| NOSFERATU | What is the title of both a 1922 and 1979 vampire film? (9) |
| EMPEROR | Title of both a Beethoven concerto and a Haydn quartet (7) |
| CUTTINGBLADE | Editing scenes from a Wesley Snipes vampire film? |
| AFTERLIFE | Subtitle of both a Ghostbusters movie and a Resident Evil film (9) |
| HUMDINGER | What is the title of albums by Aaron Neville (2002) and Enda Scahill and the Brock McGuire Band (2006)? (9) |
| DALAILAMA | What is the title of the spiritual head of Tibetan Buddhism? (5,4) |
| INNOCENCE | Making its Australian premiere at the 2025 Adelaide Festival, what is the title of Kaija Saariaho's opera directed by Simon Stone? (9) |
| ROBINHOOD | Cary Elwes, Russell Crowe, and Kevin Costner have played him in recent decades; Douglas Fairbanks was the first big studio star to do so, in a 1922 silent film |
| SALEMSLOT | Vampire film based on a Stephen King tale (5'1,3) |
| TWILIGHTO | and 17ac, 4 18 4 in vampire film with ghost foe active around day |
| OFTHEGODS | 4 18 4 in vampire film with ghost foe active around day (8,2,3,4) |
| ARISTOCRAT | This cultivar of both a dianthus and variegated hosta is also a member of the upper class! (10) |
| BOOKOFLONGING | What is the title of the song cycle by Philip Glass that is based on the poetry of Leonard Cohen and |
| OMARKHAYYAM | Persian mathematician, astronomer, historian, philosopher and poet (1048-1131), and a cultivar of both a damask rose and saxifrage (4,7) |
| POM | Letters that begin the names of both a lap dog breed and a fruit |
| GLENNGOULD | Posthumous pianist of both a Juno and a Grammy for "Bach: The Goldberg Variations" |
| TAHOE | It's the name of both a lake and a Chevy SUV |
| IVAN | Name of both a tsar and a tsarevich in a notorious Ilya Repin painting |
| VEIL | What is the title of the US investigative journalist Bob Woodward's 1987 book, subtitled The Secret Wars of the CIA? (4) |
| GIA | What is the title of the 1998 biographical film directed by Michael Cristofer and starring Angelina |
