| AESOPSFABLES | Collection of tales which includes 'The Tortoise and the Hare' (6,6) |
| REPTILIA | Class of cold-blooded vertebrates that includes the tortoises, snakes, lizards etc. (8) |
| STALE | Tales which don't appear to be fresh (5) |
| ONIT | Jazmine Sullivan song on "Heaux Tales" (which featured Ari Lennox) |
| FABLES | "The Fox and the Grapes" and "The Tortoise and the Hare" |
| UGLYDUCKLING | Subject of a Hans Christian Andersen tale which becomes a swan (4,8) |
| FABLE | Aesop's The Tortoise And The Hare or The Frog And The Ox (5) |
| AESOP | 'The Phrygian has spoken better than all,' the King of Lydia is supposed to have remarked of this Greek slave born around 620BC who put together stories like The Hare And The Tortoise and The Boy Who |
| AMORAL | Machiavellian key to the tale of the tortoise and the hare (6) |
| LOSER | The hare, in "The Tortoise and the Hare" |
| AESOPS | "___ Fables" (collection with "The Tortoise and the Hare") |
| RACE | What the tortoise and the hare participated in |
| RACED | Competed, as the tortoise and the hare |
| MORAL | Finish line in "The Tortoise and the Hare"? |
| MOTHERGOOSE | Which 1697 collection of tales includes "Sleeping Beauty", "Puss in Boots" and "Cinderella"? (6,5) |
| ALSORAN | The hare, e.g., in "The Tortoise and the Hare" |
| BEAUTY | --- And The Beast, fairy tale which appears in variants across Europe and has inspired numerous films and stage productions (6) |
| HARE | The Tortoise and the ___ Aesop's fable |
| RAPUNZEL | Grimm's fairy tale which is the basis of the animated film Tangled |
| JUSTSOSTORIES | 1902 collection of tales including How the Leopard Got His Spots: 3 wds. |
