"And thereby hangs ___"
The crossword clue ""And thereby hangs ___"" is answered by ATALE, a 5-letter entry. Used 22 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1962. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus.
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ATALE
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Used 22 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1962. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ATALE
Every other clue in this collection answered by ATALE, most used first.
- "___ of Two Cities" - used 160 times, most recently in 2026
- Dickens title starter - used 45 times, most recently in 2022
- "Thereby hangs ___" - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
- Start of a Dickens title - used 42 times, most recently in 2016
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