Story - Crossword Clue, Answer and Explanation

'story' is the definition.
(I know that story can be written as tale)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for tale that I've seen before include "See 12" , "Narrative - fabrication" , "Anecdotal narrative" , "relation" , "Report" .)

I've seen this clue in the LA Times, the Evening Standard, The Independent, the Penny Press, the New York Times, The Telegraph, The Star Tribune, The Mirror, the USA Today, The Washington Post, the King Feature Syndicate and The Times.

'story' is the definition.
(a saga is a long story)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for saga that I've seen before include "Long involved tale" , "Epic tale" , "Lengthy tale" , "Account of great heroism" , "Heroic narrative" .)

I've seen this clue in the LA Times, the Evening Standard, The Independent, the Penny Press, the New York Times, The Telegraph, The Star Tribune, The Mirror, the USA Today, The Washington Post, the King Feature Syndicate and The Times.

(Other definitions for arcs that I've seen before include "Cars (anag)" , "Streaks of electrical discharges" , "Curving trajectories" , "formations not straight" , "Parts of a circle" .)

I've seen this clue in the LA Times, the Evening Standard, The Independent, the Penny Press, the New York Times, The Telegraph, The Star Tribune, The Mirror, the USA Today, The Washington Post, the King Feature Syndicate and The Times.

'story' is the definition.
(an amusing or interesting story)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for anecdote that I've seen before include "Short account of an incident" , "Account regarded as unreliable" , "Brief story" , "Short enteryaining tale" , "A short tale, usually true" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard and the USA Today.

'story' is the definition.
(sob story is a kind of story)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for sob that I've seen before include "Weep loudly" , "Weep convulsively" , "Weep noisily" , "Contemptible person in North America briefly" , "Wep convulsively" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

Story (4)