| 100% | UGLY | 4 | Like the duckling in a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale |
| 66% | PEA | 3 | Sleep disrupter in a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale |
| 64% | UGLY | 4 | Like the duckling in a fairy tale |
| 60% | UGLY | 4 | The ___ Duckling, character from a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen who is seen in the "Shrek" franchise |
| 55% | SWAN | 4 | Bird in a Hans Christian Andersen tale |
| 52% | DUCKLING | 8 | Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale: "The Ugly __" |
| 50% | NEW | 3 | "The Emperor's ___ Clothes," Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale |
| 49% | UGLY | 4 | "The ___ Duckling" (Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale) |
| 47% | FROZEN | 6 | Disney's take on the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale "The Snow Queen" |
| 46% | PEA | 3 | Cause of insomnia in a Hans Christian Andersen story |
| 45% | THUMBELINA | 10 | Tiny girl who emerges from a flower in a Hans Christian Andersen tale |
| 44% | PRINCESS | 8 | Hans Christian Andersen tale: The __ and the Pea |
| 44% | SNOW | 4 | "The ___ Queen," a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen often read at Christmas |
| 43% | THUMBELINA | 10 | Fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a tiny girl that was adapted into a 1994 Warner Bros. film |
| 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 |
| 43% | UGLY | 4 | Like Hans Christian Andersen's duckling |
| 42% | QUEEN | 5 | The Snow ___, antagonist from Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale who is capable of bringing eternal winter |
| 42% | HANS | 4 | ___ Christian Andersen, the fairy tale creator |
| 42% | MATCHLESS | 9 | Christmas story by 25-Across/39-Across based on a Hans Christian Andersen tale |
| 41% | SWAN | 4 | What the ugly duckling turns into, in a fairy tale |
| 41% | PEA | 3 | It bothered a princess in a Hans Christian Andersen story |
| 41% | UGLY | 4 | Hans Christian Andersen's, "The ___ Duckling" |
| 41% | UGLY | 4 | Hans Christian Andersen's "The ___ Duckling" |
| 41% | SNOW | 4 | "The ___ Queen" fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen that inspired the Disney film "Frozen" |
| 40% | UGLY | 4 | Like a fairy tale duckling |
| 39% | HANSEL | 6 | Fairy tale character who leaves a trail of bread crumbs in the forest |
| 39% | SNOW | 4 | "The ___ Queen," fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen |
| 39% | UGLY | 4 | Like Hans Christian Andersen's "Duckling" |
| 38% | EVIL | 4 | Like a witch in a fairy tale |