Big fairy-tale baddies (5)

I believe the answer is:

ogres

(Other definitions for ogres that I've seen before include "Formidable people" , "Man-eating giants of folklore" , "Bugbears" , "Gorse (anag.)" , "Fairytale giants" .)

I've seen this clue in the Universal.

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