| FAIRYSTORY | Loud, light-hearted, singular politician provides children's tale (5,5) |
| SAFETYLAMP | Security for the foreign politician provides protection for one of those working on the black stuff |
| LOSTPRINCE | The ---, classic children's tale by Frances Hodgson Burnett |
| BIGBADWOLF | Children's tale villain |
| STORYTELLER | Singular politician to cashier raconteur (11) |
| STORYTELLING | Narration singular politician finds significant (12) |
| THUMP | So short politician provides clobber (5) |
| HEADLAMP | Boss, the French politician, provides help for underground miners (8) |
| STORY | Southern politician provides the account (5) |
| LAMP | The French politician provides illumination (4) |
| AMP | Current measure a British politician provides |
| HEN | "Little red" animal in a children's tale |
| BABES | Traditional children's tale and popular pantomime, ... In The Wood (5) |
| BABESINTHEWOOD | Traditional children's tale, often a pantomime subject (5,2,3,4) |
| CROW | The Thirsty ___ popular children's tale |
| MALICE | Hate married girl in children's tale (6) |
| CRONE | Witch or hag, in a children's tale? |
| ALADDIN | Character in children's tale |
| PINOCCHIO | Carlo Lorenzini, under the nom de plume Carlo Collodi, wrote this children's tale about a puppet who |
| EMPEROR | According to the children's tale, who strolled naked in front of his subjects thinking he was finely |