| 100% | FOURTH | 6 | Born on the __ of July, Cruise plays a Vietnam vet |
| 60% | FOURTH | 6 | Born on the __ of July; 1989 Tom Cruise film |
| 49% | CHI | 3 | One of two Greek letters on a scoreboard, when the Bears play the Eagles |
| 49% | BORN | 4 | "___ on the Fourth of July," a 1989 war drama starring Tom Cruise |
| 46% | MALIA | 5 | Older Obama daughter who was born on the Fourth of July |
| 46% | POSTMALONE | 10 | "Circles" singer born on the Fourth of July, 1995: 2 wds. |
| 46% | GERALDORIVERA | 13 | Fox News commentator born on the Fourth of July, 1943: 2 wds. |
| 46% | MALIAOBAMA | 10 | Former First Daughter born on the Fourth of July, 1998: 2 wds. |
| 46% | BORN | 4 | "___ on the Fourth of July" (1989 Tom Cruise film) |
| 45% | BORN | 4 | "___ on the Fourth of July" (Oscar-winning Tom Cruise film) |
| 45% | STONE | 5 | Oliver —, Best Director Oscar winner for Platoon and Born on the Fourth of July |
| 43% | KOVIC | 5 | "Born on the Fourth of July" hero Ron |
| 43% | NAM | 3 | "Born on the Fourth of July" setting, familiarly |
| 43% | STONE | 5 | "Born on the Fourth of July" director Oliver |
| 43% | SCALE | 5 | "Rate the play on a ___ of one to ten." |
| 42% | DALY | 4 | Actor Tim who plays a football team owner on the revival of "The Game" |
| 42% | KOVIC | 5 | Ron who wrote "Born on the Fourth of July" |
| 41% | CHANTER | 7 | Pipe on a set of bagpipes on which the melody is played |
| 40% | CHI | 3 | Home of the NFL's Bears, on a scoreboard |
| 40% | MOUND | 5 | Pitcher's ___, slight elevation on the baseball ground that you may occupy during a day of playing baseball |
| 40% | BALDWIN | 7 | Alec who was the subject of a Spike TV roast on July 9, 2017 |
| 40% | TREBLE | 6 | Kind of clef preceding notes usually played with the right hand on a piano |
| 40% | PANDA | 5 | Bear on the cover of "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" |
| 40% | RONKOVIC | 8 | 54-Across's role in "Born on the Fourth of July": 2 wds. |
| 39% | BOOM | 4 | Sound heard a lot on the Fourth of July |
| 39% | HIPPOCRATES | 11 | Physician born on the island of Kos |
| 39% | HOPEDAVIS | 9 | "Wayward Pines" actress who plays the wife of a mob boss on 54-Across (2 wds.) |
| 39% | GREEN | 5 | Grassy area of the golf course that you would play on during a day of golf |
| 39% | BORN | 4 | "___ on the Fourth of July" |
| 39% | LBJ | 3 | Pres. who was older bother to Sam Houston and was born on a ranch on the banks of the Pedernales River (abbr.) |