| 100% | HANSEL | 6 | "___ and Gretel" (fairy tale) |
| 99% | HANSEL | 6 | German fairy tale, __ and Gretel |
| 97% | HANSEL | 6 | "___ and Gretel," German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm |
| 88% | HANSEL | 6 | ___ and Gretel (fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm) |
| 86% | HANSEL | 6 | ___ and Gretel, characters from a fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm who are seen in the "Shrek" franchise |
| 78% | FOLKLORES | 9 | Fairy tales and urban legends |
| 76% | GRETEL | 6 | Fairy tale about two siblings: Hansel and __ |
| 76% | BIGBAD | 6 | Fairy tale wolf who huffs and puffs |
| 73% | BEAUTY | 6 | 1790 French fairy tale, __ and the Beast |
| 73% | BEANSTALK | 9 | Old English fairy tale: Jack and the __ |
| 70% | HANSEL | 6 | Gretel's fairy tale brother |
| 70% | HANSEL | 6 | Fairy tale boy who finds a gingerbread house with his sister Gretel |
| 68% | AND | 3 | "Hansel ___ Gretel" (fairy tale) |
| 68% | THEBIGBADWOLF | 13 | Fairy tale villain associated with the ends of 20-, 27- and 49-Across |
| 67% | PERRAULT | 8 | Charles —, French author of fairy tales Cinderella and The Sleeping Beauty |
| 67% | WOLF | 4 | Fairy tale huffer-and-puffer |
| 65% | PUSSINBOOTS | 11 | Fairy tale cat seen in "Shrek" films and his own 2011 spin-off: 3 wds. |
| 64% | HIPPYENDING | 11 | Feature of a fairy tale that closes with "Groovy!" or "Peace, Love, and Harmony?" |
| 63% | TALE | 4 | Fairy ___ ("Hansel and Gretel," for example) |
| 63% | HANSEL | 6 | "___ and Gretel," folk tale about two children who venture into a forest where a witch resides |
| 63% | DONLEAVY | 8 | J P —, author of novels A Fairy Tale of New York and The Onion Eaters |
| 62% | WHATSMYNAME | 11 | Fairy tale question whose answer is spelled out in the starts of 18-, 24-, 40- and 51-Across |
| 61% | OGRES | 5 | Fairy-tale creatures like Shrek and Fiona |
| 59% | RUMPELSTILTSKIN | 15 | Grimm brothers fairy tale |
| 59% | OGRE | 4 | Monster in fairy tales |
| 59% | OGRE | 4 | Fiend in fairy tales |
| 59% | OGRE | 4 | Brute in fairy tales |
| 59% | OGRE | 4 | Villain in fairy tales |
| 59% | MAB | 3 | Queen of fairy tales |
| 59% | FANTASY | 7 | Genre of fairy tales |