| RAGNAROK | *Norse mythology battle used as the subtitle of a 2017 'Thor' film |
| CHATTER | Battle used by a loose ratchet (7) |
| NEMESIS | Archenemy, or the subtitle of a 2002 "Star Trek" movie |
| MOOR | The ___ of Venice is the subtitle of Shakespeare's Othello. (4) |
| DIAN | Name in the subtitle of the bio "Woman in the Mists" |
| TESS | "A pure woman faithfully presented," per the subtitle of the novel in which she appears |
| WRATHOFKHAN | 'The ---', subtitle of the second Star Trek film (5,2,4) |
| OPTIMISM | The philosophy espoused by Pangloss is also the subtitle of Candide in a British edition (8) |
| EDGEOFREASON | "The ... ... ...", subtitle of the second Bridget Jones book by Helen Fielding (4,2,6) |
| PERI | 'The Peer and the ---', subtitle of Gilbert and Sullivan's Iolanthe (4) |
| THEREAND | Round trip ... or the subtitle of "The Hobbit" |
| ROE | Name in the subtitle of the history book "January 1973" |
| ABDUL | ___ Karim, Indian attendant of Queen Victoria, subject of a 2017 film (5) |
| TONYAHARDING | Retired American figure skater, the subject of a 2017 film starring Margot Robbie (5,7) |
| TONYA | Ice skater that was the subject of a 2017 film, _ Harding (5) |
| NOCANDO | What is the subtitle of the Hall & Oates hit I Can't Go For That? (2,3,2) |
| SAGA | Word in the subtitle of Alex Haley's "Roots" |
| NEWWORLD | "From the ---", subtitle of Dvorak's Symphony in E Minor (3,5) |
| EDGEOF | & 10A The -, subtitle of 1999 novel Bridget Jones by Helen Fielding (4,2,6) |
| COPA | "At the ___" (subtitle of a 1978 hit song) |
