Referring Clues

• Fairy tale villain
• Meanie
• Grimm villain
• Nightmarish boss
• Fiend
• Bogeyman
• Brute
• Menace
• Nasty sort
• Very nasty sort
• Snake, so to speak
• The Grinch was one
• Evil one
• Grimm character
• Mean one
• Bugbear
• Fearsome one
• Grimm figure
• More than a goblin
• Folklore fiend
• Tyrant
• Ghoul
• Monster
• Fiend of dreams
• Fairy tale menace
• No Mr. Nice Guy
• Grimm beast
• "Fee, fi, fo, fum" caller
• Horrible boss
• Folklore meany
• Monster of a boss?
• Shrek, for one
• "The Lord of the Rings" figure
• Shrek, e.g.
• Beast
• Folklore meanie
• Mean man
• Unpleasant one
• No friendly fellow
• Blackguard
• Storybook meanie
• Villain
• Hideous sort
• Snarly sort
• Frightener
• Fairy-tale menace
• Fairy-tale meanie
• Fairy-tale fiend
• Fairy tale meanie
• Tyrannical sort
• Big brute
• No gentle giant
• Dungeons & Dragons figure
• Cruel one
• Cruel person
• Dungeons & Dragons character
• Man-eating giant
• Fee-faw-fum
• Monster in a fairy tale
• Grimm fiend
• Fairy tale fiend
• Fairy tale meany
• Fiend of folklore
• Folklore monster
• Mean dude
• Monstrously ugly one
• Fairy tale baddie
• Shrek, for instance
• Dungeons & Dragons monster
• Fairy tale monster
• Monstrous meanie
• Creature from "The Lord of the Rings"
• Beast from "The Lord of the Rings"
• Beastly bloke
• Fairy-tale brute
• Cruel dude
• Mike Myers voiced one in 2001
• Villain in many fairy tales
• Beast of many a fairy tale
• Fiendish fellow
• Grimm meany
• Scary character
• Tyrannical type
• Grotesque beastie
• Fairy tale beast
• Fairy-tale baddie
• Bugaboo
• Horribly uncouth fiend
• Baddie
• Frightful folklore figure
• Folklore figure
• Folklore baddie
• Storybook monster
• Giant who's not jolly
• Figure in Magic: The Gathering
• Nightmare figure
• Jack's giant, e.g.
• Grim Grimm character
• Dictatorial boss
• Bedtime story baddie
• Damsel mistreater
• Barbarous person
• Golliwogg
• Dreaded person
• When repeated, one of Piers Anthony's "Xanth" fantasy novels
• Winston, in "Time Bandits"
• ___ Battle (video game)
• Fairy tale brute
• Meanie of fairy tales
• Storybook baddie
• Overbearing sort
• Dungeons & Dragons giant
• One may put a damsel in distress
• Shrek or Fiona
• Nasty type
• Grimm monster
• Bad guy
• Grimm bad guy
• Filmdom's Shrek, for one
• Barbarian
• Troll's cousin
• Cruel character
• Grimm creature
• Shrek or Fiona, e.g.
• Monstrous one
• Fairy-tale villain
• Fairy-tale monster
• Fairy-tale heavy
• Fantasy villain
• One to avoid
• Brutish dude
• Brutish sort
• Damsel antagonist
• Grimm meanie
• Nightmare of a boss
• Mean person
• Fearsome employer
• Very mean one
• Very mean boss
• Cruel sort
• Fairy-tale figure
• Beastly sort
• Grimm goon
• Brutish one
• Mythical beast
• Tyrannical one
• Folklore villain
• Shrek is one
• Brutish boss
• Hideous giant
• Monster of a boss
• Brutish man
• Inhuman brute
• Storybook giant
• Fabled meanie
• Animated Fiona, e.g.
