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noun • a short moral story (often with animal characters) • a visible symbol representing an abstract idea • an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances; an extended metaphor | ||||||||
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25 Perhaps Turned Up With Grisly Tale Crossword Clue
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ALLEGORY which was last seen in the Telegraph Cryptic crossword.
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ALLEGORY
Updated: October 12, 2023
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