| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| ANDROCLES | Title character in an Aesop fable |
| HARE | Title creature in an Aesop fable |
| OWL | Animal in an Aesop fable |
| ASS | Animal in an Aesop fable |
| SOURGRAPES | Fruit in an Aesop fable |
| HARE | Dupe in an Aesop fable |
| HARE | Animal in an Aesop fable. |
| HARE | Laggard in an Aesop fable |
| SOURGRAPES | Fox's conclusion, in an Aesop fable |
| HARE | Also-ran in an Aesop fable |
| ANT | Hard worker in an Aesop fable |
| HARE | Race loser in an Aesop fable |
| ANT | Grasshopper's rebuker in an Aesop fable |
| SOURGRAPES | Fox's feeling in an Aesop fable |
| ANT | One to emulate in an Aesop fable |
| STORK | Fox's dining companion in an Aesop fable |
| ASS | Wearer of a lion's skin in an Aesop fable |
