| TSO | "The Search for General ___" (2014 documentary) |
| ALI | "I Am ___" (2014 documentary about a famous boxer) |
| ITSELF | "Life ___" (2014 documentary about Roger Ebert) |
| EBERT | Film reviewer Roger who is the subject of the 2014 documentary "Life Itself" |
| EDEN | "When the Garden Was ___" (2011 book and 2014 documentary about the 1970s Knicks) |
| GAYRODEO | Sporting event profiled in the 2014 documentary "Queens & Cowboys" |
| NSA | Org. discussed in the 2014 documentary "Citizenfour" |
| GLEN | ___ Campbell: I'll Be Me (2014 documentary about the singer) |
| ATARI | Subject of the 2014 documentary "Game Over" |
| ENDLESSSUMMER | 'The -- -- II', 1994 documentary film about the search for the perfect wave (7,6) |
| FEDUP | 2014 documentary film about obesity with the tagline "Congress says pizza is a vegetable" |
| RUSSELL | English comedian, writer and actor who features in the 2014 documentary, A Royal Hangover, - Brand (7) |
| PENCILSDOWN | Wittily named 2014 documentary chronicling the most recent Writers Guild strike, in 2007-08 |
| NAS | "___: Time Is Illmatic" (2014 documentary about a rapper) |
| IAMALI | 2014 documentary about boxer Muhammad |
| TONYBLAIR | Former British PM who became a Middle East envoy for the United Nations in the search for a peaceful |
| PEGG | Simon ?, actor who played the title role in 2014 comedy-drama film Hector and the Search for Happiness |
| SPEKE | John Hanning, explorer most associated with the search for the source of the Nile (5) |
| JASON | In Greek mythology, leader of the Argonauts in the search for the Golden Fleece (5) |
| OPTIMISM | The search for the silver lining |
