Fiend in a fairy tale Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Fiend in a fairy tale featured in Wall Street Journal puzzle on October 6, 2026. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 4 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is OGRE.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% OGRE Fiend in a fairy tale (4) Wall Street Journal Oct 6, 2026
4% ONCE Start of a fairy tale (4) New York Times Oct 4, 2026
4% GIANTS Fairy tale staples (6) Newsday Sep 26, 2026
4% GIANT Fairy-tale foe (5) The Atlantic Sep 14, 2026
4% STORYBOOK Fairy-tale (9) (9) The Guardian Quick Sep 10, 2026
4% OGRES Fairy tale fiends (5) LA Times Daily Nov 19, 2025
3% UNE "Il était ____ fois", French fairy tale starter (3) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Sep 30, 2026
3% STROLL Wander with small fairy-tale villain (6) The Times Quick Cryptic Sep 28, 2026
3% BIG ___ Bad Wolf (fairy tale character) (3)
3% SPRITE Elf or fairy (6) The Times Concise Sep 18, 2026

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