| FAIRYTALE | A children's story about imaginary characters (9) |
| TALE | Story about imaginary people or events (4) |
| FICTION | Book written about imaginary characters or events (7) |
| PINOCCHIO | Children's story about a wooden boy, also made into a Disney movie (9) |
| FICTIONAL | Of imaginary characters or events (9) |
| CROCODILE | Depicted in a children's story by Roald Dahl, an animal known collectively as a bask or a float (9) |
| JACKANDTHEBEANSTALK | Children's story about a boy who trades his cow on the way to market (4,3,3,9) |
| PHANTASMAGORIAL | A shaman got April confused about imaginary figures (15) |
| NONA | "Strega ___" (children's story about an Italian witch) |
| THESECRETGARDEN | Classic children's story about healing |
| MAGI | Some imaginary characters bringing Christmas presents? (4) |
| SHILO | Longtime Neil Diamond fave about imaginary childhood friend |
| FAIRTOMIDDLING | Being dishonest about imaginary cat is OK (4,2,8) |
| BEARINMIND | Keep thinking about imaginary teddy (4,2,4) |
| ROLEPLAYINGGAME | Realign maypole damaged outside entrance to garden in which imaginary characters are assumed (4,7,4) |
| MANINTHE | Imaginary character, one of the first two Wells wrote about (3,2,3,4) |
| MOON | Imaginary character, one of the first two Wells wrote about (3,2,3,4) |
| REAPER | The Grim - - -, imaginary character who represents death (6) |
| GRIMREAPER | Imaginary character who represents death (4,6) |
| SANDMAN | Imaginary character who makes children sleepy (7) |
