Story with a bit of spice, perhaps? (4)

I believe the answer is:

epic

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'story' is the definition.
(I have seen 'Heroic story' mean 'epic' so perhaps 'story' could also mean 'epic')

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(Other definitions for epic that I've seen before include "major work" , "Heroic narrative verse" , "Long poem set in nice picture" , "Impressively great" , "Great movie" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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