| READSTO | Regales with a story, perhaps |
| TAIL | Sounds like the end of, a story perhaps? (4) |
| READTO | Regale with a bedtime story |
| TELL | Regale with a tale, e.g. |
| AMUSES | Regales with songs and stories |
| RETELL | Regale with story again about legendary Swiss marksman? |
| BOOK | From the Old English for "beech", a bibliophilic item printed with a story, poem etc, such as A Child's Christmas in Wales, The Chimes, Little Women or A Visit from St. Nicholas (4) |
| EBERT | His 1999 review of the first Pokemon movie begins with a story about him playing a game of Pokemon with a 6-year-old and losing all his cards |
| AGENT | One with a cover story, perhaps |
| ILLUSTRATION | A work of art with a story (12) |
| TACKLE | Deal with a story about a heartless crook! (6) |
| LARGESSE | Regales them all with a final repeat, producing gifts (8) |
| ENCHANTEDFOREST | Setting for a fantastic story, perhaps |
| EDIT | Shorten a newspaper story, perhaps |
| LIED | Told a fantastic story, perhaps |
| THATSACUTEANGLE | Editor's comment about a puppy story, perhaps |
| EYEROLLS | Responses to a tall story, perhaps (8) |
| LEAF | Regale a fellow with a bit of greenery (4) |
| GOALIE | Proceed with a story of a custodian between the sticks (6) |
| LINKSUP | Joins with a story of a vertical cat? (5,2) |
