Multigenerational story

The answer

SAGA

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SAGA answer page.

Used 13 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025. It appears in 6 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.

• EPIC (4 uses in xd)

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
• Heroic tale - used 77 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
• Multigenerational tale - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
• Long account - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Major account - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
• Heroic chronicle - used 16 times, most recently in 2014
• Lengthy tale - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Long narrative - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
• Norse narrative - used 14 times, most recently in 2021
• Roman-fleuve - used 14 times, most recently in 2001
• Very long story - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Long, drawn-out story - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Adventure tale - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
• Chronicle - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Narrative of heroic exploits - used 11 times, most recently in 2013
• Tale - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
• Long, involved story - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Narrative - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
• Adventure story - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Epic - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• "Roots," for one - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• The Forsyte story. - used 9 times, most recently in 1965
• "Beowulf," e.g. - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• Drawn-out story - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Extended story - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Heroic story - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Involved account - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• Michener genre - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Quite a tale - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• "Volsunga ___" - used 8 times, most recently in 1994
• Lengthy account - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Miniseries, often - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Story of the Forsytes. - used 7 times, most recently in 1985
• Story spanning generations - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Story that goes on and on - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Tale of heroism - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
• Big account - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Galsworthy's "The Forsyte __" - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• "Game of Thrones," e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Long historical novel - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Story with many chapters - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Tale of adventure - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Tale on a grand scale - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• "The Lord of the Rings," e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• "The Thorn Birds," for one - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Trilogy, often - used 6 times, most recently in 2020

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.

• Story - TALE, used 293 times
• "A likely story!" - IBET, used 102 times
• Story line - PLOT, used 89 times
• "Tall" story - TALE, used 84 times
• Sweeping story - EPIC, used 65 times
• Folk story - TALE, used 42 times

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