| GORILLAS | Lo, a girl's fantasy of beasts (8) |
| THEWELL | Ruby and _ US teen girl fantasy series (3,4) |
| CLEOPATRA | Lo, a carpet laid out for a queen! (9) |
| DAYDREAM | Fantasy of old man harbouring yen about a maiden |
| STARTREK | Plane's tail shot off in grim fantasy of the future |
| STALLION | At last, the king of beasts of an equine family (8) |
| MULETEER | Driver of beasts of burden |
| ASSESSOR | Examiner of beasts or after south (8) |
| DIABETES | Disease makes most of beasts die, sadly (8) |
| ACHINESS | Physical discomfort of beast of burden crossing ravine (8) |
| TOREADOR | You don't know whether to read or run from killer of beasts (8) |
| PIPEDREAM | Fantasy of one of those with great expectations working as a journalist for a lot of papers (4,5) |
| IGLESIAS | Fantasy of bad type of music, not loud (8) |
| WISHFULTHINKING | Fantasy of mostly sensible head of history, almost packed, meeting skinny monarch (7,8) |
| DREAM | Fantasy of tot going round the capital of Egypt (5) |
| METROPOLIS | Which classic 1927 silent- film fantasy of a futuristic city was reissued in 1984? (10) |
| FIELDOFDREAMS | Fantasy of the oil business? |
| CASTLESINSPAIN | Fantasy of great wealth and happiness (7,2,5) |
| MYTH | Fantasy of steamy threesome (4) |
| DANDELION | With yellow flowers or downy "clocks", a plant whose name derives from its jagged leaves reminiscent of the teeth of the "king of beasts" (9) |