Minor untruth (3)

I believe the answer is:

fib

(Other definitions for fib that I've seen before include "Little white lie" , "minor piece of fiction" , "Petty falsehood" , "Story" , "Small lie" .)

I've seen this clue in the Universal, the Newsday and the Newsday.com.

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