| BABESINTHEWOOD | Traditional children's tale, often a pantomime subject (5,2,3,4) |
| ALADDIN | Pantomime subject |
| INTHE | Babes - - Wood; a traditional children's tale; or, a 1990s sitcom with Karl Howman and Denise van Outen (2,3) |
| BABES | Traditional children's tale and popular pantomime, ... In The Wood (5) |
| FAIRYGODMOTHER | Loud fresh guardian is a pantomime character |
| UPON | Second word in a fairy tale, often |
| END | Last word of a fairy tale, often |
| ONCE | First word of a fairy tale, often |
| GHOSTSTORY | Scary tale, often told before bed or around a fire (2 wds.) |
| AFTER | Last word of a fairy tale, often |
| DAME | From "mistress", a word for a female ruler originally, later the lady of the house; a school matron; a woman with the rank of Knight Commander; or, a pantomime's drag queen (4) |
| HARLEQUINADE | A play or part of a pantomime in which a comic character wearing diamond-patterned multicoloured tights has a leading role (12) |
| ALIBABA | A Liberal with a graduate character in a pantomime (3,4) |
| PUNCH | Husband of Judy in a traditional children's puppet show (5) |
| NUTS | ____ In May, a traditional children's singing game (4) |
| FABLE | Cautionary tale, often |
| AESOP | His tales often featured animals |
| FADO | Irish folk tales often begin with this word, meaning "long ago". (4) |
| LORE | Gramp's tales, often |
| ONCEUPONATIME | How fairy tales often begin (4,4,1,4) |
