Falsehood - Crossword Clue, Answer and Explanation

'falsehood' is the definition.
(fib is a kind of falsehood)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for fib that I've seen before include "Small lie" , "Petty falsehood" , "A harmless white lie" , "Story" , "Little white lie" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent, the USA Today, The Telegraph, the Evening Standard, The Irish Times, The Daily Mail, the Newsday, the Universal, the LA Times, The Star Tribune, The Times, the Sydney Morning Herald, The Mirror, The Sun, the Penny Press and the King Feature Syndicate.

'falsehood' is the definition.
(synonyms)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for untruth that I've seen before include "story" , "Fib" , "A genuinely deniable" , "Falsehood or lie" , "product of Orwell's ministry?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent, The Times, the Sydney Morning Herald, The Mirror, The Sun and The Guardian.

'falsehood' is the definition.
(fiction is a kind of falsehood)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for fiction that I've seen before include "Piece of writing from the imagination" , "It isn''t true" , "Fabricated story" , "Non-factual story" , "Literary form" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent, The Times, the Sydney Morning Herald, The Mirror, The Sun and The Guardian.

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