Long story (4)

I believe the answer is:
saga
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">long story</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(a saga is a long and complicated story)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for saga that I've seen before include "long series of events" , "Tale of heroes" , "Flag associated with a" , "Long involved tale" , "A long adventurous story - it's a gas" .)