Sweeping tale (4)
I believe the answer is:
saga
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">sweeping tale</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for saga that I've seen before include "Lengthy tale" , "Long heroic tale" , "Medieval Icelandic legend" , "long series of events" , "Chronicle; adventure" .)