| LAMARR | Hedy of the 2017 documentary "Bombshell" |
| NOAH | TV host who was the subject of the documentary "You Laugh but It's True" |
| MPAA | Org. featured in the documentary "This Film Is Not Yet Rated" |
| ISIS | 2017 documentary, Hell on Earth: The Fall of Syria and the Rise of - (4) |
| MYGENERATION | Michael Caine presented this 2017 documentary regarding the stars of the '60s (2,10) |
| PENGUIN | This Antarctic bird marched in the 2006 French documentary and cowered in the rocks in Gorki's Storm |
| APU | "The Problem With ___" (2017 documentary about "The Simpsons") |
| WINGEDMIGRATION | 2001 nature documentary, and a hint to the circled letters |
| THIRD | 2017 documentary film, The - Industrial Revolution: A Radical New Sharing Economy (5) |
| THELONGSHADOW | 2017 documentary about racism and slavery (3,4,6) |
| NSA | Subj. of the 2017 memoir "Working on the Dark Side of the Moon" |
| EVIDENCE | Amelia Earhart: The Lost ___ 2017 documentary on Earhart's disappearance which was eventually canceled |
| TWO | "Gaga: Five Foot ___" (2017 documentary) |
| IBE | "Whitney: Can ___ Me" (2017 documentary) |
| JOANMIR | Winning rider of the opening race of the 2017 Moto3 season, the Qatar GP (4,3) |
| ICAN | Shortened form of the name of the 2017 winner, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons |
| HOMECOMING | Subtitle of the 2017 installment of the Spider-Man film franchise |
| ISABELLE | The winner of the 2017 series of Big Brother, ___ Warburton (8) |
| GAD | Actor Josh of the 2017 live-action Beauty and the Beast movie |
| NEUVILLE | Thierry ?, Belgian winner of the 2017 Rally Poland, eighth round of the World Rally Championship (8) |