| BATPLANE | Vehicle flown by a POW!-erful DC Comics superhero? |
| PAROLE | From "saying, speech", a term for a word of honour, especially by a POW; the conditional release of such a prisoner; or, a guard's password (6) |
| ENSIGN | National flag or colours flown by a ship, nation or regiment, such as a "Red Duster"; or, a standard-bearer (6) |
| FREAKFLAG | It's "flown" by a nonconformist |
| ROGER | Boy jolly at being flown by a pirate (5) |
| DASHED | The cloth, when red, is flown by a merchantman (6) |
| ENSIGNS | Flags flown by a ship to indicate nationality, allegiance, etc (7) |
| KITE | What's flown by a test pilot? (4) |
| AQUA | With "man," a DC Comics superhero |
| ISIS | Egyptian goddess who is also a DC Comics superhero |
| TEENTITANSGO | Animated TV series based on a DC Comics superhero team (4,6,2) |
| BATWOMAN | DC Comics superhero series on the CW with a flying mammal in the title |
| BATCAVE | Subterranean headquarters of a DC Comics superhero |
| BATMAN | DC Comics superhero created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger in 1939 (6) |
| PILLOWCASE | A POW cell is unlikely to provide a bit of bed linen (10) |
| JOLLYROGER | During the 18th Century, flag flown by a pirate ship when about to attack (5,5) |
| ATOM | Diminutive DC Comics superhero, with "The" |
| AQUAMAN | DC Comics' superhero from Atlantis (7) |
| ARROW | DC Comics superhero series starring Stephen Amell (5) |
| STEEL | Man of ---, nickname of DC Comics superhero Superman (5) |
