The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word PARDONER
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More clues leading to the result PARDONER
- Knock up meat dish for a tale teller
- Forgiving tale-teller?
- Can one forgive what's written by Her Majesty?
- One with a tale to tell finished interrupting queen
- Old queen admits: “Executed? I’ll forgive you”
- Tale-teller had last Tudor wife coming round
- Lecturer boarding cutter, forgiving type
- Medieval cleric finished being embraced by one of Henry’s wives
- He brought traveller’s tale of standard dish from Turkey
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The straight part
We know that "a tale teller" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case a tale teller = pardoner.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does PARDONER mean?
PARDONER noun- One who pardons.
- In medieval Catholicism, a person licensed to grant papal pardons or indulgences.