| 100% | LEE | 3 | Declaration of Independence signer from Virginia |
| 64% | QUILL | 5 | Declaration of Independence signer? |
| 64% | RUTLEDGE | 8 | Declaration of Independence signer |
| 63% | WITHERSPOON | 11 | Declaration of Independence signer John |
| 58% | BENJAMIN | 8 | With 48-Across, Declaration of Independence signer who invented bifocals |
| 58% | JOHNHANCOCK | 11 | Declaration of Independence signer who's known for his huge signature: 2 wds. |
| 57% | SAMUELADAMS | 11 | Declaration of Independence signer for whom a brand of beer is named: 2 wds. |
| 55% | LEE | 3 | One of two Virginia signers of the Declaration of Independence |
| 49% | ITSAFREECOUNTRY | 15 | Declaration of independence |
| 49% | ALONE | 5 | Declaration of independence? |
| 49% | LETMEBE | 7 | Declaration of independence |
| 48% | PAINE | 5 | Declaration of Independence signee |
| 48% | WHEN | 4 | Declaration of Independence starter |
| 48% | WHEN | 4 | Declaration of Independence start |
| 48% | SIGNERS | 7 | Declaration of Independence endorsers |
| 46% | WHEN | 4 | Declaration of Independence's first word |
| 45% | JEFFERSON | 9 | President, drafted the Declaration of Independence |
| 44% | SAMUELADAMS | 11 | Signer of the Declaration of Independence whose name was borrowed for a brand of specialty beers (2 wds.) |
| 44% | LEE | 3 | Surname of two signers of the Declaration of Independence |
| 44% | JOHNHANCOCK | 11 | Signer of the Declaration of Independence whose name was borrowed for an insurance/financial services company (2 wds.) |
| 44% | ROBT | 4 | ___ Morris, signature on the Declaration of Independence |
| 44% | SAML | 4 | ___ Adams, signature on the Declaration of Independence |
| 44% | WYTHE | 5 | George who signed the Declaration of Independence |
| 43% | ARGONGAS | 8 | Substance used to preserve the Declaration of Independence |
| 43% | ALLMEN | 6 | They're "created equal," in the Declaration of Independence |
| 43% | DARWISH | 7 | Poet Mahmoud who wrote the Palestinian Declaration of Independence |
| 42% | EQUAL | 5 | How all men are created, per the Declaration of Independence |
| 42% | SAML | 4 | With 72-Down, a signature on the Declaration of Independence |
| 42% | GOD | 3 | Word in the Declaration of Independence but not the Constitution |
| 42% | XXXX | 4 | Founding Father Stone, as he signed the Declaration of Independence |