Teller of tales
The crossword clue "Teller of tales" is answered by LIAR, a 4-letter entry. Used 25 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1965. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
LIAR
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LIAR answer page.
Used 25 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1965. It appears in 7 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.
- RELATER (5 uses in xd)
- NARRATOR (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for LIAR
Every other clue in this collection answered by LIAR, most used first.
- Perjurer - used 88 times, most recently in 2026
- Prevaricator - used 72 times, most recently in 2023
- Tale teller - used 71 times, most recently in 2026
- Fibber - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
- Ananias - used 57 times, most recently in 2012
- False witness - used 41 times, most recently in 2025
- Pinocchio, at times - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
- Storyteller - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- One not to be trusted - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- Tall tale teller - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- Fabulist - used 35 times, most recently in 2024
- Truth twister - used 34 times, most recently in 2025
- Deceitful person - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- "Pants on fire" person - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Dishonest one - used 29 times, most recently in 2023
- Makeup artist? - used 29 times, most recently in 2024
- Untruthful one - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Untruthful person - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Yarn spinner - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
- Dishonest person - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Fabricator - used 27 times, most recently in 2013
- Untrustworthy one - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Mythomaniac - used 23 times, most recently in 2020
- "You made that up!" - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- "That's not true!" - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Fortune-teller - SEER, used 114 times
- Traditional tales - LORE, used 94 times
- Like some tales - TALL, used 46 times
- Folk tales - LORE, used 38 times
- Told tales - LIED, used 30 times
- Handed-down tales - LORE, used 28 times
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