| KENNETH | Branagh, the arms-dealing antagonist in Christopher Nolan's Tenet (7) |
| TOMHOLLAND | He'll star alongside 23-Across in Christopher Nolan's next (as yet untitled) film, set for July 2026 release |
| MATTDAMON | He'll star alongside 14-Across in Christopher Nolan's next (as yet untitled) film, set for July 2026 release |
| MARGINALISED | One involved in shady arms-dealing, pushed to the edge? |
| RAMILLIES | Battle shows evil that's in arms dealing (9) |
| DUNKIRK | Christopher Nolan's great evacuation epic (7) |
| CAYENNE | Kitty Nolan's 16, said to be really hot (7) |
| VILLAIN | The main evil character or antagonist in a novel, film, etc (7) |
| CARNAGE | Antagonist in the Venom sequel (7) |
| COLEMAN | Dabney ___, late US actor whose film roles included the main antagonist in 9 To 5 (7) |
| TENET | Christopher Nolan's 2020 movie starring Robert Pattinson |
| ERAGON | The first book in Christopher Paolini's The Inheritance Cycle (6) |
| MOOD | I'm in the ___ for Dancing, 1979 single by the Nolans (4) |
| ERNESTO | Antagonist in "Coco" |
| HELENOFTROY | "The face that launch'd a thousand ships" in Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus |
| DARKKNIGHT | The ---, second of Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy |
| NEDKELLY | Who was the subject of Sidney Nolan's series of paintings from 1946-47. considered to be one of the greatest sequences of Australian paintings of the 20th century? (3,5) |
| PETER | ___ Capaldi, actor who voiced Rabbit alongside 6D in Christopher Robin (5) |
| ROO | Kanga's son in "Christopher Robin" |
| BOWLES | Sally, character in Christopher Isherwood's Goodbye To Berlin (6) |
