| HANDMAIDS | Dystopian TV series, The... Tale (8'1) |
| FIENNES | Joseph ___ stars as Commander Fred Waterford in the dystopian TV series, The Handmaid's Tale (7) |
| MOSS | Elisabeth, U.S. actress who plays June Osborne in the dystopian TV series The Handmaid's Tale (4) |
| HIGH | The Man in the ___ Castle, dystopian TV series (4) |
| TALE | The Handmaid's ----, dystopian TV series with Elisabeth Moss (4) |
| MIRROR | Black -_, dystopian TV series created by Charlie Brooker (6) |
| NARRATING | Managed to overturn the salt when telling the tale |
| RELATIVES | Tells the tale about four members of the family (9) |
| NARRATION | The telling of the tale ran back to Rain somehow (9) |
| LOVESTORY | Like the tale about the movie (4,5) |
| TOMKITTEN | 'The Tale of -- --', Beatrix Potter (3,6) |
| AYLESBURY | Breed of waterbird depicted in The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck (9) |
| STEINBECK | Novelist who wrote the tale about George and Lennie in Of Mice and Men (9) |
| MALTREATS | It's smart to spread the tale when she uses him so roughly |
| CHANTICLEER | The cock in the tale of Reynard the Fox , and in Chaucer's The Nun's Priest's Tale |
| SPECKLEDBAND | "The Adventure of the ... ... ", tale by Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the characters Sherlock Holmes and Helen Stoner (8,4) |
| EXHIBITION | 'The ------ '. story collection by JG Ballard which features the tale The Summer Cannibals (8,10) |
| ATROCITY | 'The ------ '. story collection by JG Ballard which features the tale The Summer Cannibals (8,10) |
| STORY | The tale of the gold in the pig-pen (5) |
| STARTLE | The beginning and the end of the tale are scary (7) |