| LONGJOHN | 9, vile 9, are reportedly for literary villain (4,4,6) |
| SILVER | 9, vile 9, are reportedly for literary villain (4,4,6) |
| BILLSIKES | Trials coming in cycles for literary villain (4,5) |
| SHAKESPEAREANA | Flourishes by writer: a gripping subject for literary collection |
| INVERTEDCOMMAS | Marks given for literary speeches (8,6) |
| EWOOD | Park where 9 are actually in debt after being promoted (5) |
| STITCHES | 9 are saved by timely one (8) |
| EXTREMELY | Zac Efron's Ted Bundy biopic, ...Wicked, ShockinglyEviland Vile (9) |
| REVOLTING | Reign disrupted, holding some power potentially so being vile (9) |
| LOATHSOME | Look at home around stinking opening - it's vile (9) |
| ABHORRENT | Other bran mixture is vile (9) |
| HUMBERT | Literary villain, one requesting a lift across northern suspension bridge, heading for trouble (7,7) |
| APENNINES | Range of panes ? nine are broken (9) |
| BROUGHTTOBOOK | Called to account like a literary villain? |
| IAGO | Harold Bloom book about a literary villain, subtitled "The Strategies of Evil" |
| GOLDFINGER | Elderly female imprisoned by redhead literary villain (10) |
| HYDE | Voiced obscure literary villain (4) |
| ENGINE | For example, nine are trained here (6) |
| GROTESQUE | Vile (9) |
| LEGREE | 1852 literary villain |
