Referring Clues

• Ancient moralist
• "The Lion and the Mouse" writer
• "Belling the Cat" author
• Fable fellow
• "The Fox and the Grapes" storyteller
• "The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing" writer
• Name on a children's book
• "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" writer
• Man with a fable
• Fabulous fellow?
• "The Tortoise and the Hare" writer
• Man of morals
• His tales often featured animals
• Noted didacticist
• Man with morals
• Apologue author
• Storyteller of yore
• The Greek poet Babrius versified his stories
• Certain moral authority
• Morals man
• Sixth-century B.C. storyteller
• "The Eagle and the Arrow" writer
• Fabulous storyteller
• Name on many a children's book
• See 103-Across
• Originator of the phrase "Familiarity breeds contempt"
• Fabulous author
• "The Fox and the Grapes" author
• Old Greek storyteller
• Greek moralist
• Storyteller of Samos
• Fable writer
• "The Mischievous Dog" author
• Greek fabulist
• "The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing" author
• "The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs" writer
• See 8-Down
• Classical storyteller
• "The Lion and the Mouse" storyteller
• Greek moralizer
• B.C. fabulist
• He wrote of "sour grapes"
• "Belling the Cat" fabulist
• Man of many morals
• He was fabulous
• Historical figure of fable
• "The Fox and the Stork" author
• Greek storyteller
• Legendary fabulist
• He wrote of sour grapes
• "The Fox and the Grapes" reciter
• "Sour grapes" coiner
• Phrygian fabulist
• Ancient moralizer
• Man of morals?
• He told of the ant and grasshopper
• He wrote about "sour grapes"
• Animals were featured in many of his fables
• Legendary didacticist
• Name on a children's book of fables
• Fable guy
• He told a hare racing tale
• Fabulous writer?
• Tale teller
• Fabled author
• Man with many morals
• Ancient fabulist
• Storyteller who first referred to 53-Across
• Writer of animal stories
• He wrote of a triumphant tortoise
• Fable creator
• Creator of many talking animals
• "The Crow and the Pitcher" fabulist
• Fabulous fabulist
• Whence the phrase "sour grapes"
• Greek writer of fables
• "The Cat and the Mice" author
• He wrote about sour grapes
• "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" fabulist
• Famous fable writer
• "The Tortoise and the Hare" author
• "Lion's share" fabulist
• "The Frog and the Ox" author
• Man with many fables
• "The Fox and the Grapes" fable writer
• "The Lion and the Mouse" fabulist
• "The Dog and the Bone" author
• Literary contemporary of Croesus
• Legendary storyteller
• Noted storyteller
• Noted moralist
• Noted fabulist
• Ancient fable teller
• Famous fabulist
• Ancient tale teller
• Teller of tales
• "Sour grapes" storyteller
• Moral man
• Tortoise-and-hare name
• Storyteller with morals
• Fabulous guy
• Ancient fable source
• Source of ancient fables
• "The Tortoise and the Hare" source
• Croesus contemporary
• "Boy Who Cried Wolf" source
• Man of fables
• Fabled moralist
• Tortoise immortalizer
• Fabled fabulist
• "Belling the cat" originator
• "Slow and steady" storyteller
• Fabulist extraordinaire
• Noted Greek fable writer
• "Familiarity breeds contempt" coiner
• Fabulous guy?
