| LEDGER | "The Dark Knight" costar |
| AARONECKHART | "The Dark Knight" costar who plays the US president in "London Has Fallen": 2 wds. |
| AARON | Actor Eckhart (The Dark Knight costar of 15 Across) |
| HEATH | Actor Ledger (The Dark Knight costar of 32 Across) |
| ZIMMER | Former member of The Buggles who composed the music score for Gladiator and The Dark Knight, Hans ... |
| CHRISTIANBALE | "The Dark Knight" star who played twin magicians in "The Prestige": 2 wds. |
| WHY | "___ so serious?" (The Joker's catchphrase in "The Dark Knight") |
| GARYOLDMAN | "The Dark Knight" actor who plays a dictator in "The Hitman's Bodyguard": 2 wds. |
| BALE | The Big Short and The Dark Knight actor, Christian ... (4) |
| ERICROBERTS | Brother of Julia and actor who played one of Gotham City's bad guys in the 2008 release The Dark Knight (4,7) |
| BAT | Winged animal from which the comic superhero nicknamed The Dark Knight takes inspiration |
| ECKHART | Actor who played District Attorney Harvey Dent in the 2008 Batman film The Dark Knight (5,7) |
| BANE | Villain played by Tom Hardy in the 2012 Batman film The Dark Knight Rises (4) |
| RISES | Christian Bale played Batman in the superhero sequel, The Dark Knight _ (5) |
| SERIOUS | Why so ___? iconic dialogue from the 2008 film The Dark Knight directed by Christopher Nolan |
| NOLAN | Director of Insomnia, Inception, the Dark Knight Trilogy, Dunkirk and the forthcoming Tenet (5) |
| JOKER | The Dark Knight role that won Heath Ledger a posthumous Oscar, The ___ |
| HATHAWAY | Anne, U.S. actress who played Selina Kyle in the 2012 superhero film The Dark Knight Rises (8) |
| TOMHARDY | British actor who played Bane in the 2012 film The Dark Knight Rises (3,5) |
| ANNEHATHAWAY | "Les Miserables" actress who played Catwoman in the 2012 movie "The Dark Knight Rises": 2 wds. |
