| ALITTLE | Slightly dry introduction to Laplander in a story (1,6) |
| PALETTE | Artist might have this colourless, dry introduction to exhibition (7) |
| APPAL | It will horrify one to have a Laplander turn up (5) |
| SWAMI | Respected Hindu wife introduced to indigenous Laplander (5) |
| LARAMIE | City drive, a first in a story (7) |
| ALIBABA | In a story, who had a boy slave named Abdullah? (3,4) |
| SAMI | Laplander starts Santa's answering machine indicator (4) |
| ELFIN | The Spanish Laplander, we hear, is impish (5) |
| ALADDIN | Who, in a story, finds an old lamp which when rubbed summons a genie? (7) |
| RESOLVE | Work out, as conflict in a story |
| AFFABLE | Good-natured fellow features in a story (7) |
| EPISODE | Event or series of events in a story (7) |
| DEPICTS | Represents, as in a story or painting |
| TADPOLE | One swims downriver in a story (7) |
| LIKEMAD | King in a story raving wildly (4,3) |
| NATALIE | Girl's name, one in a story |
| HEROINE | Name the principal female character in a story, play, etc (7) |
| VILLAIN | Baddie in a story (7) |
| GOLDBUG | The beetle in a story by Edgar Allan Poe (4,3) |
| LEEKPIE | Keep turning in a story: "The Dish" (4,3) |
