The stories least edited (5)
I believe the answer is:
tales
'the stories' is the definition.
('tale' can be a synonym of 'story')
'least edited' is the wordplay.
'edited' indicates an anagram.
'least' is an anagram of 'TALES'.
(Other definitions for tales that I've seen before include "Lies" , "provided for defective juries" , "Stale kind of stories" , "accounts" , "Stories, fables" .)