### Clue: Slander in A Bug's Life? Pixar films' executive ultimately seizing power (7)
### Answer: ASPERSE 
 ### Explanation: Definition: Slander
P[ower] in last letters of A bugS lifE pixaR filmS executivE. The mention of Pixar here, and "Toy Story" in 10a, gave me a hint that they might be part of a theme