Answer: cockandbull

AnswerCrossword Clue
COCKANDBULL

Improbable

COCKANDBULL

... story (a canard).

COCKANDBULL

One kind of story

COCKANDBULL
Like a story that can't be believed
COCKANDBULL
One word that precedes "pit," one that follows it
COCKANDBULLAbsurd type of story