| Freethinking | 12 |
| Philadelphia hall | 17 |
| Gain after escaping a record contract | 37 |
| Freedom from control | 20 |
| Declaration of July 4, 1776 | 27 |
| U. S. milestone | 15 |
| Declaration commemoration | 25 |
| When many people have cookouts | 30 |
| What we observe on July 4 | 25 |
| Time for celebrating in U.S.A. | 30 |
| Summertime holiday | 18 |
| Richard Ford's Pulitzer winner | 34 |
| Kick-off time for summer | 24 |
| July event | 10 |
| Jan. 1, 1863, for some Americans | 32 |
| It began in Philadelphia | 24 |
| Highest-grossing movie of 1996 | 30 |
| Highest-grossing film of 1996 | 29 |
| Fourth of July-inspired Springsteen song? | 41 |
| Fourth celebration | 18 |
| Firecrackers go off on it | 25 |
| Event in July | 13 |
| Divorcee's favorite time? | 29 |
| 1996 sci-fi thriller starring Will Smith | 40 |
| 1996 sci-fi movie that won the Oscar for Visual Effects | 55 |
| 1996 blockbuster with the tagline "Don't make plans for August" | 77 |
| Phila. divorce court | 20 |
| Pennsylvania attraction | 23 |
| Start of a quote by Daniel Webster | 34 |
| Freelance | 9 |
| Head of a special government inquiry | 36 |
| Movie for the unaffiliated? | 27 |
| Nonpartisan celebration? | 24 |
| Rameau's "Les ___ galantes" | 41 |
| "Les ___ galantes," Rameau ballet | 43 |
| Too unusual for words | 21 |
| Beyond expression | 17 |
| Having lost hope | 16 |
| Very carefully | 14 |
| Meticulously | 12 |
| Blow-by-blow | 12 |
| Oration aid | 11 |
| Onetime library catalog need | 28 |
| Luddite's organizational aid | 32 |
| 3x5 office supply item | 22 |
| Speakers' aids | 18 |
| 3" x 5" aids for speakers | 35 |
| Cataloging things | 17 |
| Like most reference books | 25 |
| Listed alphabetically | 21 |
| Like stocks and reference books | 31 |
| Like stocks and almanacs | 24 |
| Like almanacs, usually | 22 |
| Alphabetized, maybe | 19 |
| Librarian, at times | 19 |
| Reference book compiler, at times | 33 |
| Creator of the back pages of some nonfiction books | 50 |
| Certain Simon & Schuster employees | 38 |
| Reference sections | 18 |
| Page locators | 13 |
| Important parts of reference books | 34 |
| Listing alphabetically | 22 |
| Librarian's assignmenT | 26 |
| Sundance fodder | 15 |
| Shade of blue: Comb. form | 25 |
| Grayish-blue combiner | 21 |
| Grayish blue color: Comb. form | 30 |
| Blue dye: Prefix | 16 |
| Singer with a punctuated name | 29 |
| Soul singer with a dot in her name | 34 |
| Singer with the 2006 album "Testimony: Vol. 1, Life & Relationship" | 81 |
| Grammy-winning R&B singer who covered "Imagine" in 2011 | 69 |
| 2003 Grammy winner for "Little Things" | 48 |
| "Imagine" Grammy winner of 2010 | 41 |
| Large banknote from an Asian nation? | 36 |
| Scribe's aid | 16 |
| Lettering liquid | 16 |
| Indelible liquid | 16 |
| Fluid for a cartoonist | 22 |
| Certain pen filler | 18 |
| Cartoonist's choice | 23 |
| Calligrapher's medium | 25 |
| Black pigment | 13 |
| Notion in New Delhi? | 20 |
| How some jokes are told | 23 |
| Trading ship of yore | 20 |
| "Fightin'" Midwest team | 37 |
| Hoosier State regulation? | 25 |
| Two of five expanses | 20 |
| Locale of Hoosier beaches? | 26 |
| Reggie Miller, e.g. | 19 |
| Hoosier pro | 11 |
| NBA team taking a siesta? | 25 |
| Event first won by a Marmon Wasp | 32 |
| Racing classic | 14 |
| Butler U.'s location | 24 |
| Birthplace of David Letterman | 29 |
| Summary of "Raiders of the Lost Ark"? | 47 |
| Jones's summary of his exploits? | 36 |
| Basketball team whose members are always summarizing things? | 60 |