| 100% | BEANSTALK | 9 | Old English fairy tale: Jack and the __ |
| 49% | BEAUTY | 6 | 1790 French fairy tale, __ and the Beast |
| 48% | PEA | 3 | "The Princess and the ___" (classic fairy tale) |
| 47% | PEA | 3 | "The Princess and the ___," Hans Christian fairy tale |
| 47% | THEBIGBADWOLF | 13 | Fairy tale villain associated with the ends of 20-, 27- and 49-Across |
| 46% | BEOWULF | 7 | Old English epic that tells the tale of the eponymous hero of the Geats |
| 45% | BEAUTY | 6 | "___ and the Beast," French fairy tale about a cursed prince living deep within a forest |
| 45% | BEAST | 5 | "Beauty and the ___," an animated musical romantic film based on a French fairy tale |
| 44% | DONLEAVY | 8 | J P —, author of novels A Fairy Tale of New York and The Onion Eaters |
| 44% | SPRATS | 6 | Jack and the missus |
| 43% | WHATSMYNAME | 11 | Fairy tale question whose answer is spelled out in the starts of 18-, 24-, 40- and 51-Across |
| 43% | PEA | 3 | "The Princess and the ___" (fairy tale) |
| 41% | PERRAULT | 8 | Charles —, French author of fairy tales Cinderella and The Sleeping Beauty |
| 41% | PEA | 3 | "The Princess and the ___" (fairy tale involving many mattresses) |
| 40% | FOLKLORES | 9 | Fairy tales and urban legends |
| 40% | HANSEL | 6 | ___ and Gretel (fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm) |
| 39% | GRETEL | 6 | Fairy tale about two siblings: Hansel and __ |
| 39% | BIGBAD | 6 | Fairy tale wolf who huffs and puffs |
| 39% | HANSEL | 6 | German fairy tale, __ and Gretel |
| 39% | FLAGS | 5 | Union Jack and Old Glory |
| 39% | ORE | 3 | Word derived from the Old English words for "unworked metal" and "copper" |
| 38% | BEANSTALK | 9 | Plant that Jack climbed in the fairy tale |
| 38% | BEOWULF | 7 | Old English epic poem with the monster Grendel |
| 38% | BEOWULF | 7 | Old English epic poem featuring the monster Grendel |
| 38% | ALIBABA | 7 | __ and the Forty Thieves, Arabian Nights tale |
| 38% | HANSEL | 6 | "___ and Gretel," German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm |
| 38% | BEOWULF | 7 | Old English poem about the hero who slays Grendel |
| 37% | ETHS | 4 | Letters used in Old English and Icelandic |
| 37% | ALI | 3 | "___ Baba and the forty thieves" (folk tale) |
| 37% | ALI | 3 | "___ Baba and the Forty Thieves," folk tale |