| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| PUSS | Subject of a Perrault tale. |
| bluebeard | A character in a tale by Charles Perrault, who killed several wives in turn for disobeying his order to avoid a locked room, which contained the bodies of his previous wives. Local tradition in Brittany identifies him with Gilles de Rais (c.1400รป40), a perpetrator of atrocities, although he had only one wife (who left him) |
| PUSS | Subject of a nursery tale. |
| BEANSTALK | Subject of a nursery tale. |
| BEAUTY | Subject of a nursery tale. |
| BLACKCAT | Subject of a Poe tale. |
