The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word HAGS , but the solution may also be OGRES which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in LA Times).
Fairy tale figures crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| HAGS | 40 % | 4 |
| OGRES | 20 % | 5 |
| ELVES | 20 % | 5 |
| DAMSELS | 7 % | 7 |
| SPRITES | 7 % | 7 |
| GNOMES | 7 % | 6 |
Why may OGRES be the right solution?
The answer "OGRES" is the right solution because ogres are commonly depicted as characters in fairy tales.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Fairy tale figures
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- elves
- fairies
- pixies
- trolls
- sprites
- ogre
- troll
- gnome
- elf
- crone
- hag
- story
Crossword Answer definitions
HAGS noun- A witch, sorceress, or enchantress; a wizard.
- An ugly old woman.
- A fury; a she-monster.
- A hagfish; one of various eel-like fish of the family Myxinidae, allied to the lamprey, with a suctorial mouth, labial appendages, and a single pair of gill openings.
- A hagdon or shearwater; one of various sea birds of the genus Puffinus.
- An appearance of light and fire on a horse's mane or a man's hair.
- The fruit of the hagberry, Prunus padus.
- Sleep paralysis
- A small wood, or part of a wood or copse, which is marked off or enclosed for felling, or which has been felled.
- A quagmire; mossy ground where peat or turf has been cut.
- To harass; to weary with vexation.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result HAGS
- Crones
- Old crones
- Some Halloween costumes
- "Macbeth" diviners
- Folklore's Baba Yaga and her sisters, e.g.
- Fairy-tale caldron stirrers
- "Macbeth" trio
- Gorgons
- Cronish sorts
- No beauty queens, these
More clues leading to the result OGRES
- Folklore heavies
- Legendary monsters
- Fairy-tale fiends
- Grimm beasts
- Monsters
- Mythical monsters
- "Ultima" villains
- Beasts
- Big brutes
- Fairy tale baddies
More clues leading to the result ELVES
- Wee workers
- Magical mischief-makers
- Santa crews?
- D&D race
- Some D&D characters
- Shoemaker's helpers
- North Pole crew
- Polar labor
- Santa's assistants
- Fairytale toymakers
More clues leading to the result DAMSELS
- Distressed ones?
- They may be in distress
- Melodrama victims
- Ones often in distress, in fairy tales
- Distressed heroines
- Ones "in distress" in old films
- Ones "in distress"
- Nickelodeon heroines
- Young ladies to rescue
- Young ladies of yore
More clues leading to the result SPRITES
- Elves
- Elves and fairies
- Fairies
- Pixies
- 7UP alternatives
- Brownies
- Nymphs and fairies.
- Elves.
- Pixies.
- Puck and Robin Goodfellow.