"The Lord of the Rings," e.g.

The answer

EPIC

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EPIC answer page.

Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• SAGA (6 uses in xd)
• TRILOGY (4 uses in xd)

Other clues for EPIC

Every other clue in this collection answered by EPIC, most used first.

• Grand tale - used 112 times, most recently in 2026
• Monumental - used 111 times, most recently in 2026
• Larger-than-life - used 101 times, most recently in 2026
• Sweeping story - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
• Heroic tale - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
• Heroic - used 63 times, most recently in 2012
• On a grand scale - used 54 times, most recently in 2025
• Grand in scale - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• Grand-scale tale - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• Long heroic tale - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Grand - used 37 times, most recently in 2025
• Grand-scale - used 37 times, most recently in 2025
• Grand story - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• Majestic - used 36 times, most recently in 2023
• Cast-of-thousands film - used 34 times, most recently in 2024
• Sweeping - used 33 times, most recently in 2025
• It's a long story - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Grand in scope - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
• "Beowulf," e.g. - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
• Heroic story - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Large-scale - used 25 times, most recently in 2024
• Long, heroic story - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
• Grandiose - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Legendary - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• "Beowulf," for one - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Awesome - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Big picture - used 21 times, most recently in 2024
• Bigger than big - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Like some proportions - used 21 times, most recently in 2015
• Colossal - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Colossal, moviewise - used 18 times, most recently in 2013
• Grand-scale story - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Grander than grand - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Large-scale story - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Big story - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
• Tale on a grand scale - used 16 times, most recently in 2022
• Vast in scope - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Impressively great - used 15 times, most recently in 2009
• Of grand proportions - used 15 times, most recently in 2014
• Sweeping tale - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• Cast-of-thousands movie - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• DeMille specialty - used 14 times, most recently in 2017
• __ fail - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Homeric - used 14 times, most recently in 2006
• Imposing. - used 14 times, most recently in 1987
• "Ben-Hur," e.g. - used 13 times, most recently in 2019
• Heroic poem - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• Heroic saga - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Huge - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• "Paradise Lost," e.g. - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Totally awesome - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• "Beowulf" is one - used 12 times, most recently in 2010
• Saga - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Sweeping saga - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• "Ben-Hur," for one - used 11 times, most recently in 2016
• Of majestic proportions - used 11 times, most recently in 2010
• Large-scale tale - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Long narrative poem - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Big-scale movie - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Homeric work - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• "Iliad," for one - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
• Impressive in scope - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Majestic story - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Narrative poem - used 9 times, most recently in 2004
• "Roots," for one - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
• The "Iliad," e.g. - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• "The Ten Commandments," for one - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
• "Awesome, dude!" - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Grand saga - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Great work. - used 8 times, most recently in 2005
• Heroic narrative - used 8 times, most recently in 2012
• Huge in scope - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Kind of proportions - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• Large-scale work - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Long story - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Sweeping in scope - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• "The Odyssey," for one - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Classic saga - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
• Film with a cast of thousands - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• For the ages - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Grand, as an adventure - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Grist for DeMille - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
• "Iliad" or "Odyssey" - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
• "Lawrence of Arabia," e.g. - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Like many high-budget films - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Long tale - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Massive - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Mind-blowing - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Spectacular - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• "Thriller" label - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• "War and Peace," e.g. - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• With a cast of thousands - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Amazing - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Big-budget film - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Big poem - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Grand-scale film - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Of monumental proportions - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• "The Iliad," for one - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Very large-scale - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Way awesome - used 6 times, most recently in 2024

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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.

• Up to the task - ABLE, used 397 times
• In the thick of - AMID, used 377 times
• On the briny - ASEA, used 364 times
• From the top - ANEW, used 355 times
• Spill the beans - BLAB, used 313 times
• Away from the wind - ALEE, used 282 times

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