Fable ending
The crossword clue "Fable ending" is answered by MORAL, a 5-letter entry. Used 18 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1961. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
MORAL
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MORAL answer page.
Used 18 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1961. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for MORAL
Every other clue in this collection answered by MORAL, most used first.
- Virtuous - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Principled - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
- Ethical - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Fable finale - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Aesopian ending - used 22 times, most recently in 2021
- Fable's lesson - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Aesopian conclusion - used 19 times, most recently in 2020
- Upright - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
- Righteous - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Fable finish - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- End of a fable - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Fable conclusion - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Point of a fable - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- "Slow and steady wins the race," e.g. - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Fable feature - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Fable lesson - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Lesson from Aesop - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Fable's message - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Lesson in a fable - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Upstanding - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Victory type - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- Fable writer - AESOP, used 44 times
- Greek fable writer - AESOP, used 16 times
- Ancient fable teller - AESOP, used 15 times
- Fable fellow - AESOP, used 15 times
- Surprise ending - TWIST, used 15 times
- Bed or home ending - STEAD, used 9 times
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