| NEXTTIME | When villains vow to catch the heroes |
| DIAGONAL | Line taken by bishop when villain invades land taken back (8) |
| MASK | The Three Musketeers and D'Artagnan are the heroes of the 1939 film, The Man In The Iron ... |
| IRON | The three musketeers and D'Artagnan are the heroes of the 1939 film, The Man In The ... Mask |
| KINGSLEY | Author of The Water-Babies as well as the children's book on Greek mythology The Heroes and historical novels including Hypatia and Westward Ho! (8) |
| EMMAPEEL | One of the heroes of "The Avengers" who has no superpowers |
| FACE | Confront one of the heroes in The A-Team (4) |
| ESP | Ability of some of the heroes on NBC's "Heroes" |
| UNSUNG | Overlooked, the ... heroes of the day |
| ARGONAUT | Greek myth: any of the heroes sailing with Jason in quest of the Golden Fleece (8) |
| IDOLATRY | One of the heroes getting a score? The church warns against this sort of behaviour! (8) |
| TELEMARK | The Heroes Of ___ , 1965 war film starring Kirk Douglas (8) |
| ITBITES | They were Calling All The Heroes in 1986 (2,5) |
| CARTHAGE | In 1.1, Hermia makes a vow to be a would-be suitor. "By that which knitteth souls and prospers love," she swears, "And by that fire which burned the ___ queen, When the false Trojan under sail was see |
| BURYTHEHATCHET | The guy who vows to take his Stetson to the grave |
| COUNTDRACULA | "I vow to go out more in the evenings," said ___ |
| OATH | Vow to hate, without going to extremes (4) |
| ALTAR | Where to vow to your partner |
| SEAS | ". . .when we vow to weep ___ . . .": Shak. |
| IDOMENEO | Vow to fellows at old game at the opera (8) |