| PETERUSTINOV | Actor and raconteur, David Niven's batman in wartime |
| USTINOV | Actor and raconteur, Justin, overbearing in part (7) |
| AMATTEROFLIFEANDDEATH | 1946 Powell and Pressburger film in which David Niven's character argues for his life in a celestial court |
| BROUGHAM | Henry --, David Niven's character in the 1947 film 'The Bishop's Wife' (8) |
| LIFEANDDEATH | David Niven's "A Matter of ___ "('46) |
| HOFFNUNG | Gerard ?, Berlin-born musician, cartoonist and raconteur who died in 1959 (8) |
| COWARD | Firm charge for actor, writer and raconteur Noel (6) |
| MUIR | English comedy writer and raconteur who was a long-standing team captain on Call My Bluff and wrote |
| KEITH | ----- Floyd, TV cook and raconteur (5) |
| BETTYWHITE | Portrayer of Rose Nylund and Sue Ann Nivens |
| GEORGECLOONEY | Actor who played Batman in the 1997 film Batman and Robin (6,7) |
| SUPERHEROFILMS | Christian Bale is celebrating a milestone birthday in 2024 ...and he has starred as Batman in these in theatres: 2 wds. |
| VAL | Actor Kilmer who played Batman in 1995's "Batman Forever" |
| CLOONEY | George, actor who played Batman in 1997's Batman & Robin (7) |
| EAT | Day and Niven's "Please Don't ___ the Daisies" |
| SUEANN | Lou Grant's "Happy Homemaker," ___ Nivens |
| HOMEMAKER | Sue ann nivens, WJM-TV'S 'happy ___' |
| SUE | Betty White role, - Ann Nivens |
| BETTY | Played Sue Ann Nivens on The Mary Tyler Moore Show (----- White) |
| VALKILMER | Top Gun actor who played Batman in 1995's Batman Forever: 2 wds. |
