| SESTOS | Site of the tale of Hero and Leander |
| ABYDOS | Ancient city in Asia Minor; home of Leander in the myth of Hero and Leander (6) |
| THRACE | The country of Hero and Leander |
| MISS | 2006 bio, w/ Renee Zellweger, of the author of "The Tale of Peter Rabbit": ____ Potter. |
| NORTON | Author of the tales of the tiny Clock family who "borrow" household items and food from the humans they secretly live with, including buttons, cinnamon breadcrumbs, currants, hairpins, postage stamps, |
| NASH | *Ogden ____ of "The Tale of Custard the Dragon" fame |
| IMPALER | Vlad the ___, origin of the tale of Dracula (7) |
| MURASAKISHIKIBU | Author of "The Tale of Genji," often called the world's first novel |
| JAPAN | Origin of "The Tale of Genji," considered by many to be the world's first novel |
| ACHILLESHEEL | A chink in the armour of hero - and antihero |
| POTTER | Beatrix, author of The Tale of Peter Rabbit (6) |
| ALADDIN | One of the tales of The Arabian Nights (7) |
| IGLESIAS | Enrique ___ Spanish singer of Hero and Bailamos who appeared in a guest role in Two and a Half Men |
| REMUS | Joel Chandler Harris's fictional narrator of the tales of Br'er Fox and Br'er Rabbit, Uncle ... |
| MOIRA | Shearer of "The Tales of Hoffmann" |
| OFFENBACH | Jacques, composer of The Tales of Hoffmann (9) |
| TRYST | "Hero and Leander" episode |
| ROLE | Part where Hero and Leander come together (4) |
| ETTY | English artist who painted Hero and Leander in 1829 (4) |
| AMABUNT | Eg Hero and Leander will love |
