Answer:

fib

Answer	Crossword Clue
FIB	Stretch the truth a bit
FIB	Untruth
FIB	Tiny tale

FIB	Teeny tale
FIB	Wee whopper
FIB	Harmless lie
FIB	Taradiddle
FIB	Wee lie
FIB	Little lie
FIB	Whopper junior?
FIB	Create fiction?

FIB	Small tale?
FIB	There's no truth to it
FIB	Not so tall a tale
FIB	Take lying down?
FIB	Embellishment, perhaps
FIB	Much less than a whopper
FIB	Small lie
FIB	"The dog ate my homework," e.g.

FIB	Suspect story, maybe
FIB	White lie
FIB	Little white lie
FIB	Small untruth
FIB	Small tale
FIB	Tell tales
FIB	Myth statement?
FIB	Small stretch

FIB	Tell an untruth
FIB	Tall tale
FIB	Tell a white lie
FIB	Falsehood
FIB	Exaggerate
FIB	Bit of truth-stretching
FIB	Minor falsehood
FIB	Bit of fiction

FIB	Little untruth
FIB	Bit of baloney
FIB	Minor misstatement
FIB	Kid's story
FIB	Lie a little

Crossword

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