| IDRISELBA | Actor who had to wade through waist-deep snow for his new film "The Mountain Between Us": 2 wds. |
| KATEWINSLET | Actress who met her current husband amid a natural disaster, mirroring her recent role in "The Mountain Between Us": 2 wds. |
| FONDA | Actor who had to wait 41 years from his first Oscar nomination to his first win |
| ELBA | Idris who trained as a kickboxer while making his new film, "The Dark Tower" |
| BETWEENUS | Idris Elba and Kate Winslet survival flick, The Mountain... (7,2) |
| WADED | Walked in waist-deep water |
| KURT | ___ Russell, actor and star of 1A's Death Proof, The Hateful Eight and his new film (4) |
| QUESTLOVE | This filmmaker/drummer/actor will screen his new film at Sundance, titled "SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)" |
| RYANGOSLING | Barbie actor who plays stuntman Cole Seavers in the new film The Fall Guy: 2 wds. |
| IDRIS | Kate's "The Mountain Between Us" co-star |
| WINSLET | The Mountain Between Us star, Kate ... (7) |
| KATE | The Mountain Between Us star, ... Winslet (4) |
| MSS | Slush for eds. to wade through |
| CLOTHS | Reluctant to wade through gas in Wipers? |
| TLDR | "No time to wade through this" initialism |
| EMAIL | Something to wade through post-vacation |
| TRUDGE | To struggle to walk through deep snow or mud |
| ESKIMO | European gets to travel on snow for a short period with fellow used to cold (6) |
| LIAM | ___ Neeson, Irish actor (pictured), whose new film, The Commuter, is out now (4) |
| TIMOTHY | ___ Spall, actor whose new film, The Last Bus, is out this week (pictured) (7) |
