Announced end in story (4)
I believe the answer is:
tale
'story' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'announced end' is the wordplay.
'announced' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'end' becomes 'tail' (tail is a kind of end).
'tail' is a homophone of 'TALE'.
'in' is the link.
(Other definitions for tale that I've seen before include "Anecdotal narrative" , "See 12" , "Yarn or story" , "See 20" , "An account of incidents or events" .)