| 100% | HANSEL | 6 | Fairy tale boy who outsmarts a witch |
| 82% | GRETEL | 6 | Fairy tale girl who outsmarted a witch |
| 62% | HANSEL | 6 | Fairy tale boy who finds a gingerbread house with his sister Gretel |
| 50% | GRETEL | 6 | Outsmarter of a fairy-tale witch |
| 47% | OGRE | 4 | Fairy tale monster who often carries a club |
| 46% | HANSEL | 6 | Fairy tale character who leaves a trail of bread crumbs in the forest |
| 44% | TROLL | 5 | Ugly fairy tale creature who lives under a bridge |
| 44% | HAGS | 4 | Witches from fairy tales, who were old ___: Plural |
| 44% | HAG | 3 | Witch from a fairy tale |
| 43% | GRETEL | 6 | Fairy-tale sister who enters the edible house of a witch |
| 42% | SNOW | 4 | "___ White" fairy tale about a girl who lived in a forest with seven dwarfs |
| 41% | HAG | 3 | Choose the villain for your fairy tale! (1/3) Fairy tale witch with a broom, perhaps |
| 41% | PIRATE | 6 | (2/3) Fairy tale villain with an eye patch who's found on a ship, perhaps |
| 39% | HAG | 3 | Fairy tale witch |
| 38% | GRETEL | 6 | Fairy-tale escapee from a witch |
| 38% | EROS | 4 | Boy who takes a bow? |
| 37% | MAIDEN | 6 | Whom a dragon threatens in a fairy tale |
| 37% | PINOCCHIO | 9 | Fairy tale character who tells lies |
| 37% | STORYTELLER | 11 | Someone who narrates a fairy tale ... or the title of Carrie Underwood's latest album |
| 37% | PAPA | 4 | Fairy tale bear with a hard bed |
| 37% | HANSEL | 6 | Boy who followed a trail of breadcrumbs |
| 36% | MAMABEAR | 8 | Fairy tale character with a too-soft bed |
| 35% | RAPUNZEL | 8 | Fairy tale character who let down her long hair |
| 35% | HANSEL | 6 | Brother who outwits a witch |
| 35% | CHIP | 4 | Boy who became a teacup in "Beauty and the Beast" |
| 35% | GRETEL | 6 | Escapee from a witch in a Grimm tale |
| 35% | TROLL | 5 | Fairy tale foe, or a troublemaker on Twitter |
| 34% | HARRYPOTTER | 11 | Boy who may see a goblet of fire in this grid |
| 33% | GOLDILOCKSAND | 13 | With 53 Across, fairy tale about a young, blonde trespasser |
| 33% | WOODEN | 6 | Pinocchio, a tale about a __ boy |