Falsehood - Crossword Clue, Answer and Explanation

'falsehood' is the definition.
(I know that lie is a type of falsehood)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for lie that I've seen before include "Falsity" , "Stay hidden" , "False statement" , "buried" , "Tell tales" .)

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

'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 Times, The Independent, the Sydney Morning Herald, The Sun and The Mirror.

'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 Times, The Independent, the Sydney Morning Herald, The Sun and The Mirror.

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