| ONEDAY | Fairy tale opening for any ode, maybe (3,3) |
| AVARICE | A bad habit, grasping openings for any riches? |
| THREAD | Tale's opening wrongly heard in continuous narrative (6) |
| UPON | Once ___ a time, fairy-tale opening (4) |
| ONCEUPONATIME | Fairy tale opening (4,4,1,4) |
| UPONATIME | Tradition fairy-tale opening words (4,4,1,4) |
| ONCE | Tradition fairy-tale opening words (4,4,1,4) |
| PROSPERITY | Fairy tale's opening in humdrum state of wellbeing (10) |
| TIME | Fairy tale opening |
| UPONA | Fairy tale opening |
| YODEL | Sing part of any ode lustily (5) |
| TRIMESTER | Maybe Winter's Tale's opening by mediocre poet |
| OTHER | Alternative hero possibly encapsulating tale's opening (5) |
| TOLD | Ancient tale's opening started being related (4) |
| ELDRITCH | Spooky tale's opening welcomed by unruly children - but not ending |
| KETTLE | Railway slang for any steam locomotive, handy for brewing up (6) |
| SONATA | An instrumental composition for piano or for any other instrument with or without piano accompaniment (6) |
| CHAKRA | Word, from Sanskrit for "circle, wheel", in allusion to the wheel of time or dharma, for any one of the vortexes of spiritual energy in the body, each assigned a unique colour (6) |
| SEQUEL | Word for a train of followers originally, later for any follow-up, result or ensuing course of affairs (6) |
| AFFAIR | Word, from "to do" and "ado", for any business, concern, happening or matter; a grande passion, illicit liaison or romantic intrigue; a minor battle; or, any vaguely specified object or thing (6) |
