| Nursery need, informally | 24 |
| No. 1 on the Mohs' scale | 28 |
| Mineral in tailor's chalk | 29 |
| Member of Mohs' scale | 25 |
| Major component of soapstone | 28 |
| Locker room application | 23 |
| It may go right to the bottom | 29 |
| It may be patted on the back | 28 |
| It gets patted on the bottom | 28 |
| Greasy-feeling mineral | 22 |
| Easily-scratched mineral | 24 |
| Dusting-powder ingredient | 25 |
| Diamond : 10 :: ___ : 1 | 23 |
| Creator of a bathroom cloud | 27 |
| Billiards player's powder | 29 |
| Barber's nape sprinkle | 26 |
| After-shower application | 24 |
| After-bath powder, perhaps | 26 |
| 1 on the Mohs' scale | 24 |
| ___ : 1 :: diamond : 10 | 23 |
| Sprinkled with baby powder | 26 |
| Gave a rash response to? | 24 |
| Applied some powder to | 22 |
| Changing-table powders | 22 |
| Treats after a bath, maybe | 26 |
| Sprinkles after a shower? | 25 |
| Rubs with a certain powder | 26 |
| Puts a white powder on | 22 |
| Powders after a shower, maybe | 29 |
| Ones on the Mohs scale | 22 |
| Easily scratched minerals | 25 |
| Changing table supplies | 23 |
| Barber shop bottlefuls | 22 |
| Dry stuff in the bathroom | 25 |
| Raconteur's offering | 24 |
| Word with folk or fairy | 23 |
| Wife of Bath's offering | 27 |
| Something that's spun | 25 |
| Yarn from an old pirate | 23 |
| Story that may be tall | 22 |
| Scheherazade specialty | 22 |
| Old wives' production | 25 |
| It may be tall or spun | 22 |
| Fisherman's offering? | 25 |
| Raconteur's specialty | 25 |
| Raconteur's delivery | 24 |
| Campfire entertainment | 22 |
| A fisherman may spin one | 24 |
| "Decameron" unit | 26 |
| Word with fairy or tall | 23 |
| Word in an Atwood novel title | 29 |
| Word in a Dickens title | 23 |
| Sometimes it's sad | 22 |
| Something to weave or spin | 26 |
| Something that's related | 28 |
| Scheherazade's recital | 26 |
| Scheherazade's lifesaver | 28 |
| Recitation by Scheherazade | 26 |
| Output from Washington Irving | 29 |
| One might be hard to believe | 28 |
| O'Flaherty product | 22 |
| Narrator's offering | 23 |
| It's often handed down | 26 |
| It may be supernatural | 22 |
| It may be related to you | 24 |
| Hand-me-down, sometimes | 23 |
| Folklorist's recital | 24 |
| Folk or fairy follower | 22 |
| Fisherman's whopper? | 24 |
| Fisherman's whopper | 23 |
| Fairy or folk follower | 22 |
| An account of incidents | 23 |
| "Tattle" follower | 27 |
| "Canterbury" story | 28 |
| Medieval bards were ___ | 23 |
| Factor in pageant judging | 25 |
| Word with scout or show | 23 |
| Concern of some agencies | 24 |
| Certain scout's quest | 25 |
| What some scouts scout | 22 |
| What some scouts look for | 25 |
| Subject of some searches | 24 |
| Scout's quest, maybe | 24 |
| Scout's discovery, maybe | 28 |
| Performers, collectively | 24 |
| Oscar-winner's forte | 24 |
| On-air performers, in the biz | 29 |
| Element of a pageant contest | 28 |
| Certain scout's concern | 27 |
| Representative of Hollywood | 27 |
| Showing natural aptitude | 24 |
| Having natural ability | 22 |
| Possessing special aptitude | 27 |
| Like Bach, Picasso et al. | 25 |
| Gifted, as a performer | 22 |
| Adjective for a virtuoso | 24 |
| Up-and-comers, perhaps | 22 |
| Renaissance man's many | 26 |
| Starlet seeker in Glasgow? | 26 |
| "A ___ Two Cities" | 28 |