• Mike Myers creature
• Mythical monster
• "Puss in Boots" beast
• Fearsome storybook figure
• Mean-tempered fellow
• Grimm fellow
• Fairy-tale beast
• Tough boss
• Mythical meanie
• Kid lit baddie
• 38-Down is one
• Gummi Bear's foe
• Beastly character
• Legendary meanie
• Monster of legend
• Villain in some fairy tales
• "Puss in Boots" beast
• Cruel brute
• Shrek, notably
• Storybook villain
• Beast in some fairy tales
• Grimm creation
• Frightful giant
• Awful meanie
• Cruel fellow
• Brutish beast
• Giant of folklore
• D&D character
• Fairy-tale villain, often
• Grimm heavy
• Fabled monster
• Hideous creature
• Human-eater, in folklore
• Scary figure
• Grim Grimm guy
• Cantankerous sort
• Tyrannical boss
• "Puss in Boots" villain
• Beastly fairy tale creature
• Brute of folklore
• Princess Fiona, e.g.
• Mean fellow
• Grumpy boss
• Mean boss
• Ymir, for one
• Troll's kin
• Nursery baddie
• Storybook brute
• Nasty boss
• Nursery-rhyme baddie
• Big meanie
• "Fee fi fo fum" sayer
• What Shrek is
• Grimm baddie
• Baddie in Perrault's tales
• Figure in Tom Thumb tales
• Foul-tempered one
• Big bad boss
• Fairy-tale character
• D character
• Fairy-tale creature
• Dungeons & Dragons creature
• Evil beast
• Giant
• Troll
• Norse giant
• "Puss in Boots" figure
• Folklore brute
• Folklore beast
• Storybook beast
• Storybook character
• People devourer
• Minotaur, e.g.
• Damsel distresser
• Mother Goose baddie
• Princess Fiona, for one
• Hideous humanoid
• Hideous monster
• Shrek, for example
• Giant in a nightmare, maybe
• Story monster
• Shrek, for one
• Fairy tale baddie -
• Shrek for example ,
• Shrek for one,
• Mean beast
• Cruel beast
• Real meanie
• Fairy tale antagonist
• Storybook heavy
• Fearsome figure
• Purple people eater, e.g.
• One to avoid reporting to
• Common enemy in Dungeons & Dragons
• Figure in "Jack and the Beanstalk"
• Fiona or Shrek
• Shrek, famously
• Mythical man-eater
• Grotesque giant
• Mean monster of fairy tales
• Really cruel guy
• Monster of folk tales
• Man-eating monster of myth
• Storybook fiend
• Hard-to-please type
• Fire-breathing boss
• Fairy-tale meany
• Fantasy fiend
• Barbarous one
• "Hop-o'-My-Thumb" figure
• Hardly a nice guy
• The giant in "Jack and the Beanstalk," e.g.
• Brute of legend
• Mythical malefactor
• Baddie of lore
• Cruel taskmaster
• Grumpy hubby, maybe
• Grimm nasty
• Grimm menace
• Gruesome sort
• The animated Shrek is one
• Beast of fables
• Villian
• Bad thing in fairy tales
• Mythical maneater
• Troll's larger kin
• Jack's giant
• Cruel boss
• Basis for Tolkien's orcs
• Man-eating monster
• Grendel in "Beowulf," e.g.
• Creature outwitted by Hop-o'-My-Thumb
• Unlikely mate for a princess
• Man-eating meanie of myth
• Hideous one
• Beastly boss, e.g.
