| 100% | SHOEMAKER | 9 | "The Elves and the ___," set of fairy tales collected by the Brothers Grimm |
| 80% | ELVES | 5 | "The ___ and the Shoemaker," set of fairy tales collected by the Grimm Brothers |
| 75% | HANSEL | 6 | "___ and Gretel," German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm |
| 69% | WIFE | 4 | "The Fisherman and His ___," German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm |
| 68% | GOOSE | 5 | "The Golden ___," German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm |
| 56% | MOUNTAIN | 8 | "The King of the Golden ___," German fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm |
| 55% | HANSEL | 6 | ___ and Gretel (fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm) |
| 53% | HANSEL | 6 | ___ and Gretel, characters from a fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm who are seen in the "Shrek" franchise |
| 52% | HANSEL | 6 | & 24A English title of a three-act opera by Engelbert Humperdinck based on a fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm |
| 50% | FROG | 4 | "The ___ Prince," German fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm |
| 50% | MUSICIAN | 8 | "The Wonderful ___," German fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm |
| 48% | HOOD | 4 | "Little Red Riding ___," European fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm |
| 45% | MAHABHARATA | 11 | Ancient Indian epic by Sage Vyasa that tells the tale of the Pandava and Kaurava brothers |
| 45% | BEAUTY | 6 | Sleeping ___, character from a fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm who is seen in the "Shrek" franchise |
| 44% | PERRAULT | 8 | Charles —, French author of fairy tales Cinderella and The Sleeping Beauty |
| 40% | WOLF | 4 | Villain in the tale named by the starts of 20-, 32-, 41- and 52-Across |
| 40% | THEBIGBADWOLF | 13 | Fairy tale villain associated with the ends of 20-, 27- and 49-Across |
| 38% | ONWARD | 6 | 2020 Pixar film featuring the voices of Tom Holland and Chris Pratt as elf brothers |
| 38% | DONLEAVY | 8 | J P —, author of novels A Fairy Tale of New York and The Onion Eaters |
| 37% | WHATSMYNAME | 11 | Fairy tale question whose answer is spelled out in the starts of 18-, 24-, 40- and 51-Across |
| 37% | GRIMM | 5 | Brothers ___, tellers of fairy tales |
| 36% | PEA | 3 | "The Princess and the ___," Hans Christian fairy tale |
| 36% | GRIMMS | 6 | Jakob and Wilhelm, of fairy tale fame |
| 36% | WILHELM | 7 | One of the brothers Grimm |
| 36% | JACOB | 5 | One of the brothers Grimm |
| 36% | DUBROVNIK | 9 | A Croatian city and the set of King's Landing |
| 36% | SEVENTEEN | 9 | 1916 novel by Booth Tarkington subtitled A Tale of Youth and Summer Time and the Baxter Family Especially William |
| 36% | RUMPELSTILTSKIN | 15 | Grimm brothers fairy tale |
| 35% | IDEOLOGY | 8 | The set of beliefs that a culture lives by |