Heroic tale
The crossword clue "Heroic tale" is answered by SAGA, a 4-letter entry. Used 77 times across 38 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1959. It appears in 17 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
SAGA
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SAGA answer page.
Used 77 times across 38 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1959. It appears in 17 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for SAGA
Every other clue in this collection answered by SAGA, most used first.
- Long story - used 247 times, most recently in 2026
- It's a long story - used 161 times, most recently in 2026
- Long tale - used 89 times, most recently in 2026
- Epic tale - used 87 times, most recently in 2026
- Epic story - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
- Lengthy story - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- "The Forsyte ___" - used 26 times, most recently in 2014
- Sweeping story - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- "Roots," e.g. - used 24 times, most recently in 2024
- Heroic narrative - used 23 times, most recently in 2022
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.
- Fairy tale monster - OGRE, used 155 times
- Grand tale - EPIC, used 112 times
- Fairy tale baddie - OGRE, used 110 times
- Fairy tale villain - OGRE, used 94 times
- Tale teller - LIAR, used 71 times
- Tall tale - YARN, used 68 times
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