Story
Crossword Clue & Answers

26 November 2021
Last seen in: Evening Standard Quick Crossword

We found 18 answers for the crossword clue 'Story', the most recent of which was seen in the Evening Standard Quick Crossword.

We've seen this clue in both CRYPTIC and NON-CRYPTIC crossword publications.

We have given Story a popularity rating of 'Very Common' because it has featured in a numerous crossword publications and has multiple answers.

As well as being a clue we've also seen Story as an answer itself some 133 times.

Story is a single word clue made up of 5 letters.

We most recently saw this clue in 'Evening Standard Quick Crossword' on Tuesday, 16 November 2021 with the answer being YARN, but the most popular answer for this clue is TALE.

We've seen this clue in the following publications:

• Evening Standard Quick Crossword - 16 Nov 2021
• Evening Standard Quick Crossword - 13 Oct 2021
• Evening Standard Easy Crossword - 2 Sep 2021
• Evening Standard Quick Crossword - 22 Jul 2021
• Evening Standard Quick Crossword - 29 Jun 2021
• Evening Standard Quick Crossword - 23 Apr 2021
• Evening Standard Quick Crossword - 21 Apr 2021
• Evening Standard Quick Crossword - 1 Apr 2021
• Evening Standard Quick Crossword - 19 Mar 2021
• USA Today - 19 Feb 2021

Definitions and usage

Before we get to our crossword answers for 'Story', take a look at the definitions and example uses below, sometimes these help you think of different words or phrases that are common to 'Story' and give you a hint.

• A structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale; "what level is the office on?"
• A record or narrative description of past events; "a history of France"; "he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president"; "the story of exposure to lead"
• A short account of the news; "the report of his speech"; "the story was on the 11 o'clock news"; "the account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious"
• A piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events; "he writes stories for the magazines"
• A trivial lie; "he told a fib about eating his spinach"; "how can I stop my child from telling stories?"
• 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"

Anagrams

We found 2 anagrams for the word 'Story'.

• sorty
• stroy

Crossword Answers

3 Letters

ARC
Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field

FIB
Tell a relatively insignificant lie; "Fibbing is not acceptable, even if you don't call it lying"

LIE
A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth

4 Letters

MYTH
A traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain the world view of a people

SAGA
A narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family; originally (12th to 14th centuries) a story of the families that settled Iceland and their descendants but now any prose narrative that resembles such an account

TALE
A trivial lie; "he told a fib about eating his spinach"; "how can I stop my child from telling stories?"

TIER
Something that is used for tying; "the sail is fastened to the yard with tiers"

YARN
The act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events; "his narration was hesitant"

5 Letters

ALIBI
(law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question

FABLE
A story about mythical or supernatural beings or events

LEVEL
A structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale; "what level is the office on?"

6 Letters

LEGEND
A story about mythical or supernatural beings or events

7 Letters

ACCOUNT
A statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance; "they send me an accounting every month"

8 Letters

ANECDOTE
Short account of an incident (especially a biographical one)

PLOTLINE
The plot of a book or play or film

9 Letters

NARRATION
(rhetoric) the second section of an oration in which the facts are set forth

NARRATIVE
Consisting of or characterized by the telling of a story; "narrative poetry"

14 Letters

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