Far-fetched accounts and short stories? On the contrary (4,5)
'stories? on the contrary' is the definition.
'tall tales' can be an answer for 'stories?' (tall tale is a kind of story). I'm unsure of the 'on the contrary' bit.
'far-fetched accounts and short' is the wordplay.
'far-fetched' becomes 'tall' (I've seen this in another clue).
'accounts' becomes 'tales' (tale is a kind of account).
'and' becomes 'n' (common abbreviation for 'and').
'short' means to remove the last letter.
'tall'+'tales'+'n'='talltalesn'
'talltalesn' with its final letter taken off is 'TALL TALES'.
Can you help me to learn more?
'far-fetched' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
I don't understand how the remainder of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tall that I've seen before include "High in stature" , "Above average height" , "Remarkable" , "Like giants" , "Unbelievable" .)