The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word PARABLE
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result PARABLE
- Story originally promoting farming land
- Sailor in discussion failing to finish moral story
- Starts to become less enraged after soldier’s story
- Drop Arab leader’s story
- Fit to follow standard moral lesson
- Maybe land on skyscraper’s eighth story
- Soldier initially believed the French story
- Competentscripture lesson
- Story given by soldier, mostly story female denied
- Moral tale raised in heel bar, apparently
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The straight part
We know that "story" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case story = parable.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.
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What does PARABLE mean?
PARABLE noun- A short narrative illustrating a lesson (usually religious/moral) by comparison or analogy.
- To represent by parable.
- That can easily be prepared or procured; obtainable.