| BRERRABBIT | Character in the tales of Uncle Remus (4,6) |
| KANGA | In the tales of A A Milne, mother of Roo whose friends include Pooh and the beech tree-dwelling grandson of "Trespassers Will" named Piglet (5) |
| MCGREGOR | Mr --, character in 'The Tale of Peter Rabbit' by Beatrix Potter (8) |
| AUTOLYCUS | A character in the tale, Lucy's come to grief backing the car (9) |
| NEVE | '90s icon Campbell seen in "The Tale of the Dangerous Soup," arguably the best episode of "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" |
| CHANTICLEER | The cock in the tale of Reynard the Fox , and in Chaucer's The Nun's Priest's Tale |
| THEGARTER | Order of - -; founded by Edward III and inspired by the tales of King Arthur, the oldest, most senior order of chivalry in the British honours system (3,6) |
| VETS | Short word, from "cattle, beasts of burden", for animal physicians, such as those described in the tales and memoirs of James Herriot (4) |
| ASHTON | British dancer who choreographed Facade, The Dream, A Month in the Country and the 1971 ballet film The Tales of Beatrix Potter (6) |
| TROLL | What creature lived under the bridge in the tale of The Three Billy Goats Gruff ? (5) |
| OFFENBACH | The final work of Jacques ____ was the unfinished opera The Tales of Hoffmann |
| NORTON | Author of the tales of the tiny Clock family who "borrow" household items and food from the humans they secretly live with, including buttons, cinnamon breadcrumbs, currants, hairpins, postage stamps, |
| HELLE | Figure in the tale of Jason and the Argonauts |
| AYLESBURY | Breed of waterbird depicted in The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck (9) |
| TWIST | An unexpected turn of events in the tale of Dickens' boy (5) |
| ISENGRIM | Wolf's name in the tale of Reynard the fox; I'm singer (anagram) |
| WILLIAMTELL | An apple on the head figured in the tale of this legendary Swiss figure (7,4) |
| SAWYER | Tom -; Huckleberry Finn's best friend in the tales by Mark Twain (6) |
| ASHDOWN | ____ Forest, woodland in East Sussex inspiring the tales of Winnie-the-Pooh (7) |
| CARTON | Container featured in "The Tale of Two Cities" (6) |
