| THEPIANIST | 2002 film about a Polish musician trying to survive in the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II (3,7) |
| YELLOWJACKETS | Showtime drama about a high school soccer team trying to survive in the wilderness after a plane crash |
| SOPHIESCHOICE | Harrowing 1982 film about a Polish immigrant with Kevin Kline and 8A (7, 6) |
| CORABORA | Upcoming movie starring Megan Stalter as a musician trying to win back her girlfriend |
| HOMERALONE | Movie about the "Simpsons" father trying to survive solo? |
| SANDPIPER | Polish musician making knot, possibly |
| STREETWISE | Very shrewd, by the way, and knows how to survive in the city |
| WARSAWPACT | Formed to combat the NATO alliance, the Warsaw Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation, and Mutual Assistance was more succinctly known as this (6,4) |
| COPERNICAN | Con a prince in disguise of a Polish astronomer |
| LUXEMBOURG | "Women's freedom is the sign of social freedom." She was a Polish-born German revolutionary and agitator. Who said this? |
| HARDBACK | A tough footballer bound to survive in the library (8) |
| SPAT | Fictional support group featured in the 2002 film About a Boy (4) |
| GALLEYSLAV | Kitchen worker on a Polish ship? |
| PADEREWSKI | Unruly kids were following old man, a Polish pianist (10) |
| FAHRENHEIT | Scale of temperature named after a Polish-born Dutch physicist (10) |
| CHIPOLATAS | Food a Polish cat played with (10) |
| EASTERN | During the cold war the Warsaw Pact countries were called the ... bloc (as opposed to the West's NAT |
| BARENECESSITIES | ...these are Grylls' needs, leastwise, to survive in the wild. (4,11) |
| HOULT | Nicholas -----, played Marcus Brewer in 2002 film About a Boy (5) |
| NICHOLAS | _ Hoult, actor who starred in 2002 film About a Boy (8) |
