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Answer: SOBSTORY

SOBSTORY is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 25 times.

• Tale of woe
• Long, drawn-out excuse
• Sympathy-arousing excuse
• Tearjerker
• It may elicit sympathy
• Sympathy seeker's tale
• Excuse of a sort
• Bid for sympathy
• Lame excuse, perhaps
• Excuse designed to elicit sniffles
• Excuse that's often exaggerated
• Tale about a real so-and-so?
• Tearful tale
• Many a lame excuse
• Often-exaggerated tale
• Maudlin plea
• Empathy inducer
• Whiny litany
• "Cue the violins!" elicitor
• Excuse meant to elicit sympathy
• A play to one's emotions
• Whiny explanation
• "Cry me a river!" elicitor, perhaps
• Blue yarn?
• Tale that tugs at the heartstrings