| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| STORIES | Tales | |
| YARNS | Tales | |
| ANECDOTES | Rambling tales | |
| WHOPPERS | Tall tales | |
| SAGAS | Viking tales | |
| BLAB | Tell tales | |
| TATTLED | Told tales | |
| LEGENDS | Olden tales | |
| MYTHS | Folk tales | |
| WIVES | Old ... tales | |
| NARRATORS | They tell tales | |
| ANA | Collection of tales | |
| CHAUCER | Canterbury Tales poet | |
| TELLTALE | Telling tales; babbling. | |
| TALEBEARING | Telling tales officiously. | |
| EPICS | Tales of heroic deeds | |
| LYING | Prone to telling tales | |
| SLATE | Tales about writing tablet | |
| TOMTHUMB | Midget of folk tales | |
| FABLES | Folk tales with morals | |
| NIGHTS | Eastern folk tales, Arabian — | |
| DECAMERON | Collection of tales from 1353 | |
| ANDERSEN | Danish author of fairy tales | |
| FOLKLORIST | Collector of traditional tales and songs | |
| EDDA | Collection of tales circulated in Blackadder | |