It's a long story
The crossword clue "It's a long story" is answered by NOVEL, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
NOVEL
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NOVEL answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for NOVEL
Every other clue in this collection answered by NOVEL, most used first.
- Work of fiction - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
- Original - used 19 times, most recently in 2023
- Book of fiction - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
- Fresh - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Unusual - used 13 times, most recently in 1995
- Writer's work - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Fictional work - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- New - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
- Unprecedented - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Suspect's story - ALIBI, used 128 times
- Top story - ATTIC, used 108 times
- Long (for) - YEARN, used 99 times
- Cover story - ALIBI, used 97 times
- Long stories - SAGAS, used 95 times
- Long look - STARE, used 89 times
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