| AMIDSUMMER | Cracking grin, mum had sat immersed in fairy tale (1,9,6,5) |
| STAID | I had sat around first, being unadventurous (5) |
| UNDERSTOOD | Had sat too long, one realised (10) |
| DIED | Jacob Gallagher discovered his mum had _ in the Dales hospital where he works (4) |
| LIAISE | Get in touch with oddly missing ladies in fairy tale (6) |
| CINDERELLA | Recalled in distress poor girl in fairy tale (10) |
| STORMY | Maiden in fairy tale possibly tempestuous |
| OGRE | Giant in fairy tale therefore turned up |
| ISEGRIM | Description of owl hiding with black wolf in fairy tale |
| LEGEND | Stage to finish in fairy tale surroundings (6) |
| SLEEPINGBEAUTY | Transformation of ape, bit ugly, seen in fairy tale (8,6) |
| EVER | Word common in fairy tale finales |
| BLUEBEARD | Depressed by facial hair seen in fairy tale |
| HANS | First name in fairy tale writing |
| TOADSTOOLS | Red-and-white spotted fly agarics depicted in fairy tale illustrations, for example (10) |
| RUMPELSTILTSKIN | Strange spell, it's cast over time against king in fairy tale (15) |
| ALADDIN | An unpleasant noise surrounding boy in fairy tale (7) |
| REFILL | About trouble in fairy tale that can be replenished (10) |
| HANSELANDGRETEL | Strange hell Dean's written about in fairy tale (6,3,6) |
| CRONE | Here's one that gets credit - the old thing in fairy tale land! |
