Answer: tale

AnswerCrossword Clue
TALEWord in a Dickens title
TALEStorybook chapter
TALECampfire oration
TALERaconteur's offering
TALEPoe offering
TALERaconteur's specialty
TALESpun yarn
TALERaconteur's delivery
TALEChaucer chapter
TALE"The ... of Genji" (11th-century Japanese novel)
TALEAtwood's "The Handmaid's ..."
TALEWhopper
TALE"The ... of Despereaux" (2004 Newbery winner)
TALEDivision of Chaucer's masterwork
TALEBeatrix Potter work
TALE"Canterbury" episode
TALEDickens wrote one about two cities
TALEFairy story
TALEFolk story
TALE"Canterbury" story
talelie
TALECock and bull story
TALEIt may be tall
TALEMyth
TALEAccount
TALEBunch of baloney
TALEChaucer specialty
TALEFictional story
TALEFireside yam
TALEFish story
TALE"A ... of Two Cities"
TALEFabrication
TALEFable
TALEQuestionable account
TALEYarn
TALESome are tall
TALEUnlikely story
TALEGrimm story
TALEFictional account
TALEStory