Storybook baddie (4)

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ogre

'storybook baddie' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for ogre that I've seen before include "Cruel, fearsome person" , "'Demon, fiend (4)'" , "Giant of folklore, eats humans" , "Brute" , "Fairy tale monster" .)

I've seen this clue in the L.A. Times Daily, The Wall Street Journal, the King Feature Syndicate, the USA Today and the Family Time.

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