| CRIMSON | The -------King, the primary antagonist of Stephen King's Dark Tower series of novels (7) |
| AKIHIRO | The primary antagonist of Digimon Data Squad, and the birth name of supervillain Daken (7) |
| MALORY | - Towers; series of six novels by Enid Blyton set in a Cornish boarding school (6) |
| KNIGHTHOOD | King's dark time with criminal getting honour |
| MADAMEDEFARGE | The primary antagonist in A Tale of Two Cities (6,7) |
| KNIGHT | King, dark chessman (6) |
| REGALIS | Meaning "little king", the genus of the goldcrest and the kinglet (7) |
| MATTHEW | The Dark Tower and Dallas Buyers Club actor, ... McConaughey (7) |
| CATSEYE | Drew Barrymore movie based on part of Stephen King's oeuvre |
| PEBBLES | King, the guitar player, in sleep, played with The Stones (7) |
| BRIDGES | Oscar-winning actor who starred in films including The Fisher King, The Big Lebowski, Seabiscuit and Crazy Heart (7) |
| SOLOMON | Biblical king, the son of David (7) |
| SPARROW | Bird in Stephen King's "The Dark Half" |
| RUBYTUI | Tip off Plunket's Mr King, the bird is a member of a NZ rugby team (4,3) |
| KHEDIVE | King, the fellow to go down with viceroy (7) |
| TRACKER | Vehicle surfaces carrying king, the Queen and follower |
| RICHARD | King - the Lionheart |
| SERIALS | King's "The Green Mile" and others |
| NOVELLA | King's "The Library Policeman," e.g. |
| PARTV | "Wolves of the Calla," vis-a-vis Stephen King's "The Dark Tower" |
