___ tale (unlikely story) Crossword Clue

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___ tale (unlikely story) Crossword Answer

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(adjective)
1. too improbable to admit of belief
2. lofty in style
(noun)
1. a garment size for a tall person

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

UNLIKELY (adjective)
1. not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred
2. having a probability too low to inspire belief
TALE (noun)
1. a trivial lie
2. a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

More New Yorker Crossword (5/28/2025) Answers

Across

1. Disparaging term for a newspaper

4. Business with massage tables

7. “The Lion King” protagonist

12. Throat-clearing sound

14. “No further discussion needed”

16. “S.N.L.” alum Davidson

17. Search by digging through a mess

18. ___ sauce (condiment often served with fish and chips)

20. South Asian flatbread that’s thinner than naan

21. Badges worn on lanyards, for example

22. Skin-related

24. Like a Siberian winter

26. One of these days

31. U.A.E. capital ___ Dhabi

33. Means of reaching a walkup apartment

34. Factual

37. New Deal prez

38. Pointy features for Bluey or Bugs Bunny

39. Singing voice higher than tenor

40. Word chanted to coax someone into addressing the room

43. Psych!

44. Sports coinage for an impressively catastrophic performance

47. Cab or plane charge

48. Spring flowers associated with the Netherlands

50. Soccer spectator’s shout

53. Shelter seen in some Native-led pipeline protests

55. “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” star Marilyn

57. Reservations about something

60. Southwestern river for which a “monster” is named

61. “Seems that way”

62. Make changes to a document

63. Versatility, for an actor

64. Slime

65. Helms and Sheeran, for two

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Down

1. Breathlessly attentive

2. In the lead

3. Accomplish things

4. ___-Caps (chocolate candy sprinkled with white dots)

5. ___ People’s Campaign (1968 movement for economic justice)

6. What might cause someone to text “no!” instead of “np!”

7. Like a piercing sound

8. Lead-in meaning “equal”

9. Hawaiian island where tourism has contributed to a water shortage

10. Predicament

11. Throws in

13. D.C. transportation system

14. Off course

15. Reptilian nickname for University of Florida athletes

19. Famous ___ (cookie brand)

23. Foliage-following activity

25. Field in the top right corner of a check

27. Contract addition listing a celebrity’s dressing-room requirements

28. Theme of a parade with lots of blue-pink-and-white flags

29. Banknote in Brussels or Berlin

30. Conserve one’s energy

31. Slightly

32. Indonesian island where tourism has contributed to a water shortage

36. Bread baker's creation

40. Make a concerted effort

41. Accident-prone

42. Angel’s glowing headpiece

45. Social criticism couched in comedy

46. Barely burn

49. State of matter that’s denser than liquid or gas

50. Character played by Michael K. Williams on “The Wire”

51. “Dance the Night” singer Dua

52. 'Baseball Tonight' channel

54. What's gotten ___ you?

56. Wolfs (down)

58. ___ gift (dumpster-fire plushie or portrait printed on a potato, e.g.)

59. “Yeah ___!” (2024 hip-hop hit whose title references the artist’s nickname)

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