• Famous fabler
• Ancient fable spinner
• "The Lion and the Mouse" writer
• Fabled storyteller
• Greek fabler
• Memorable moralist
• Fabulous writer
• Fabulist of yore
• "The Bundle of Sticks" author
• Fable source
• Ancient storyteller
• Fabulous Greek
• One known for his fables
• The fable guy
• "The Frogs Who Desired a King" author
• "Boy Who Cried Wolf" source
• Teller of fables
• Legendary story byline
• Greek with lessons
• "Familiarity breeds contempt" coiner
• "Belling the cat" originator
• "The Ant and the Grasshopper" author
• Writer with morals
• Moralist of yore
• "Sour grapes" storyteller
• "The Tortoise and the Hare" source
• Writer known for moralizing
• "Familiarity breeds contempt" fabulist
• Fab fabulist
• "The Ant and the Grasshopper" storyteller
• Early moralist
• Fab fabulist
• Source of the saying "The gods help them that help themselves"
• Fables source
• "The Wolf and the Crane" author
• He told of the ant and the grasshopper
• His many tales had many tails
• "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" storyteller
• Famed fabulist
• Ancient Greek author still widely read by kids
• Legendary creator of talking animals
• Man with a moral
• Famed fable writer
• Old fable writer
• Fabled guy?
• Moral man?
• Fable author
• Writer of many fables
• Early moralist
• Greek with 12-Downs
• Author of many a talking animal story
• Classical subject of a Velázquez painting in the Prado
• Fabulous author?
• Greek with a storied life
• Moral person?
• "The Crow and the Pitcher" writer
• "___ & Son": "The Bullwinkle Show" feature involving morality tales
• "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" author
• Moral creator
• Fabled tale teller
• Fabled man?
• Ancient Greek storyteller
• "Venus and the Cat" writer
• Fabled fabler
• "The Fox and the Crow" moralizer
• "The Fox and the Crow" writer
• There was always a point to what he wrote
• "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" source
• Noted taleteller
• Fable teller of note
• Life-lesson tale-teller
• Greek fable writer
• "The Lion's Share" author
• "The Two Pots" storyteller
• "The Tortoise and the Hare" penner
• Fable penner
• Fabulist
• Ancient master of didacticism
• Creator of a cocky hare
• "The Tortoise and the Hare" storyteller
• Teller of a hare-racing story
• Fable master
• Teller of fabulous tales
• "The Lion and the Mouse" moralizer
• Greek who wrote about hare loss
• Writer painted by Velàzquez
• Fable composer
• Fabled tale-teller
• Big name in old fables
• Fable figure
• Fable collector
• "The Fox and the Grapes" writer
• "___ and Son": storytelling segment on "The Bullwinkle Show"
• Moral authority?
• "Slow and steady wins the race" source
• Noted man of fables
• Who told "The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs"
• "Mother of invention" source
• Notable author of animal tales
• Storyteller from Thrace
• Creator of "The Tortoise and the Hare"
• "The Old Lion" storyteller
• "The Hares and the Frogs" writer
• Source of "sour grapes"
• Big name in fables
• "The Fox and the Crow" storyteller
• Greek fable guy
• "Zeus and the Tortoise" storyteller
• "Lion's share" source
• Ultimate source of sour grapes
• "The Tortoise and the Hare" fabulist
• Famous writer of fables
• "Sour grapes" fabulist
• One writing about "hare loss"?
• Fable's byline
• Fable teller
• Fabulist mentioned by Aristotle
• He wrote of talking animals
• Ancient man of fables
• "Look before you leap" source
• Source of sour grapes
• Famous man of fables
• Writer of tales with talking animals
• Model for the writer La Fontaine
• Writer of "The Gnat and the Bull"
• Writer of fables
• One of his stories is the source of the "sour grapes" idiom
• Legendary moralist
• Fabulist who created speaking animals
• Famous fable composer
• A revolutionary pose for an old story-teller
• Mushy peas entertaining old story-teller
• Man who wrote many fables
• "The Fox and the Grapes" fabler
• Fabulist of old
• Ancient Greek fabulist
• Greek writer making comeback with the main work
• Storyteller backed main event in theatre
• He told tales for soap set around English capital
• Allegorist's work written after deep reflection
• Storyteller withdrawing main work
• A pose as a fabulist
• He told us the old, old stories
• A setback for a story-teller
• Greek author
• Fabulist who manufactured soap out East
• To whom the mouse and the lion pose a problem
• A model, upwardly mobile Greek writer
• Sit back alongside a storyteller
• A reflective attitude taken by a storyteller
• A model upstanding moralist
• Slave known for his stories
• His stories made one sit up
• Writer taking Ecstasy in a sweetener
• Storyteller's revolutionary main work
• Writer of bad English soap
• Writer of comic operas? Not right
• Ancient Greek author of moral tales
• Old storyteller makes one sit up
• Storyteller of the 6th century B.C.
