| 100% | CHICKENLITTLE | 13 | "The sky is falling" fairy tale: 2 wds. |
| 51% | THEEND | 6 | Final words of a fairy tale: 2 wds. |
| 48% | ATIME | 5 | "Once Upon ___" (ABC fairy tale drama): 2 wds. |
| 48% | CLEARSUP | 8 | Gets less cloudy, like the sky: 2 wds. |
| 47% | EVERAFTER | 9 | "Happily ___," words you would use to end a fairy tale?: 2 wds. |
| 46% | CHICKENLITTLE | 13 | Bird who says "The sky is falling!" |
| 46% | CLOUDNINE | 9 | Blissful place that's high in the sky: 2 wds. |
| 45% | MIRROR | 6 | (2/6) Magical fairy tale object that may indicate "who the fairest of them all" is |
| 45% | LITUP | 5 | Like the sky during a fireworks show: 2 wds. |
| 44% | SNOWWHITE | 9 | Fairy tale character portrayed by 24-/37-Across in a 2012 film: 2 wds. |
| 44% | JIMINYCRICKET | 13 | 15-Across therapist's fairy tale counterpart (played by Raphael Sbarge): 2 wds. |
| 44% | EVILQUEEN | 9 | 15-Across mayor's fairy tale counterpart (played by Lana Parrilla): 2 wds. |
| 44% | SNOWWHITE | 9 | 15-Across schoolteacher's fairy tale counterpart, played by Ginnifer Goodwin: 2 wds. |
| 44% | IKISS | 5 | "'Scuse me while ___ the sky..." (Line from Hendrix's "Purple Haze"): 2 wds. |
| 43% | PUSS | 4 | ___ in Boots, character from a fairy tale who is seen in the "Shrek" franchise |
| 43% | PAPERPLANES | 11 | 2008 M.I.A. hit whose title includes things in the sky: 2 wds. |
| 43% | STRANGECLOUDS | 13 | 2011 B.o.B hit whose title includes things in the sky: 2 wds. |
| 42% | BIG | 3 | ___ Bad Wolf, popular villainous fairy tale character who was mild-mannered in the "Shrek" franchise |
| 42% | GOTDARK | 7 | Lost brightness, like the sky during an eclipse: 2 wds. |
| 42% | WHATSMYNAME | 11 | Fairy tale question whose answer is spelled out in the starts of 18-, 24-, 40- and 51-Across |
| 42% | GOTO | 4 | ___ the dogs (really fall apart): 2 wds. |
| 42% | LETIT | 5 | The Beatles' "___ Be" (2 wds.) |
| 41% | BEAUTY | 6 | Sleeping ___, character from a fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm who is seen in the "Shrek" franchise |
| 41% | AWORD | 5 | "___ to the wise is sufficient": 2 wds. |
| 41% | LETIT | 5 | The Beatles' "___ Be": 2 wds. |
| 40% | IBET | 4 | "___ the cake will be over in no time.": 2 wds. |
| 40% | HANSEL | 6 | ___ and Gretel, characters from a fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm who are seen in the "Shrek" franchise |
| 40% | INTOW | 5 | Being hauled to the garage: 2 wds. |
| 40% | USEDTO | 6 | Was in the habit of: 2 wds. |
| 39% | HENNYPENNY | 10 | One who went to tell the king the sky was falling |