| BILLYGOAT | Gruff character of fairy tale |
| STEPMOTHER | Wicked character of fairy stories (10) |
| BILLYGOATS | Gruff characters can tackle last of doubters (10) |
| GRIMM | One of a pair of fairy tale brothers |
| TROLL | Antagonist of fairy tale Three Billy Goats Gruff (5) |
| HAPPY | Death of a dwarf, as last page of fairy tale? (5,6) |
| FLYAGARIC | Red and white toadstool of fairy tale, folklore, hallucinogenic, magical, psychoactive, Super Mario or sticky tape graveyard of gnats fame (3,6) |
| OTOOLE | Peter of "Fairy Tale" |
| ONCEUPONATIME | Start of fairy tale (4,4,1,4) |
| THREE | Number of fairy tale bears |
| TOMTHUMB | Tiny child of fairy tale |
| PUMPKIN | Fruitful source of fairy tale transport |
| ONCE | Unrepeatable start of fairy tale |
| GRIMMS | Jakob and Wilhelm, of fairy tale fame |
| CHEVALIER | Gallant companion to girl right out of fairy tale (9) |
| BEANSTALK | Refuses to tolerate gossip about English feature of fairy tale |
| HANSCHRISTIAN | Danish writer of fairy tale classics Thumbelina and The Ugly Duckling, ... Andersen (4,9) |
| FLATEARTH | Debunking of fairy tale the cost for conspiracy theorists (4,5,7) |
| SOCIETY | Debunking of fairy tale the cost for conspiracy theorists (4,5,7) |
| OSCARWILDE | Writer of the 1891 collection of fairy tales A House of Pomegranates (5,5) |
