"___ on a true story"
The crossword clue ""___ on a true story"" is answered by BASED, a 5-letter entry. Used 52 times across 22 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 22 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
BASED
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BASED answer page.
Used 52 times across 22 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 22 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for BASED
Every other clue in this collection answered by BASED, most used first.
- Headquartered - used 73 times, most recently in 2025
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Suspect's story - ALIBI, used 128 times
- Top story - ATTIC, used 108 times
- Cover story - ALIBI, used 97 times
- Troy story - ILIAD, used 63 times
- Show to be true - PROVE, used 57 times
- True-blue - LOYAL, used 56 times
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