| TASED | Like the villainous Max Shreck, at the end of "Batman Returns" |
| URQUHART | Francis ____ is the villainous protagonist of the novel and BBC TV series House of Cards (8) |
| NOSFERATU | ?, eine Symphonie des Grauens, 1922 horror film starring Max Shreck |
| BATMANRETURNS | 1992 Tim Burton superhero film, featuring Christopher Walken as industrialist Max Shreck: 2 wds. |
| STAPLETON | Identity adopted by the villainous Rodger Baskerville II in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902) (9) |
| JACK | Identity adopted by the villainous Rodger Baskerville II in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902) (4) |
| SAXROHMER | Pen name of English novelist Arthur Henry Ward (1883-1959), creator of the villainous Fu Manchu (3,6) |
| TEEHEE | Name of the villainous henchman dispatched through a train window in 9 & 1 (3, 3) |
| BLUEBEARDBONNET | Easter wear for the villainous noble of a classic French tale? |
| EVILCORP | Elliot's term for the villainous conglomerate on "Mr. Robot": 2 wds. |
| CATEBLANCHETT | "Blue Jasmine" actress who plays the villainous goddess Hela in "Thor: Ragnarok": 2 wds. |
| TELLYSAVALAS | Kojak star who portrayed the villainous Blofeld in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service |
| IAGO | Who is the villainous ensign in Shakespeare's Othello? (4) |
| ABCDAYTIMESOAPOPERA | "General Hospital", e.g., on which Canadian actor Cameron Mathison plays the villainous Drew Cain: 4 wds. |
| SINISTER | The villainous wrong, tries to set right (8) |
| JASONMOMOA | Actor who plays the villainous Dante in "Fast X" |
| WATERSHIPDOWN | 1978 animated film featuring the villainous rabbit General Woundwort |
| NIECE | Jane Eyre, to the villainous Mrs. Reed |
| STEIG | "Shreck" cartoonist |
| GOLDFINGER | Ian Fleming's thriller in which an attempt to rob Fort Knox is foiled by James 'shaken not stirred' Bond, despite the lethal bowler hat of the villainous Oddjob |
