| PERRAULT | Charles ___, French author of fairy tales Cinderella and The Sleeping Beauty (8) |
| BAUDELAIRE | Charles _, French writer whose poetry collections include The Flowers of Evil (10) |
| ANDERSEN | Danish author of fairy tales including The Little Mermaid, 31 The elliptical, heliocentric path of the solar system's planets, comets and asteroids around the Sun (5) |
| DEGAULLE | Charles ___, French president (2,6) |
| VERNA | Felton who voiced the Fairy Godmother in "Cinderella" and the Queen of Hearts in "Alice in Wonderland" |
| COLLIER | Artist in the Pre-Raphaelite style whose paintings include Lady Godiva, Tannhauser In the Venusberg, The Sleeping Beauty and The Amber Necklace (7) |
| PETIPA | Choreographer who created some 50 ballets including The Sleeping Beauty and Don Quixote and, with Lev Ivanov,The Nutcracker and Swan Lake (6) |
| EVERAFTER | 1998 Drew Barrymore flick based on the fairy-tale Cinderella (4,5) |
| HANS | ___ Christian Andersen (Danish author of fairy tales) |
| GRIMM | Author of fairy tales (5) |
| CHRISTIAN | Danish writer of fairy tales (4,9,8) |
| LACENERENTOLA | Rossini opera based on Perrault's fairy-tale Cinderella (2,11) |
| AURORA | Name of the princess in The Sleeping Beauty (6) |
| HANSCHRISTIAN | Danish writer of fairy tale classics Thumbelina and The Ugly Duckling, ... Andersen (4,9) |
| LILY | _ James, actress whose films include Cinderella and The Dig (4) |
| NZOGBIA | Charles ___, French footballer who played for Newcastle United, Wigan Athletic and Aston Villa in the Premier League, having begun his career at "23" |
| BOYER | Charles _; French-born actor from the film Gaslight (5) |
| LECLERC | Charles ___, French general; brother-in-law of Napoleon Bonaparte (7) |
| TCHAIKOVSKY | Composer of "The Sleeping Beauty" |
| GOUNOD | Charles ___, French composer of 1864 opera Mireille (6) |