| REYNARD | ___ the fox |
| DOES | 2013 Ylvis lyric "What ___ the fox say?" |
| AESOP | Greek writer of the fable of the hare and the tortoise or the fox and the grapes |
| TOD | The fox in the "The Fox and the Hound" |
| FABLES | "The Fox and the Grapes" and "The Tortoise and the Hare" |
| GRAPES | Lovers of the fruit of the vine are keen on these hostelries: The ___ Inn, Halton Road, Runcorn, and the Fox and ___, in Hawarden, Deeside (6) |
| TODD | The fox in Disney's "The Fox and the Hound" |
| HUGHES | Novelist friend of Dylan Thomas who penned A High Wind in Jamaica and the Human Predicament series comprising The Fox in the Attic and The Wooden Shepherdess (6) |
| SHORT | Best Animated ___ Film (Oscar category won by The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse in 2023) |
| CHANTICLEER | The cock in the tale of Reynard the Fox , and in Chaucer's The Nun's Priest's Tale |
| MACKESY | Charlie ___, artist noted for his children's book The Boy, The Mole, The Fox And The Horse (7) |
| BRUIN | Name of the bear in the fable of Reynard the Fox |
| ISEGRIM | The wolf in the Reynard the Fox fable (variant spelling) |
| DEER | One of the animals depicted in the Reynard the Fox fables (4) |
| MAYARUDOLPH | The Good Place actress who voices Betty Hart in the Fox animated comedy Bless the Harts: 2 wds. |
| ISENGRIM | The wolf in the animal fable of Reynard the Fox (8) |
| YLVIS | "The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)" duo |
| RAISEONESCACKLES | Sound the fox-in-the-henhouse alarm? |
| COPPER | "The Fox and the Hound" hound |
| HEN | "The ___ and the Fox" (Aesop fable) |
