Based on ___ story
The crossword clue "Based on ___ story" is answered by ATRUE, a 5-letter entry. Used 18 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
ATRUE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ATRUE answer page.
Used 18 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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