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The story of Achilles' heel? (6)

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I believe the answer is:

legend

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

'achilles' heel?' is the wordplay.
'achilles'' becomes 'leg' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'heel?' becomes 'end' (I've seen this in another clue).
'leg'+'end'='LEGEND'

'of' is the link.

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(Other definitions for legend that I've seen before include "Traditional story or myth" , "Story that may be untrue" , "Roger Federer, for example" , "Tale of heroism" , "Traditional story - inscription" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian and The Globe and Mail.
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