| SPARKLER | Stick around on July 4? |
| CANOE | Stick around on little boat (5) |
| THOREAU | On July 4, 1845, he retreated to a cabin on a pond; nine years later he published a book about it |
| LOUGEHRIG | He proclaimed himself to fans "the luckiest man on the face of the Earth" on July 4, 1939 |
| LITUP | Like the sky on July 4 |
| MONROE | One of three presidents who died on July 4 |
| COOLIDGE | U.S. president born on July 4 (8) |
| USA | Country that celebrates on July 4: Abbr. |
| WESTPOINT | This academy opened on July 4, 1802 |
| OUTATE | Bested at Nathan's on July 4, e.g. |
| ETNA | European volcano that erupted on July 4, 2024 |
| NPR | Media org that tweets the Declaration of Independence on July 4 |
| ERIECANAL | Its construction began on July 4, 1817, in Rome, N.Y.; it was completed eight years later |
| VICKSBURG | This city's siege ended on July 4, 1863, with a critical Union victory for Grant |
| INDEPENDENCEDAY | Annual U.S. public holiday celebrated on July 4 (12,3) |
| ALGERIA | African nation in which the Universal Declaration of the Rights of Peoples was proclaimed on July 4, 1976 |
| PHILIPPINES | Island country in the western Pacific that was proclaimed independent on July 4, 1946, with Manuel Roxas as its first president |
| LABOURPARTY | This group's Keir Starmer was elected prime minister of the U.K. on July 4 |
| CARDIFF | In which city are Oasis scheduled to begin their comeback tour on July 4? (7) |
| COSY | Warm club closing early on fourth of July (4) |
