| GOODYTWOSHOES | Nickname of the orphan girl Margery Meanwell, protagonist of a children's tale first recorded by English publisher John Newbery in 1765 (5,3-5) |
| PIP | Nickname of the orphan in Dickens's Great Expectations who wishes to become a gentleman (3) |
| SHARP | Surname of the orphan-turned-social climber, Becky, in Vanity Fair (5) |
| LIZZIE | Girl/woman's name associated with a profusely blooming "busy" plant and also Penelope of Little Hemlock, in a children's tale by Helen Cresswell (6) |
| HEN | "Little red" animal in a children's tale |
| CRONE | Witch or hag, in a children's tale? |
| SORROW | 1973 hit single for David Bowie, a cover of a song first recorded by the McCoys |
| COMPASS | The Golden ___ 2007 film centered on the orphan Lyra Belacqua, based on a book by Phillip Pullman (7) |
| ENDERBY | The protagonist of a quartet of comic novels written by Anthony Burgess under the pen name Joseph Kell (7) |
| KNIGHT | The -'s Tale ; first and longest of The Canterbury Tales (6) |
| PACT | From "deed, exploit", word for an idle tale first, later a joke or witticism; a taunt; an object of derision; or, fun (4) |
| FROSTY | The snowman in a Christmas song first recorded by Gene Autry in 1950 |
| DAVEBRUBECK | The classic jazz piece Take Five was first recorded by the ... Quartet (4,7) |
| OLDMACDONALD | Farmer in a children's song first recorded by the Sam Patterson Trio in 1925 (3,9) |
| LETMECALLYOUSWEETHEART | Popular song by Leo Friedman and Beth Slater Whitson published in 1910 and first recorded by The Peerless Quartet |
| CINDERELLA | Which fairytale was first recorded by the Greek historian Strabo in the 1st Century BC? (10) |
| ADORABLE | 'A' You're _____, song first recorded by singer Perry Como and The Fontane Sisters in 1949 (8) |
| THOMASOTWAY | English dramatist of the Restoration period; The Orphan (1680), Venice Preserved (1682) etc. (6,5) |
| SPYRI | Author of the much-loved children's tale of Heidi, the little Swiss maid; Johanna ... |
| KATIEMORAG | Female protagonist of a series of children's books set on the Isle of Struay (5,5) |
