Huge thanks to [u/director__denial](u/director__denial) for selecting my clue and thus giving me a chance to set this week's AOTW! Beginner's luck, perhaps? As a novice at clue making, this is my first time submitting to an AOTW, lol.

We are so close to finishing this board! Only two clues remain for us to fill. Let's do an across clue this week. 30-Across: S?D?

Only 4 letters, yet many possible words and terms to choose from. Excited to see some creative clues from you all!

Ta to u/latefortheflight for picking my clue in lw's abbrvtd TOTW! Im vry hnrd t s tw

As much as I wanted to see clues from the Billie Eilish songbook, my evil advisor has advised me that it's inadvisable to do so. Instead, this week's theme is villains, bad guys, and evildoers.

I'd like all of you henchmen to write me clues that involve villains from any fictional medium - books, shows, movies, games, mythology - as long as they are recognizably evil. As always, the theme can be referenced in either the clue's surface or solution.

I shall return in roughly one week's time to deliver my final monologue. Until then... mwahahahaha!