The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word ILIAD
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More clues leading to the result ILIAD
- Current parliament returns early work
- A classic artist keeps one uplifted
- Work on war papers covering trouble after revolution
- One boy absorbing island story of adventure
- Epic poem before AD 151?
- Big story I cover, involving Australian
- Part of Irish parliament I upset – epic tale!
- Died next to bones — that’s war’s story
- I backed European parliament? That makes a great story
- City investment story one foreign parliament backed
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The straight part
We know that "epic poem" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case epic poem = iliad.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.