• Mean sort
• "Dungeons & Dragons" figure
• Fearsome fairy tale figure
• Dreamworks feature creature
• Grumpy guy
• Intimidating type
• Fairy tale figure
• Kid-lit baddie
• Bad-tempered boss, maybe
• Animated Shrek
• Dreaded character
• Fairy-tale nemesis
• Major menace
• Scary giant
• Brutish fairy tale being
• Dreadful giant
• Mythical giant
• Horrifying beast
• Fairy tale bad guy
• Man-eater
• Nasty guy
• Grim bad guy
• Fearsome boss
• Fairy tale heavy
• Grimm (or grim?) character
• People eater, perhaps
• One carrying a spiked club, maybe
• "Once Upon a Time" antagonist
• Kiddie-lit monster
• Fairy tale nemesis, sometimes
• See 35-Across
• Beastly character of nursery rhymes
• Fairy-tale giant
• Jack's giant, for one
• Hulking beast
• Folklore monstrosity
• "Puss in Boots" baddie
• Barbarous type
• Hideous beast
• Beast of fairy tales
• Monstrous villain
• Bad-tempered boss
• Grimm brute
• Ferocious creature
• World of Warcraft monster
• Savage
• Less kissable fairy tale figure
• Barbaric sort
• Any creature like Shrek
• Kiddie lit monster
• Beast of kid literature
• Creature like Shrek
• Especially cruel boss
• Brutish beast of folklore
• Shrek is an animated one
• Monster of leg
• Grimm bully
• Brutish creature of folklore
• Beast like Shrek
• Couth he is not
• Despotic boss
• "Hop-o'-My-Thumb" villain
• Fantasy game role
• Puss in Boots adversary
• "World of Warcraft" beast
• Kid lit monster
• Brutish monster
• Grotesque folklore figure
• Princess Fiona, after sunset
• Beastly fairy-tale creature
• Fairy tale giant
• Man-eater of folklore
• Fantasy beast
• One who's hardly hospitable
• Legendary brute
• Grimm guy
• Folklore giant
• Folktale monster
• Frightening figure
• "ee, fi, fo, fum"caller
• Fiona, for one
• Princess Fiona, really
• Scary sort
• Monster one may read about in Mother Goose
• Monster helping to make progress
• Gruff guy
• Cruel fairytale giant
• "Revenge of the Nerds" bully
• The animated Shrek, for one
• Animated Fiona, for one
• Shrek was one
• Shrek, in "Shrek"
• Villainous monster in fairy tales
• Fearsome sort
• Nursery tale baddie
• "Fee, fi, fo, fum" shouter
• Shrek in the movie series, but not in the original William Steig book
• Shrek talks about being one a lot
• Fairy tale baddie (unless it's Shrek)
• Fairy tale baddy
• Fierce giant
• Cruel, fearsome person
• Wicked and inhuman person
• A brutal character, therefore backward
• Old Greek and English monster
• Head of government into Scandinavian money, the beast!
• Monster so elevated
• One at home in a bog (really evil type)
• Wicked giant
• Go back again with a terrible fellow
• He's a monster - and so regressive!
• Retrogressive character in fairy tales?
• Revolting, I must grab right brute!
• Awful beast
• Nasty brute
• Brutish fellow
• Scary brute
• Monstrous giant
• The game's up - the sappers have exposed a monster
• Ugly giant
• No Green Party would have such a monster in it
• Man-eating monster of fairy tales
• Monster turns back therefore
• Monster looking down on you, so looking up!
• Monster undergoing partial inversion
• He may play a part in panto, great in size
• Kiddie lit meanie
• Nasty fairy tale character
• Monster incorporated into the four long Across answers
• Servant of the White Witch, in Narnia
• Grimm grotesque
• Folklore heavy
• Unpleasant sort
• Simon Legree type
• Impossible-to-please type
• Scary fairy-tale character
• Beastly creature
• Cruel man
• Evil giant
• Giant monster
• I got up to receive the king - a terrible person
• Giant spilt gore
• Turn back, therefore, to see giant
• Grim(m) beast?
• Giant dog reeks a bit
• Try reflecting about giant
• Man-eating monster consequently comes back
• Monster, as a result, returned
• Monster consequently returned
• Turn around, regarding monster
• Nothing good about monster
• He provokes fear so on his return
• There's nothing good about villain
• Brothers Grimm villain
• Large, brutish World of Warcraft character
• Species like Shrek
• "Once upon a time" villain
• Grim Grimm beast
• Brutal giant in fairy tales
• Awesome character in two Greek plays
• Fictional beast
• Grotesque green monster
• Man-eating giant of myth
• Beast such as Shrek
• Bedtime story beast
• Ill-tempered sort
• Shrek's species
• Monstrous person
• Monster in some video games
• Kid-lit meanie
• Beastly follower of the White Witch in "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe"
• Story time monster
• Grimm being
• Kid-lit brute
• Beastly male creature
• Fantasy baddie
• Mythical baddie
• Hideous beast of folklore
• Manlike monster
• Villain fancied to have a consuming interest in humanity
• D&D baddie
• Beastly fellow
• Fairy tale frightener
• He-monster
• Monster relative
• Dungeons and Dragons monster
• Fiendish sort
• A monster to make go back again
• Cruel creep
• Fantasy meanie
• Fantastic beast
• Folklore being
• Beastly boss
• No benevolent boss
• Not-so-gentle giant
• Fictional monster
• Menacing fairy tale figure
• A monstrous giant makes the queen go back
• Scary fairy tale beast
• Grouch-and-a-half
• Damsel abductor of folklore
• Horrible person
• Fiend of fantasy
• "Ella Enchanted" beast
• Meany
• A giant, but getting progressively smaller?
