| SPECTRE | The baddies in 15, 22 across, 5 down (7) |
| OUTLAWS | The silly lout was with the baddies in a Western (7) |
| NANCY | Ms Sinatra who sang the theme song for 15, 22 across, 5 down (5) |
| DAHL | Late children's author (surname) who wrote the screenplay for 15, 22 across, 5 down (4) |
| SHERIFF | A Scottish judge who arrests baddies in the Westerns? (7) |
| PERKINS | Robinson Crusoe's 15 22 friend (5,7) |
| GOODIES | Heroes tackling the baddies (7) |
| MORNING | 15 / 22 today (7,4) |
| TWANKEY | Widow __, 15 22 character (7) |
| SUICIDE | & 17 Down: The _, 2021 superhero film starring 6 Across, 26 Across, 5 Down and 16 Down (7,5) |
| HIGHNOON | ...like when Gary Cooper (in real time) came across the baddies on the box! (4,4) |
| POLLY | Robinson Crusoe's 15 22 friend (5,7) |
| VILLAINS | In ?House of Sin", play the baddies (8) |
| RATS | Baddies in The Nutcracker (4) |
| BOO | The sound of disapproval for baddies in jackboots (3) |
| HEELS | Baddies in car first to escape (5) |
| POSSE | Marshal's men pose after trapping last of the baddies (5) |
| HYENAS | Baddies in "The Lion King" |
| SINATRA | Late American singer (surname) who had 15 across, 5 down (7) |
| CLAVIER | The Well-Tempered ___' : by 1 across, 5 down (7) |
