| DALEK | One of a race of sci-fi villains created by the evil Davros |
| ELOI | Post-human race of sci-fi |
| ULTRON | Marvel Comics villain created by Thomas and Buscema in 1968 (6) |
| MAGOG | Comic book villain created by Mark Waid and Alex Ross (5) |
| FUMANCHU | Fictional villain created by Sax Rohmer (2,6) |
| MIRROR | Word repeated by the Evil Queeen in "Snow White" |
| ASHWORTH | Hollyoaks lass who was blackmailed into sex work by the evil Carter Shepherd (6,8) |
| HANNAH | Hollyoaks lass who was blackmailed into sex work by the evil Carter Shepherd (6,8) |
| POISONAPPLE | Fruit given to Snow White by the Evil Queen |
| CENTAUR | One of a race of creatures in Greek mythology with the head, arms and torso of a man and the legs and lower body of a horse (7) |
| CYCLOPS | One of a race of giants in classical mythology with a single eye in the middle of the forehead (7) |
| HYPERBOREAN | In Greek mythology, one of a race of people who lived beyond the North Wind in a land of perpetual s |
| ORC | One of a race of goblin-like humanoid monsters in Tolkien's lore; or, a cetaceous mammal such as a grampus or a killer whale (3) |
| DALEKS | Aliens created from mutated remains of a people who lived on the planet Skaro and known anagrammatically as Kaleds by the scientist Davros (6) |
| REDDEVIL | One of a race of foes of Doctor Who, seen in a 2022 Easter Special set in 19th century China (3,5) |
| SYLPH | One of a race of supernatural beings supposed to inhabit the air |
| BORG | Sci-fi villains that live in a cube |
| YAHOO | One of a race of brutal humans in 1726 Jonathan Swift novel Gulliver's Travels (5) |
| AMAZON | In Greek mythology, one of a race of women warriors (6) |
| PERI | (In Persian folklore) one of a race of beautiful supernatural beings (4) |
