTRETCHING
COCKANDBULLSTORY
17 letters
MISREPRESENTATION
A willful perversion of facts