| GOOD | Opposite of evil |
| DOGS | "Beware of ___, beware of evil workers, beware of the conci |
| THEODICY | Vindication of divine providence in view of existence of evil (8) |
| GREED | Love of money ('a root of all kinds of evil', according to timothy 6:10) |
| IRAN | Member of Bush's "axis of evil" |
| IRAQ | Member of Bush's 'axis of evil' |
| AKIM | Tamiroff of "Touch of Evil" |
| VILE | Evil (and an anagram of "evil") |
| SCINTILLA | Hint of silly antics full of evil (9) |
| NOSINESS | Absence of evil: an added indication of female's curiosity (8) |
| GALBRAITH | Robert ___; pen name of the author who wrote The Cuckooa's Calling,The Silkworm and Career of Evil (9) |
| CHURCHMILITANT | Body of Christians in struggle against the powers of evil (6,8) |
| ROWLING | Author who wrote the Cormoran Strike trilogy comprising The Cuckoo's Calling, The Silkworm and Career of Evil under the pen name of Robert Galbraith (7) |
| SCOURGE | Singular display of heroism, eliminating a source of evil |
| BANKNOTE | Money a cause of evil, ensnaring group of people |
| SYNOPTICGOSPELS | Matthew, Mark and Luke, hearing of evil with measure of spirits, peg loss with conversion (8,7) |
| HANNAHARENDT | German-born philosopher who introduced the concept of the "banality of evil" |
| ANGELINAJOLIE | Star of the 2019 fantasy adventure film Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (8,5) |
| BELIEVER | Person convinced of the spread of evil in drink (8) |
| ELLE | Actress Fanning of the upcoming movie Maleficent: Mistress of Evil |
