| OSCARWILDE | Writer of the 1891 collection of fairy tales A House of Pomegranates (5,5) |
| SHANNON | Ireland's longest river; or, illustrator with Charles Ricketts of Oscar Wilde's book A House of Pomegranates (7) |
| GENIE | In fairy tales, a servant who appears by magic and fulfils a person's wishes (5) |
| BRAHMS | German composer of the 1891 Clarinet Quintet in B minor (6) |
| ROUAULT | Georges, French painter whose works include the 1891 oil The Way To Calvary (7) |
| BELLABELLA | Repeatedly, what rings a home of the Heiltsuk Nation (5,5) |
| TAILORMADE | Perfectly suited, like tale a maid told (6-4) |
| TRIFLE | A false or idle tale; a thing of litle value; a slight piece; a small sum; a gewgaw; a type of pewter; or, a cold pudding of custard, fruit cocktail, jelly and sherry-soaked sponge with a sprinkling o |
| GOOSE | A gander's female counterpart with a fabled auric egg-laying example killed by its greedy owner; or, with "Mother", an imaginary author of a collection of fairy tales and nursery rhymes (5) |
| GRIMM | Jacob ___, German philologist who with brother Wilhelm is noted for a collection of fairy tales (5) |
| UND | The Grimms' collection of fairy tales were published in German as Kinder- ___ Hausmarchen (3) |
| BEDTIMESTORIES | Book editor, it seems, reworked collection of fairy tales? |
| ROMANCES | A writer of medieval chivalric tales; a smooth-talker; or, a fantasist, prone to wild exaggeration (8) |
| BUBBLE | A globule of air as the indicator in a spirit level; a glass/plastic dome; a place protected from unpleasant reality; or, a "house of cards" (6) |
| CHURCH | Make some noise for the newlyweds!: A ___ is a house of Christian house of worship where you might hear wedding bells |
| DIET | Japan's national legislature, consisting of a House of Representatives and House of Councillors (4) |
| ARILS | Seed covers of pomegranates |
| IRAN | Major producer of pomegranates |
| RED | Color of pomegranates |
| UTAH | Setting of much of the first Sherlock Holmes tale, "A Study in Scarlet" |
