Tale of derring-do
The crossword clue "Tale of derring-do" is answered by GESTE, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
GESTE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the GESTE answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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