| 100% | SWAN | 4 | Bird in a Hans Christian Andersen tale |
| 76% | PEA | 3 | Sleep disrupter in a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale |
| 76% | UGLY | 4 | Like the duckling in a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale |
| 65% | THUMBELINA | 10 | Tiny girl who emerges from a flower in a Hans Christian Andersen tale |
| 65% | PEA | 3 | Cause of insomnia in a Hans Christian Andersen story |
| 62% | MATCHLESS | 9 | Christmas story by 25-Across/39-Across based on a Hans Christian Andersen tale |
| 57% | PEA | 3 | It bothered a princess in a Hans Christian Andersen story |
| 53% | PRINCESS | 8 | Hans Christian Andersen tale: The __ and the Pea |
| 53% | ROC | 3 | Bird in a tale |
| 51% | DUCKLING | 8 | Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale: "The Ugly __" |
| 50% | UGLY | 4 | The ___ Duckling, character from a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen who is seen in the "Shrek" franchise |
| 48% | NEW | 3 | "The Emperor's ___ Clothes," Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale |
| 48% | THUMBELINA | 10 | Fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a tiny girl that was adapted into a 1994 Warner Bros. film |
| 47% | PEA | 3 | Vegetable that's put in a stack of mattresses in a Hans Christian Andersen story |
| 47% | FIR | 3 | "The Little ___ Tree" (Hans Christian Andersen tale) |
| 46% | UGLY | 4 | "The ___ Duckling" (Hans Christian Andersen tale) |
| 46% | FROZEN | 6 | Disney's take on the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale "The Snow Queen" |
| 45% | FAIRYSKISS | 10 | The —, English title of the 1928 ballet by Igor Stravinsky based on Hans Christian Andersen tale The Ice-Maiden |
| 45% | PEA | 3 | "The Princess and the ___" (Hans Christian Andersen tale) |
| 44% | UGLY | 4 | "The ___ Duckling" (Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale) |
| 44% | SNOW | 4 | "The ___ Queen," a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen often read at Christmas |
| 43% | QUEEN | 5 | The Snow ___, antagonist from Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale who is capable of bringing eternal winter |
| 43% | WILD | 4 | "The ___ Swans," fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen that was adapted into a 1977 Japanese anime film |
| 43% | SHOES | 5 | "The Red ___," fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen that inspired a 1948 British film starring Moira Shearer |
| 42% | THEUGLYDUCKLING | 15 | Hans Christian Andersen story |
| 42% | THEPRINCESSANDTHE | 17 | Hans Christian Andersen story |
| 42% | TALE | 4 | Hans Christian Andersen offering |
| 41% | EMU | 3 | Bird in a herd |
| 41% | CROW | 4 | Bird in a cornfield |
| 41% | CANARY | 6 | Bird in a cage |