| BIOPIC | Film depicting a life (6) |
| CINEMA | Films depicting parts of vaccine manufacture |
| STOREY | Word, from "tale", for a medieval building's frieze-like tier of narrative paintings depicting a historical scene originally, today a structural deck, floor or level, where life's adventures, mysterie |
| STROKE | With a dash of the pen, depicting a butterfly? (6) |
| FRIEZE | A wall's carved horizontal strip or painted border depicting a design or scene, motionless as if frozen (6) |
| STATUE | Sculpture depicting a person (6) |
| ESTHER | Painting by John Everett Millais depicting a biblical queen (6) |
| DIDYOU | 1878 painting by William Yeames, depicting a scene from the Civil Wars (3,4,3,3,4,3,4,6) |
| GOTHIC | American ____, 1930 painting by Grant Wood depicting a farmer and daughter (6) |
| SABINE | The Abduction of the ___ Women: painting by Nicolas Poussin depicting a scene from Roman mythology (6) |
| TOONIE | Coin depicting a polar bear, casually |
| KATWE | Queen of ___ biographical sports drama film depicting the life of a chess player who becomes a Woman Candidate Master |
| RIOTSCENE | A section of e.g. a film depicting violent public disorder (4,5) |
| DAYAFTER | The ___ , 1983 U.S. TV film depicting the aftermath of a nuclear war (3,5) |
| ARGO | 2012 film depicting 1980's "Canadian Caper" |
| DRNO | First film depicting the criminal org. SPECTRE |
| MIDNIGHTEXPRESS | Film depicting new detective's rise in force, say |
| THEMARTIAN | 2015 sci-fi film depicting interplanetary "Robinson Crusoe" |
| SLASHER | Film depicting one's killer instinct? |
| LAYER | Film depicting attorney lacking weight (5) |