• Horrid sort
• Fictional fiend
• Hence / Monster
• Heartless hulk
• Hideous baddie
• Beast of folklore
• "Tom Thumb" antagonist
• Dungeons & Dragons brute
• Scary fairy-tale giant
• Cruel giant
• Truculent type
• Fantasy brute
• Hideous folklore figure
• Not a nice giant
• Beast a la Shrek
• Ruthless sort
• Hated figure
• Villain of folklore
• Fearsome figure of folklore
• Creature in fantasy stories
• Fairy-tale beastie
• Mythical creature in "Puss in Boots"
• Fearsome folklore figure
• Creature that might have green skin
• Legendary monster
• A great character, possibly in panto
• Mean monster
• Oppressor
• "Fee, fi, fo, fum" beast
• Feared creature in folklore
• Species in fairy tales
• Big beast of fairytales
• Scary creature in some fairy tales
• "___ Enchanted" (2018 fantasy novel)
• Mike Myers, in "Shrek"
• Testy grump
• Rough figure
• Monster that's a Latin conjunction backward
• Creature that's like an onion, per "Shrek"
• Go back again with a man-eater
• Not-so-jolly green giant, perhaps
• Fiona's species
• Horrible monster
• Aqua-skinned creature in Tamora Pierce's "Wolf-Speaker"
• Villain defeated by Puss in Boots
• Fantasy creature
• Cruel creature of fable
• Fictional meanie
• People eater
• Figure that might give a child nightmares
• Monster such as Shrek
• "Puss in Boots" monster
• Oni, in Japanese folklore
• Brute of a guy
• Fairy tale foe
• Folk tale figure
• Nish in "Ella Enchanted," e.g.
• Beast eaten by the cat in "Puss in Boots"
• Fairy tale bully
• Creature hidden backwards in "Mother Goose"
• Scary folklore figure
• Mythical people-eater
• Fantasy monster
• Fergus, Farkle or Felicia, e.g.
• "Ella Enchanted" villain
• Oni-like monster
• Shrek or his wife
• Large fantasy creature
• Monster in "Hop-o'-My-Thumb"
• You are human, Shrek is an ___
• Horrible boss, say
• Monster often seen wielding a club
• Monstrous sort
• Antagonist in "Hop-o'-My-Thumb"
• "Ella Enchanted" creature
• D&D monster
• "The ___ has fallen in love with the princess!" (line from "Shrek")
• Monster hiding in "go green"
• Beastly creature or boss
• Fantasy heavy
• Green giant, maybe
• The animated Fiona is one
• Fiona and Shrek's species
• Fantasy foe
• Hulking D&D creature
• Giant storybook
• Mythical menace
• Tall monster in EverQuest
• Mythological meanie
• Monster in a magic forest
• Emoji with a red face and fangs
• Any beast like Shrek
• Big baddie
• Creature such as Shrek
• Shrek and Fiona's species
• Emoji with horns and a red face
• Beast in "Puss in Boots"
• Ugly beast
• Creature with onionlike layers, according to Shrek
• Retrogressive character in fairy tales?
• Large fantasy beast
• Giant D&D creature
• The oni of Japanese folklore, e.g.
• Enemy of Hop-o'-My-Thumb
• Man-eating menace
• Troll's lookalike
• Creature popularized in Charles Perrault's "Tales of Mother Goose"
• Japanese oni, e.g.
• Dungeons & Dragons beast
• Giant monster like Shrek
• Beastly male creature like Shrek
• EverQuest monster
• Grim Grimm figure
• Monster akin to a Japanese oni
• Dreaded figure
• Large fantasy antagonist
• Shrek's sort
• Creature in Magic: The Gathering
• 85-Across figure