| 100% | SNOWQUEEN | 9 | Evil nemesis of Kai and Gerda in Andersen's tale |
| 40% | TINDERBOX | 9 | Andersen's tale of a firestarter and three dogs |
| 40% | REDSHOES | 8 | Andersen's tale of dancing feet in bright footwear |
| 38% | MAMILLIUS | 9 | Son of Leontes and Hermione in The Winter's Tale |
| 34% | NARR | 4 | Lord of Evil and god of Darkness in Joe Dever's "Lone Wolf" book series |
| 33% | TOMMY | 5 | Chong of Up in Smoke and Evil Bong |
| 32% | ANDL | 4 | Follower of P in accounting and S in finance |
| 32% | LASVEGAS | 8 | Fear and Loathing in __, Hunter S. Thompson tale |
| 31% | HUEY | 4 | Partner of Dewey and Louie seen in "Duck Tales" |
| 31% | RAGNAROK | 8 | In Scandinavian mythology, the ultimate battle between the gods and the forces of evil |
| 31% | RAGNAROK | 8 | Ultimate battle in Scandinavian mythology between the gods and forces of evil |
| 30% | RAGNAROK | 8 | Ultimate battle between the gods and the forces of evil in Scandinavian mythology |
| 30% | BYATT | 5 | A S —, author of the novels Still Life and The Virgin in the Garden |
| 29% | SERPENT | 7 | Speaker of the words "Ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil," in Genesis |
| 29% | WOLF | 4 | Villain in the tale named by the starts of 20-, 32-, 41- and 52-Across |
| 29% | PATTON | 6 | Oswalt seen in A.P. Bio and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. |
| 29% | TOMSAWYER | 9 | Mark Twain's tale of young boy in Mississippi |
| 29% | RIGHTMIND | 9 | In one's __, sane and capable of making decisions |
| 29% | ORSON | 5 | He's Hank in Touch of Evil |
| 29% | XENA | 4 | Princess in the TV episodes "A Tale of Two Muses" and "Lyre, Lyre, Hearts on Fire" |
| 29% | NELSON | 6 | Nemesis of Bart and Milhouse |
| 29% | HAG | 3 | Evil Queen's disguise in "Snow White and Seven Dwarfs" |
| 29% | JINKS | 5 | Pixie and Dixie's nemesis, in the cartoons |
| 29% | LIU | 3 | Costar of Barrymore and Diaz in "Charlie's Angels" |
| 29% | MOIRAROSE | 9 | Mother of David and Alexis in Schitt's Creek |
| 29% | KINGJOHN | 8 | Son of Eleanor and Henry in Shakespeare's play |
| 28% | DRACO | 5 | Nemesis of Harry, Ron, and Hermione |
| 28% | MYRRH | 5 | Tree of Africa and S Asia that exudes a resin used in perfume and medicine |
| 28% | HAG | 3 | Evil Queen's disguise in "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" |
| 28% | MATCHGIRL | 9 | Little __, Andersen's tale of a dying street child |