| THEPIANIST | Best Picture nominee about Polish musician Wladyslaw Szpilman |
| PIANIST | The ___, 2002 drama film based on the memoir of Holocaust survivor Wladyslaw Szpilman (7) |
| SANDPIPER | Polish musician making knot, possibly |
| LIPMAN | Maureen ?, actress whose roles include Mother Szpilman in 2002 biopic The Pianist (6) |
| ARRIVAL | 2016 Best Picture nominee about aliens |
| SELMA | Best Picture nominee about voting rights |
| BABE | 1995 Best Picture nominee about a pig |
| ILPOSTINO | 1994 Best Picture nominee about Pablo Neruda's friendship with his mailman |
| TAR | 2022 Best Picture nominee about a conductor |
| DAY | 1962 war film, a 1963 Best Picture Oscar nominee, about the 1944 D-Day invasion of Normandy (3,7,3) |
| THELONGEST | 1962 war film, a 1963 Best Picture Oscar nominee, about the 1944 D-Day invasion of Normandy (3,7,3) |
| SIKORSKI | Wladyslaw ?, prime minister of the Polish government in exile from 1939-43 |
| SALZBURG | Talk about Polish zloty being brought back in Austria (8) |
| CARPHONE | Fishy complaint about Polish in mini taking calls (3,5) |
| LIMBURGER | Cross about Polish maiden lifting cheese |
| PHONEME | Page with note about Polish sound |
| KRAKOW | Yank regularly featuring in opus about Polish city (6) |
| EVENTIDE | Just about Polish twilight, perhaps (8) |
| BYREMEN | Lifted note about Polish farm-workers (7) |
| CRACOW | A current boast about Polish city |
