| "The Forsyte ___" | 27 |
| "Volsunga ___" | 24 |
| Tale of grand proportions | 25 |
| Multigenerational tale | 22 |
| Storyteller's challenge | 27 |
| Long, detailed account | 22 |
| Tale of heroic exploits | 23 |
| Story that goes on and on | 25 |
| Heroic prose narrative | 22 |
| Generation-spanning story | 25 |
| Big job for a storyteller | 25 |
| "Twilight," e.g. | 26 |
| Thousand-plus pager, e.g. | 25 |
| Tale spanning centuries | 23 |
| Story from Reykjavik, e.g. | 26 |
| Sometimes tedious tale | 22 |
| Series of novels, maybe | 23 |
| Multi-generational story | 24 |
| John Galsworthy wrote one | 25 |
| Adventure-filled story | 22 |
| 'The Forsyte --' | 24 |
| Word in a Galsworthy title | 26 |
| Thousand-plus-pager, perhaps | 28 |
| Tale of Vikings, perhaps | 24 |
| Tale of heroic adventures | 25 |
| Tale of derring-do, e.g. | 24 |
| Story with many chapters | 24 |
| Story spanning decades | 22 |
| Potential serial material | 25 |
| Novel of epic proportions | 25 |
| Narrative, Galsworthy style | 27 |
| Multigenerational tale, e.g. | 28 |
| Multigenerational story, e.g. | 29 |
| Long and involved tale | 22 |
| Long and complicated story | 26 |
| It's related to others | 26 |
| It's a major report | 23 |
| It's a major account | 24 |
| It takes a while to tell | 24 |
| Historical novel, usually | 25 |
| Heroic adventure story | 22 |
| Generation-spanning work | 24 |
| Detailed recital of events | 26 |
| "Volsunga _____" | 26 |
| "The Forsyte _____" | 29 |
| "Centennial," e.g. | 28 |
| Katey who played Peg Bundy | 26 |
| "Cosmos" host | 23 |
| Carl of "Cosmos" | 26 |
| "Cosmos" host Carl | 28 |
| "Cosmos" creator | 26 |
| "Contact" author | 26 |
| 'Cosmos' writer | 23 |
| Carl of 'Cosmos' fame | 29 |
| Bonjour Tristesse writer | 27 |
| Big name in astrophysics | 24 |
| Astronomer/author Carl | 22 |
| American astrophysicist | 23 |
| American astronomer Carl | 24 |
| "Cosmos" co-creator | 29 |
| 'Cosmos' author | 23 |
| Long, drawn-out stories | 23 |
| Palindrome for no quick reads | 29 |
| Epic stories of heroism | 23 |
| Dramatic, detailed tales | 24 |
| Wondrous tales of yore | 22 |
| What legends are made of? | 25 |
| They usually span many years | 28 |
| They span many generations | 26 |
| They might span generations | 27 |
| They may span generations | 25 |
| Stories that span generations | 29 |
| Some multivolume novels | 23 |
| Soap operas, essentially | 24 |
| Soap opera story lines | 22 |
| Short stories they're not | 29 |
| Old Norse family tales | 22 |
| Multivolume narratives | 22 |
| Multigenerational tales | 23 |
| Multigenerational stories | 25 |
| One venerated for wisdom | 24 |
| Saltimbocca ingredient | 22 |
| Zane Grey's was purple | 26 |
| Herb that's also a name | 27 |
| We're living in it | 22 |
| Thyme's rack partner | 24 |
| The Thinker, for all we know | 28 |
| Stuff in stuffing, often | 24 |
| Seasoning for turkey dressing | 29 |
| Scarlet flower or purple herb | 29 |
| Russell ___, U.S. financier | 27 |
| New Riders of the Purple ___ | 28 |
| Mentor in spiritual topics | 26 |
| Leaves on the spice rack | 24 |
| Jefferson, ___ of Monticello | 28 |
| Herb with roast chicken | 23 |
| Herb of popular music? | 22 |
| Herb for the discerning? | 24 |
| Grey's purple plant | 23 |
| Emerson, The _____ of Concord | 29 |