| ONTHBEACH | 1959 film with Ava Gardner as one of the last survivors of a nuclear war 3 wds |
| DAYAFTER | The ___ , 1983 U.S. TV film depicting the aftermath of a nuclear war (3,5) |
| ROACH | Insect that many say would be the last survivor of World War III |
| SEVENDAYSINMAY | 1964 film with Ava Gardner as the former mistress of a general who is plotting to oust the president 4 wds |
| PITCAIRNISLAND | John Adams, last survivor of a group of Bounty mutineers including Fletcher Christian, was found on ___ in 1808 |
| EARTHQUAKE | 1974 film with Ava Gardner as a woman in a crumbling marriage when a disaster strikes Los Angeles |
| COCKROACH | Insect that's supposed to become the sole survivor of a nuclear explosion |
| COSTTHEEARTH | A nuclear war could prove to be as expensive as this |
| IVOR | Children's engine, the last survivor (4) |
| BEACH | Nevil Shute's novel of Australians awaiting the effects of nuclear fallout, filmed with Ava Gardner and Gregory Peck. It was On The ... |
| BENHUR | 1959 film with a famous chariot racing scene; the film won eleven Oscars (3-3) |
| DEMASDUIT | Real name of Mary March, one of the last known survivors of the Beothuk culture of Newfoundland |
| RILLAOFINGLESIDE | Lucy Maud Montgomery book which tells the story of Anne and Gilbert's daughter during the First World War: 3 wds. |
| ALIEN | 1979 movie with the line "This is Ripley, last survivor of the Nostromo, signing off" |
| ULYSSESSGRANT | 18th president who served in the US Army during the Civil War: 3 wds. |
| OMEGAMAN | The ___ ___: 1971 post apocalyptic film which stars Charlton Heston as the survivor of a pandemic (5,3) |
| MAGOG | Gog and ____, last two survivors of a mythical race of giants in ancient Britain (5) |
| LOST | TV series (2004-2010) about the survivors of a plane crash on a Pacific island (4) |
| ROBERTELEE | Top Confederate general at the end of the Civil War: 3 wds. |
| ROBERTRUNCIE | Archbishop of Canterbury whose 1982 Christmas sermon criticised planning for the "lunatic unthinkable" of nuclear war |
