| THELITTLEMERMAID | Copenhagen statue in honour of Hans Christian Andersen (3,6,7) |
| MERMAID | Copenhagen statue |
| ODENSE | Port in Denmark, birthplace of Hans Christian Andersen (6) |
| EMPEROR | Vain title character of Hans Christian Andersen |
| KAYE | Danny of "Hans Christian Andersen" |
| DANISH | Nationality of Hans Christian Andersen (6) |
| ELSA | Character in the Disney films Frozen and Frozen II, loosely based on the title character of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale The Snow Queen (4) |
| ANDERSEN | What was the surname of Hans Christian, the Danish author of fairy tales including The Ugly Duckling ? (8) |
| PEA | Vegetable that's put in a stack of mattresses in a Hans Christian Andersen story |
| UGLY | Kind of duckling in the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale |
| DANNYKAYE | US actor who played Hans Christian Andersen in the film of the same name (5,4) |
| SWAN | Bird in a Hans Christian Andersen tale |
| ALANRICKMAN | Portrayer of Hans Gruber, the villain in "Die Hard": 2 wds. |
| THUMBELINA | Character of Hans Cristian Andersen (10) |
| FAIRYSKISS | The ___, English title of the 1928 ballet by Igor Stravinsky based on Hans Christian Andersen tale T |
| REDSHOES | Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale of the little girl who couldn't stop dancing, The ... (3,5) |
| FAIRYTALE | Folklorish type of story collected by the Brothers Grimm or written by Hans Christian Andersen (5,4) |
| SHOES | The Red -; title of a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen; or, an album by Kate Bush (5) |
| INCHWORM | Song originally performed by Danny Kaye in the 1952 film 'Hans Christian Andersen' (8) |
| FIR | "The Little ___ Tree" by Hans Christian Andersen |
