| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| FAIRYTALE | Typical Charles Perrault work |
| PUSSINBOOTS | Charles Perrault tale |
| HOPOMYTHUMB | Fairy tale by Charles Perrault. |
| 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) |
