| THUMBELINA | 1835 literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen originally titled Tommelise (10) |
| HANS | _ Christian Andersen, Danish author famed for his literary fairy tales (4) |
| COBWEB | Literary fairy network |
| MAB | Literary fairy queen |
| TINSOLDIER | The Steadfast - -; a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen (3,7) |
| SHOES | The Red -; title of a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen; or, an album by Kate Bush (5) |
| MERMAID | The Little -; fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen (7) |
| SNOW | The - Queen; fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen (4) |
| ICEMAIDEN | 'The --', a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen (3-6) |
| UGLY | The - Duckling; fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen (4) |
| SOLDIER | The Steadfast Tin ___ fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen that inspired Disney's Fantasia 2000 |
| DUCKLING | 'The --', fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen (4,8) |
| THELITTLEMERMAID | 1989 Walt Disney film based on a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen |
| WILD | The ___ Swans fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen that was adapted into a 1977 Japanese anime film |
| REDSHOES | The --- ---, 1948 Powell and Pressburger film based on a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen (3,5) |
| FIR | An abies popular as a Christmas tree and recalled in a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen (3) |
| EMPERORS | The -- New Clothes; short tale by Hans Christian Andersen (8) |
| FROGPRINCE | 'The -- --' or 'Iron Henry', fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm (4,6) |
| CLOTHES | Garments, habiliments or vestures, such as the real or imaginary ones of a vain emperor in a tale by Hans Christian Andersen; or, bed linen (7) |
| UGLYDUCKLING | Fairy tale character created by Hans Christian Andersen (4,8) |
