Falsehood - Crossword Clue, Answer and Explanation

'falsehood' is the definition.
(fib is a kind of falsehood)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for fib that I've seen before include "Small lie" , "Petty falsehood" , "A harmless white lie" , "Story" , "Little white lie" .)

I've seen this clue in the King Feature Syndicate, the USA Today, the Evening Standard, The Telegraph, the Penny Press, The Sun, The Irish Times, The Independent, the Sydney Morning Herald, the LA Times, The Daily Mail, The Star Tribune, The Mirror and The Times.

'falsehood' is the definition.
(I know that falsehood can be written as untruth)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for untruth that I've seen before include "story" , "Fib" , "A genuinely deniable" , "Falsehood or lie" , "product of Orwell's ministry?" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald, The Independent, The Sun, The Mirror and The Times.

'falsehood' is the definition.
(fiction is a kind of falsehood)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for fiction that I've seen before include "Piece of writing from the imagination" , "It isn''t true" , "Fabricated story" , "Non-factual story" , "Literary form" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald, The Independent, The Sun, The Mirror and The Times.

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