Fairy-tale villain
The crossword clue "Fairy-tale villain" is answered by TROLL, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1994. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
TROLL
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TROLL answer page.
Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1994. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- EVILQUEEN (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for TROLL
Every other clue in this collection answered by TROLL, most used first.
- Fish, in a way - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- Fairy tale meanie - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Bridge guard of folklore - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
- Fairy tale character - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Online troublemaker - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- "The Hobbit" baddie - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- "The Three Billy Goats Gruff" meanie - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Tale - STORY, used 62 times
- Fairy tale monsters - OGRES, used 46 times
- "Aladdin" villain - JAFAR, used 39 times
- Fairy tale baddies - OGRES, used 27 times
- Tale tellers - LIARS, used 25 times
- Mischievous fairy - PIXIE, used 20 times
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