| STORIES | Tales of the first sitting Conservatives (7) |
| OBAMA | 71 years after the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima, who was the first sitting US president to visit the city? (6,5) |
| BARACK | 71 years after the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima, who was the first sitting US president to visit the city? (6,5) |
| ALADDIN | One of the tales of The Arabian Nights (7) |
| RACKHAM | Book illustrator remembered for his depictions of fairies, anthropomorphic trees, goblins, witches etc in works such as Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm (7) |
| SEASALT | As seen in strange tales of the briny! (3,4) |
| ARABIAN | Tales of the ___ Nights (board game) |
| TALENTS | Gifts for telling tales of the Territory |
| HAYES | First sitting president to visit the West Coast |
| NANCY | First sitting female MP, ___ Astor |
| IRONS | Presses for Irish to get on first sitting (5) |
| NIXON | First sitting president to visit China |
| AMASH | Justin ___, first sitting Republican to support Trump's impeachment |
| FDR | First sitting prez to fly in an airplane |
| ASTOR | Nancy ___, first sitting female MP (5) |
| MORRIS | Former vice-president of the Bluebell Railway who played the part of the zookeeper in Animal Magic and narrated Tales of the Riverbank (6) |
| FITZGERALD | Author whose Tales of the Jazz Age collection includes The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and The Diamond as Big as the Ritz (10) |
| ROALD | First name of the author who introduced Tales Of The Unexpected on ITV in the 80s (5) |
| ZANE | Tales of the old West such as Riders Of The Purple Sage and The Lone Star Ranger came from cowboy au |
| SANTO | The largest island of Vanuatu and the inspiration for James A Michener's classic, Tales Of The South |
