| 100% | EMPERORS | 8 | The __ New Clothes, Danish fairy tale |
| 55% | DONLEAVY | 8 | J P —, author of novels A Fairy Tale of New York and The Onion Eaters |
| 49% | ANDERSEN | 8 | Danish author of The Emperor's New Clothes |
| 46% | BEAUTY | 6 | 1790 French fairy tale, __ and the Beast |
| 46% | BEANSTALK | 9 | Old English fairy tale: Jack and the __ |
| 44% | HANSEL | 6 | "___ and Gretel," German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm |
| 44% | HOOD | 4 | "Little Red Riding ___," European fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm |
| 43% | HANSEL | 6 | Fairy tale character who leaves a trail of bread crumbs in the forest |
| 43% | THEBIGBADWOLF | 13 | Fairy tale villain associated with the ends of 20-, 27- and 49-Across |
| 43% | PERRAULT | 8 | Charles —, French author of fairy tales Cinderella and The Sleeping Beauty |
| 42% | FROG | 4 | "The ___ Prince," German fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm |
| 42% | MUSICIAN | 8 | "The Wonderful ___," German fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm |
| 42% | TOGAS | 5 | The emperor's new clothes, perhaps? |
| 41% | GOOSE | 5 | "The Golden ___," German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm |
| 41% | FEEFIFOFUM | 10 | Fairy tale chant from a giant ... or the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| 41% | UGLY | 4 | Like the duckling in a fairy tale |
| 41% | PUSS | 4 | ___ in Boots, character from a fairy tale who is seen in the "Shrek" franchise |
| 40% | EMPERORS | 8 | "The ___ New Clothes" (short story by Hans Christian Andersen) |
| 40% | TERN | 4 | The New Zealand fairy variety of this bird was down to less than 50 individuals in 2018 |
| 40% | STORYTELLER | 11 | Someone who narrates a fairy tale ... or the title of Carrie Underwood's latest album |
| 40% | CINDERELLA | 10 | 2015 movie version of a classic fairy tale, with 15-Across as the title character |
| 40% | BIG | 3 | ___ Bad Wolf, popular villainous fairy tale character who was mild-mannered in the "Shrek" franchise |
| 39% | WHATSMYNAME | 11 | Fairy tale question whose answer is spelled out in the starts of 18-, 24-, 40- and 51-Across |
| 39% | DUCKLING | 8 | Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale: "The Ugly __" |
| 39% | BEAST | 5 | Beauty's fairy tale suitor, with "the" |
| 39% | PAPA | 4 | Fairy-tale bear with the biggest chair |
| 39% | MIRROR | 6 | (2/6) Magical fairy tale object that may indicate "who the fairest of them all" is |
| 39% | SAMIRAWILEY | 11 | "Orange Is the New Black" actress who plays Moira in "The Handmaid's Tale" (2 wds.) |
| 39% | INTO | 4 | "___ the Woods" (musical about fairy tales) |
| 39% | SNOW | 4 | "The ___ Queen" fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen that inspired the Disney film "Frozen" |