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It Takes Quite A While To Tell Crossword Clue

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199%4Exact Match!
234%8 Not quite magenta, not quite plum
334%4 Not quite black, not quite white

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We think the answer is "SAGA" which means:

    noun
  • • A narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family; originally (12th to 14th centuries) a story of the families that settled iceland and their descendants but now any prose narrative that resembles such an account

An example sentence would be:

  • • "The star wars saga is made up of nine main films."
  • • "The lord of the rings saga consists of three epic novels."

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New York Times28 Oct 2005 Down 53
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