• "The Dancing Monkeys" writer
• He had morals
• Man of morals?
• Fable writer of ancient Greece
• Sit back after opening of "Absolutely Fabulous" man
• His morals were fabulous
• A bluff, upstanding moralist
• Suggest a rise for the storyteller
• A concession to retain eastern storyteller
• Greek river with body of water rising
• Greek author of fables (c 620-560 BC)
• Author strikes a foolish pose
• A model upset fabulist
• Legendary fabler of the 6th century BC
• Sit back beside Athens' foremost storyteller
• Reflective attitude adopted by a Greek writer
• Greek writer a model brought over
• Sit up following a storyteller
• Storyteller getting adult to sit back
• Storyteller can make adult sit up
• Put a back on an old storyteller
• Moral man?
• Man known for his morals
• Author of many fables
• Moral teller
• Old recorder of beastly behavior
• Fabulous Greek author
• Source of fables
• Fabulous fellow?
• A concession to retain eastern story-teller
• Moralizing man
• Legendary fabler
• Fabulist who wrote of talking animals
• From him, sour grapes were just a bit of a story
• Aristotle wrote about his animals
• Fabled figure?
• Moral writer
• Fables guy
• Fabulist who gave us "cry wolf"
• Writer of tales with morals
• Coming back, sit beside a Greek author
• A fabulist guy
• Fabulist who wrote of an also-ran hare
• Writer of anthropomorphic tales
• For a writer of old, a set-back
• Tortoise-tale teller
• Fabulous writer?
• Writer, fabulously old-fashioned
• Fabulous author?
• Fabulist with talking animals
• Creator of a talking tortoise
• Writer with lessons
• "Venus and the Cat" author
• Whom Aristophanes is said to have "read"
• Author of "The Lion, the Bear and the Fox"
• Fabled fable writer
• Famous Greek moralizer
• Whom Aristotle mentions in "On the Parts of Animals"
• Author of a hare racing story
• "The Ant and the Grasshopper" fabulist
• He had some fabulous ideas
• Creator of many fables
• “The Fox and the Grapes” writer
• Long-ago storyteller
• "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" moralist
• Noted Greek fabulist
• "Lion's share" originated from a story of his
• "___'s Fables"
• "The Frog and the Fox" fabulist
• Writer of a new soap set around central Harlesden
• Ancient teller of animal tales
• Fabulist whose stories often feature speaking animals
• Ancient writer of wild sea music
• Classic name in children's literature
• Hardly a man without morals
• Prolific fabulist
• Hand soap brand named after an ancient Greek storyteller
• Teller of many fables
• "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" is one of his fables
• Storyteller whose tales usually feature talking animals
• Greek storyteller who coined "sour grapes"
• Source of the phrase "Look before you leap"
• Writer known for his anthropomorphic animal characters
• Skin care brand named after an ancient Greek storyteller
• Author whose titles often feature two animals
• Storyteller credited with the fable "The Wolf and the Crane"
• Moral authority of old
• "The Ant and the Grasshopper" writer
• "The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse" writer
• Author of "The Eagle and the Fox" and "The Fox and the Lion"
• Source of the fables "The Fox and the Lion" and "The Lion and the Mouse"
• Ancient Greek fable writer
• "Belling the Cat" storyteller
• "The Oak and the Reed" storyteller
• "The Fly and the Ant" fabulist
• High-end skin-care brand
• "Zeus and the Tortoise" fable writer
• Fabulous fabler