The answers to the starred clues in this puzzle … or are they? Crossword Clue

• Some origin stories

  New York Times · Sunday, January 8, 2023 · 5 letters

• George Washington chopping down a cherry tree, and others

  New York Times · Sunday, September 11, 2022 · 5 letters

• The Trojan horse and Pandora's box

  New York Times · Wednesday, June 13, 2018 · 5 letters

• Tales set on Mount Olympus, e.g.

  New York Times · Monday, April 16, 2018 · 5 letters

• The "fact" that the Great Wall of China is visible from space, and others

  New York Times · Monday, December 7, 2015 · 5 letters

• Folklore stories

  New York Times · Monday, January 5, 2015 · 5 letters

• Yeti and the Loch Ness monster

  New York Times · Monday, June 25, 2012 · 5 letters

• Old stories

  New York Times · Wednesday, July 13, 2005 · 5 letters

• Some are Greek

  New York Times · Saturday, June 7, 1997 · 5 letters

More clues from this crossword

• 44-Down Puts into law
• 45-Down Arkham ___, institution for many Batman foes
• 46-Across *Cryptid in the Scottish Highlands
• 46-Down Filled with cargo
• 47-Down Olympic snowboarder White
• 48-Down Have a feeling
• 50-Across Prefix with -naut
• 51-Across Period of one's prime
• 52-Across Arnaz who loved Lucy
• 53-Across *"Ho, ho, ho!" hollerer
• 53-Down "Billions" airer, for short
• 54-Down Chowed down