Girl Taken Aback By Grisly Story Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is ALLEGORY which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is: ALLEGORY

Updated: October 14, 2023 by Nicoli Westwood

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Rank		Letters	Answer	Clue
1	99%	8		Exact Match!
2	37%	6		Being completely taken aback, girl admits the sport's attraction
3	37%	6		Chaperone expected girl to be taken aback

We think the answer is "ALLEGORY" which means:

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

An example sentence would be:

• "The novel is an allegory for the political situation in the country."
• "In the painting, the artist used animals as an allegory to represent different personality traits."

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The Guardian Cryptic11 Aug 2006	Down 17
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	Clue	Source
1	Being completely taken aback, girl admits the sport's attraction The Guardian Cryptic - 21 Jun 2006	The Guardian Cryptic / 21 Jun 2006
2	Chaperone expected girl to be taken aback The Guardian Cryptic - 22 Dec 2006	The Guardian Cryptic / 22 Dec 2006
3	Girl's erstwhile lawyer taken aback by Turkish commander The Guardian Cryptic - 25 Feb 2005	The Guardian Cryptic / 25 Feb 2005
4	I'm taken aback by fashion — it's an illusion The Guardian Cryptic - 16 Jul 2019	The Guardian Cryptic / 16 Jul 2019
5	Kings keeping tips on account may be taken aback The Guardian Cryptic - 24 Jun 2010	The Guardian Cryptic / 24 Jun 2010
6	Taken aback
7	Taken aback or dumbfounded

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Symbolical narrative
Everyone beginning to enjoy gruesome parable
25, perhaps, turned up with grisly tale
Everyone wants end to the bloody story

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