| BATCAVE | Hangout for the Dark Knight, and for creatures in the answers to starred clues |
| DOUBLEPARK | Leave one's car unlawfully ... or where you might expect to find the creatures in the answers to starred clues? |
| SEWER | Hangout for the Ninja Turtles |
| ALS | Hangout for the Fonz |
| SINGLESBAR | Hangout for the unmarried |
| LEDGER | Heath -; actor in films including The Patriot, The Dark Knight and The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (6) |
| ZIMMER | German film composer whose works include the scores to The Lion King, The Dark Knight and Inception (6) |
| CHRISTIAN | Actor who starred in The Dark Knight and American Psycho, - - - Bale (9) |
| ROBERTS | Eric who played Sal Maroni in "The Dark Knight" and is actress Julia's brother |
| MURPHY | Cillian ___, villain in The Dark Knight and star of TV series Peaky Blinders (6) |
| HEATHLEDGER | Actor posthumously awarded an Oscar for The Dark Knight (5,6) |
| HEATH | ----- Ledger, late actor who won an Oscar for The Dark Knight (5) |
| SEQUELS | "The Dark Knight" and "The Bourne Supremacy," e.g. |
| HIPGNOSIS | Punnily named design house that did the iconic album covers for "The Dark Side of the Moon" and "Houses of the Holy" |
| ERIC | _ Roberts, actor whose 600+ film roles include The Dark Knight and Runaway Train (4) |
| MAGGIE | _ Gyllenhaal, actress whose films include The Dark Knight and Secretary (6) |
| BALE | Christian _, star of The Dark Knight and American Pyscho (4) |
| NEONOIR | Genre for "The Dark Knight," appropriately |
| BATROPE | Climbing aid for the Dark Knight |
| GOLDENSEALS | This was the name of Oakland's NHL team, which existed from 1967 to 1976 and was named for creatures seen in San Francisco Bay |
