"Tell __ story"

The answer

MEA

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MEA answer page.

Used 11 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2025; 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.

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.

• ASOB (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for MEA

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

• ___ culpa - used 533 times, most recently in 2026
• "Give ___ break!" - used 88 times, most recently in 2026
• "Cry __ River" - used 75 times, most recently in 2026
• "Do ___ favor" - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Start of an apology - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• "Are you calling ___ liar?" - used 10 times, most recently in 2009
• Apology opener - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Apology starter - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Confession starter - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• "Drop ___ line" - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
• "Give ___ break" (2 wds.) - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• "Lend ___ Tenor" - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• "Oh, give ___ home ..." - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
• "Peel ___ grape" - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• "Call ___ cab!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
• "Give ___ minute!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Latin pronoun - used 6 times, most recently in 2011

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.

• "What did I tell you?" - SEE, used 155 times
• Life story, for short - BIO, used 140 times
• "Didn't I tell you?" - SEE, used 137 times
• Tell tales - LIE, used 136 times
• Tell a whopper - LIE, used 79 times
• Tell it like it isn't - LIE, used 66 times

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