Each clue hints a specific type of fae or fairy. In order, these are:
- ELF
- DWARF (From Snow White)
- BROWNIE
- LEPRECHAUN
- DRYAD
- SELKIE
- SPRITE (From the Artemis Fowl series)
- GNOME
- GOBLIN
- SYLPH
- NAIAD
- PIXIE (Tinkerbell is only named as a fairy in the Peter Pan novels.)
Using the given numbers to index into the fae gives FAIRY KING (SIX). The most famous fairy king is OBERON, which is the six-letter answer.