| 100% | HANSEL | 6 | Fairy tale character who leaves a trail of bread crumbs in the forest |
| 38% | UPON | 4 | Word in the first sentence of a fairy tale |
| 33% | STORYTELLER | 11 | Someone who narrates a fairy tale ... or the title of Carrie Underwood's latest album |
| 32% | BRIELARSON | 10 | Actress who plays the character of Carol Danvers, a former U.S. Air Force pilot in "Captain Marvel": 2 wds. |
| 32% | SPONGEBOB | 9 | Character who lives in a pineapple under the sea |
| 32% | SNOWWHITE | 9 | Fairy tale character portrayed by 24-/37-Across in a 2012 film: 2 wds. |
| 32% | CLARKGREGG | 10 | Actor who plays the character of Phil Coulson, a S.H.I.E.L.D agent in "Captain Marvel": 2 wds. |
| 31% | NANCYDREW | 9 | Character who first appeared in "The Secret of the Old Clock" |
| 31% | ANNA | 4 | Disney Princess who goes in search of her sister, Elsa in the film based on a Danish fairy tale |
| 31% | ESC | 3 | Key in the upper left corner of a keyboard |
| 31% | MACDUFF | 7 | Character who kills Macbeth in the William Shakespeare play of that name |
| 31% | WALDO | 5 | Character who young readers tried to find in a series of books |
| 31% | OTHELLODOLLY | 12 | Child's toy in the shape of a Shakespeare character? |
| 31% | IAGO | 4 | Character who is briefly turned into a roc in the 2019 movie "Aladdin" |
| 31% | AMY | 3 | Actress Carlson who left the cast of "Blue Bloods" in 2017 |
| 30% | HUCKLEBERRY | 11 | ___ Finn, a fictional character who first appeared in 51a and is a friend of the protagonist |
| 30% | TAB | 3 | The key to the left of Q in a keyboard |
| 30% | PINOCCHIO | 9 | Fairy tale character who tells lies |
| 30% | INSPECTORBUCKET | 15 | “Bleak House” character who was one of the first detectives in English fiction |
| 29% | TINMAN | 6 | Character looking for a heart in The Wizard of Oz |
| 29% | TITANIA | 7 | Queen of the Fairies in A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| 29% | LINUS | 5 | Comics character who said "Big sisters are the crab grass in the lawn of life" |
| 29% | ART | 3 | ___ Vandelay, recurring fake "Seinfeld" character who appears as a real judge in the series finale |
| 29% | MACBETH | 7 | Scottish king who's the title character in a Shakespeare tragedy |
| 29% | COUCH | 5 | ___ potato (someone who lounges in front of the TV a lot) |
| 29% | WHATSMYNAME | 11 | Fairy tale question whose answer is spelled out in the starts of 18-, 24-, 40- and 51-Across |
| 29% | JAMESMCAVOY | 11 | "X-Men: Apocalypse" star who played the title character of 28-Across in a 2015 movie: 2 wds. |
| 29% | HOLMES | 6 | Fictional character who says "I am a brain …. The rest of me is a mere appendix" |
| 29% | BUGSOUT | 7 | Leaves in a hurry, or a hint to the cluing of the starred answers |