It's a long story
The crossword clue "It's a long story" is answered by SAGA, a 4-letter entry. Used 161 times across 32 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 35 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the pilot data itself.
The answer
SAGA
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SAGA answer page.
Used 161 times across 32 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 35 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 pilot link to their own answer page.
- YARN (8 uses in xd)
- NOVEL (6 uses in xd)
- SOAPOPERA (3 uses in xd)
Other clues for SAGA
Every other clue in this pilot answered by SAGA, most used first.
- Long story - used 247 times, most recently in 2026
- Long tale - used 89 times, most recently in 2026
- Epic tale - used 87 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Pilot clues 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.
- Story - TALE, used 293 times
- Before long - SOON, used 120 times
- Long skirt - MAXI, used 117 times
- Say it's so - AVER, used 97 times
- Story line - PLOT, used 89 times
- "Now it's clear!" - ISEE, used 85 times
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