| JACKKIRBY | US comic book artist who co-created characters Captain America and The Hulk |
| INKER | Comic-book artist who doesn't use color |
| MARTHAKENT | Earth mother of Canadian co-created character Superman: 2 wds. |
| SUPER | Captain America and the Hulk are -heroes |
| JACK | With 41-Across, co-creator of Captain America and the Hulk |
| EPICRATES | Genus of non-venomous boas found in South America, Central America and the West Indies |
| LINKLATER | Eric ___, British writer whose novels include Juan in America and The Wind on the Moon |
| SPIDERMAN | US comic-book superhero (6,3) |
| SUPERHERO | Genre that includes Captain America and Wolverine (9) |
| CHRISEVANS | Actor who's played both Captain America and the Human Torch: 2 wds. |
| PETERBLAKE | Pop artist who co-created the sleeve design for the Sergeant Pepper album |
| BLAKE | Illustrator of many of the children's books by Roald Dahl who was awarded the Kate Greenaway Medal in 1980; or, the pop artist who co-founded the Brotherhood of Ruralists (5) |
| JERRYSIEGEL | US comic book writer who co-created Superman with Joe Shuster (5,6) |
| DITKO | Steve, U.S. comics artist who co-created superhero Spider-Man with Stan Lee (5) |
| KLIMT | Austrian artist who co-founded the Vienna Secession, his paintings include Rosebushes under the Trees, The Kiss and Farm Garden with Sunflowers (5) |
| MAXFLEISCHER | Cartoonist who created characters Koko the Clown and Betty Boop |
| MARKRUFFALO | American actor who stars as Bruce Banner and The Hulk in the 2019 film Avengers: Endgame (4, 7) |
| GABRIELROSSETTI | Dante ____ , English poet and artist who co-founded the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in 1848 (7,8) |
| NYC | City that Eric Adams has called "the Istanbul of America," "the Islamabad of America," and "the Kyiv of America," for short |
| PEKAR | Comic book artist Harvey who wrote American Splendor |
