100% | ACTUALLY | 8 | "The real story is ... " |
74% | PLOTDEVELOPMENT | 15 | The real estate mogul's forte was ___ |
72% | ANECDOTE | 8 | Short real story, can be unreliable |
72% | HASIT | 5 | Is the real deal |
68% | FANTASY | 7 | "Is this the real life? Is this just __?" |
68% | UNSUNGHERO | 10 | To whom "You the real MVP!" may be addressed |
68% | SLIM | 4 | Will the real __ Shady please stand up |
68% | TALE | 4 | Story that could be The Handmaid's |
66% | ROGETS | 6 | Its origin story is told in The Man Who Made Lists |
65% | DEADLINE | 8 | When the story is due |
64% | AESOP | 5 | One of his stories is the source of the "sour grapes" idiom |
64% | EVIL | 4 | "The Joker is the ___ character in Batman's story" |
64% | MADLIB | 6 | Story with blanks to be filled in by the reader |
64% | WIZARD | 6 | In the story, Oz is run by one |
64% | HOWCATCHEM | 10 | Crime story where the perpetrator is revealed early |
64% | SPOOFS | 6 | Untrue stories presented as if they are real |
64% | RATEDG | 6 | What the Toy Story films are |
63% | PETERPAN | 8 | The name Wendy was made popular by this story |
62% | ROCK | 4 | "30 ___," workplace sitcom named after the real-life NYC building it is set in |
62% | JEANNIEMAI | 10 | "The Real" cohost who is the sideline correspondent on 17-Across: 2 wds. |
61% | OFA | 3 | "This is the story ___ boy and a girl...": 2 wds. |
61% | CANTERBURYTALES | 15 | "The ___" (Chaucer stories in which the singular "they" can be found) |
61% | POLL | 4 | One might be the subject of an election news story |
61% | THINGUMMY | 9 | Word used when the real name is forgotten |
61% | STEPHENKING | 11 | Horror writer whose stories are the basis for the Hulu series "Castle Rock": 2 wds. |
60% | MARION | 6 | Real first name of the Iowa actor who was known as the "Duke" |
60% | AGE | 3 | "This is the golden ___ of something good and right and real" |
60% | GUESS | 5 | ___ the Gibberish, Instagram game filter that can be uploaded as a story |
60% | MARYORR | 7 | Writer of the story upon which "All About Eve" is based |
60% | MARYORR | 7 | Writer of the story on which "All About Eve" is based |