Solutions So-called has 27 entries with similar clues

• 3-letter words
• neeOriginally called
• poeLovecraft called him his "God of Fiction"
• gagRunning ... (joke that's often called back to)
• 4-letter words
• iraqArab kingdom once called Mesopotamia
• yorkCity called Eboracum by the Romans
• otto2022 Tom Hanks film, A Man Called ..
• 5-letter words
• pagedCalled for, perhaps
• umamiSo-called fifth taste
• 6-letter words
• neededCalled for
• primedWaiting to be called in
• abusedCalled names
• 7-letter words
• chennaiIndian city, formerly called Madras
• 8-letter words
• summonedCalled for
• namesakePerson similarly called
• meridianSun position at noon called
• 9-letter words
• polonaisedance originally called chodzony
• waistcoatItem called a 'vest' in the USA
• boomerang‘e called after blast, returning weapon
• 10-letter words
• johnnycashCountry legend also called the "Man in Black" (2 wds)
• red-indianWhat a Native American was one called
• on-standbyWaiting to be called in
• 11-letter words
• bellringingactivity called campanology whose terms include changes
• 12-letter words
• fishandchipsdish churchill called 'good companions'
• in-the-wingsWaiting to be called in
• bognor-regisResort called after George V
• 15-letter words
• thelonious-monkjust after stopping us hit men, look out for 25: 14 28 they called him!
• 17-letter words
• the-old-testamentThe sacred writings of Judaism called by the Christians