WHAT'S THE STORY?
NY Times Crossword
April 23, 2006
Joe DiPietro

The answers to the clues below are the names of well-known stories.. Wordplay is fair play.

For example, given the clue, JFK negotiating with Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Harrison, the answer could be Jack and the Bens Talk (Jack and the Beanstalk).

1. Baby's footwear eaten by an animal
2. Thug whose books aren't selling
3. Clue that helped convict the movie snack thief
4. Stubborn person getting on another's nerves
5. Supreme rulers blow up cattle noises
6. Relatives of a disheveled wading bird

HINTS:
4. Zodiac stubborn

Answers:

1. Bootie in the Beast
2. Little-read Writing Hood
3. The Prints on the Popper
4. The Taurus in the Hair
5. Emperors Nuke Lows
6. Rumpled Stilt's Kin