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Turn to abuse storyteller (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

liar

'storyteller' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'turn to abuse' is the wordplay.
'turn' is a reversal indicator.
'to abuse' becomes 'rail' (railing is a kind of abusing).
'rail' backwards is 'LIAR'.

(Other definitions for liar that I've seen before include "man of fiction?" , "Rail at a prevaricator" , "Bearer of false witness" , "27 [DECEIVER]" , "Untruthful person (Billy in Schlesinger film)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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