Tell a whopper — Daily Themed Crossword Answer
This clue appeared in the August 24 2025 Daily Themed Crossword. The answer is below, with its letter count.
The answer
LIE
3 letters
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Bit of fake news say
LIE
3
Fabricated statement
LIE
3
Tell a fib
LIE
3
Make up, as an excuse
LIE
3
Reason for Pinocchio's nose to grow
LIE
3
Bit of fake news say
LIE
3
Bit of fake news say
LIE
3
Tell an untruth
LIE
3
Make up a story, say
LIE
3
Deceptive claim, like 23a maybe
LIE
3
Tell an untruth
LIE
3
Bluff, e.g.
LIE
3
Shake a tail, say
WAG
3
Literary genre of "The Lord of the Rings," for short
FIC
3
Video's counterpart, for short
AUD
3
Spacewalk, in NASA lingo: Abbr.
EVA
3
"Queen of All Media" Winfrey
OPRAH
5
Single-stranded genetic material related to DNA: Abbr.
RNA
3
Auction action
BID
3
Supermodel Campbell
NAOMI
5
German for "a" (anagram of "ine")
EIN
3
___-Z (group after millennials, for short)
GEN
3
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