| ERLKING | German folklore character, say, imprisoning gutted royal family (3-4) |
| ATABEG | Absolute leader in Turkey, say imprisoning a bishop? |
| KOBOLDS | Spirits of mines from German folklore (7) |
| ALIBABA | *Folklore character who lends his name to an e-commerce company |
| MEATPIE | Encounter foreign character, say ___ that's savoury (4,3) |
| MANINTHEMOON | Lunar folklore character (3-2-3-4) |
| SNOWWHITE | Beautiful princess originating in German folklore (4,5) |
| TOMTHUMB | Folklore character growing millimetres in the hot tub! (3,5) |
| WALPURGISNIGHT | May Day's eve (from German folklore) |
| TILLEULENSPIEGEL | Practical joker of German folklore, depicted in a Richard Strauss tone poem |
| WALPURGIS | --- Night is the night of a witches' sabbath in German folklore (9) |
| MEPHISTOPHELES | Demon in German folklore who originally appeared in the Faust legend |
| RUMPELSTILTSKIN | Dwarf of German folklore who destroys himself after his name is correctly guessed |
| DICKWHITTINGTON | Folklore character based on a real-life medieval merchant and politician who was four times Lord Mayor of London (4,11) |
| BRER | ___ Rabbit, folklore character (4) |
| CRONE | Credit one who creates a folklore character (5) |
| PIEDPIPER | Folklore character associated with the town of Hamelin |
| GEEGEE | Epsom's leading character, say, repeatedly backing a horse (3-3) |
| REDSEA | Communist character, say, from body of water (3,3) |
| KOBOLD | Sprite of German folklore |
