| 100% | TSAR | 4 | "The Tale of ___ Saltan" (fairy tale by Alexander Pushkin) |
| 63% | MOUNTAIN | 8 | "The King of the Golden ___," German fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm |
| 62% | SHOEMAKER | 9 | "The Elves and the ___," set of fairy tales collected by the Brothers Grimm |
| 61% | ELVES | 5 | "The ___ and the Shoemaker," set of fairy tales collected by the Grimm Brothers |
| 58% | HANSEL | 6 | & 24A English title of a three-act opera by Engelbert Humperdinck based on a fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm |
| 54% | ONCE | 4 | The first word of a fairy tale, ___ upon a time |
| 54% | OLGADAPOLGA | 11 | The Tales of —, 1971 children’s book by Michael Bond |
| 54% | FROG | 4 | "The ___ Prince," German fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm |
| 54% | MUSICIAN | 8 | "The Wonderful ___," German fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm |
| 53% | UPON | 4 | Word in the first sentence of a fairy tale |
| 52% | HOOD | 4 | "Little Red Riding ___," European fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm |
| 52% | ALEKO | 5 | 1892 Sergei Rachmaninoff opera inspired by Alexander Pushkin poem The Gypsies |
| 51% | LIVED | 5 | It's time to close the chapter of your fairy tale! (1/3) "And they all ___..." |
| 50% | SNOW | 4 | "The ___ Queen" fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen that inspired the Disney film "Frozen" |
| 50% | ILIAD | 5 | Ancient Greek epic by Homer that tells the tale of the Trojan War |
| 50% | GOOSE | 5 | "The Golden ___," German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm |
| 50% | GIANT | 5 | Meet the beasts of your fairy tale! (1/5) Fairy tale beast who says, "Fee-fi-fo-fum!" |
| 50% | PAPA | 4 | Biggest of the Three Bears, in a fairy tale |
| 50% | TSAR | 4 | Opera "The Tale of ___ Saltan" |
| 49% | HANSEL | 6 | "___ and Gretel," German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm |
| 49% | PAPA | 4 | Largest of the Three Bears in the Goldilocks fairy tale |
| 49% | TSAR | 4 | "The Tale of ___ Saltan" (Rimsky-Korsakov opera) |
| 49% | LOST | 4 | "Paradise ___," English epic by John Milton that tells the tale of the Fall of Man |
| 49% | HANSEL | 6 | Fairy tale character who leaves a trail of bread crumbs in the forest |
| 49% | THEBIGBADWOLF | 13 | Fairy tale villain associated with the ends of 20-, 27- and 49-Across |
| 49% | SONOFTHEWOLF | 12 | The —, 1900 story collection by Jack London subtitled Tales of the Far North |
| 49% | WIFE | 4 | "The Fisherman and His ___," German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm |
| 49% | OGRE | 4 | Type of beast in the fairy tale "Hop-o'-My-Thumb" |