| WATERSHIPDOWN | 1978 animated film featuring the villainous rabbit General Woundwort |
| BETONY | Woundwort |
| YARROWS | Plants also known as milfoils, old man's pepper and soldier's woundwort (7) |
| BAKSHI | Ralph, director of the 1978 animated film The Lord of the Rings (6) |
| BRIGHTEYES | Song written for the soundtrack of the 1978 animated film Watership Down (6,4) |
| HURT | Actor who was the voice of Hazel in Watership Down and of Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings (both instances of which being 1978 animated films) (4) |
| BRIGHT | ___ Eyes, song from the 1978 animated film Watership Down, sung by Art Garfunkel (6) |
| DOWN | 1978 animated film, Watership ---- (4) |
| TASED | Like the villainous Max Shreck, at the end of "Batman Returns" |
| EVILCORP | Elliot's term for the villainous conglomerate on "Mr. Robot": 2 wds. |
| SINISTER | The villainous wrong, tries to set right (8) |
| JASONMOMOA | Actor who plays the villainous Dante in "Fast X" |
| NIECE | Jane Eyre, to the villainous Mrs. Reed |
| IAGO | Who is the villainous ensign in Shakespeare's Othello? (4) |
| CATEBLANCHETT | "Blue Jasmine" actress who plays the villainous goddess Hela in "Thor: Ragnarok": 2 wds. |
| TEEHEE | Name of the villainous henchman dispatched through a train window in 9 & 1 (3, 3) |
| TELLYSAVALAS | Kojak star who portrayed the villainous Blofeld in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service |
| SAXROHMER | Pen name of English novelist Arthur Henry Ward (1883-1959), creator of the villainous Fu Manchu (3,6) |
| LEGO | Animated film featuring the catchy song, Everything is Awesome, The ___ Movie (4) |
| SHREK | 2001 animated film featuring the voice of Mike Myers in the title role (5) |
