The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word TALES
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result TALES
- Relations picked up tea and other drinks
- They might be tall drinks served after Tango
- Pork pies can come with Tango and beers
- Stories are cliched from beginning to end
- Shilling put back in old accounts
- Least tangled yarns
- False stories in case later circulated
- Stories told originally when having drinks in pubs?
- Stories lacking freshness, start to finish
- Pork pies and drinks after time
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "False stories" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case false stories = tales.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.
What does TALES mean?
TALES noun- Any of several units of measure used in China and elsewhere in eastern Asia, approximately 40 grams.
- Any of several monetary units equal to the equivalent weight in silver.
- Leung, a traditional unit of weight, in modern usage legally defined as 1/16 of a catty or kan (斤) or 0.0377993638 kilograms
- An account of an asserted fact or circumstance; a rumour; a report, especially an idle or malicious story; a piece of gossip or slander; a lie.
- A rehearsal of what has occurred; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story.
- A number told or counted off; a reckoning by count; an enumeration.
- The fraudulent opportunity presented by a confidence man to the mark or victim.
- Number; tally; quota.
- Account; estimation; regard; heed.
- Speech; language.
- A speech; a statement; talk; conversation; discourse.
- A count; declaration.
- A number of things considered as an aggregate; sum.
- A report of any matter; a relation; a version.
- A person available to fill vacancies in a jury.
- A book or register of people available to fill jury vacancies.
- A writ to summon people to court to fill vacancies in a jury.