| THEPATRIOT | American War of Independence drama starring Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger, Joely Richardson, Chris Cooper and Adam Baldwin |
| PATRIOT | The ___, 2000 historical film drama starring Mel Gibson and the late Heath Ledger (7) |
| SHELBY | Isaac ?, officer in the American War of Independence; first and fifth Governor of Kentucky (6) |
| CORNWALLIS | Charles, one of the leading British generals in the American War of Independence (10) |
| SCHUYLER | Philip -- (1733-1804), American general in the American War of Independence (8) |
| SARATOGA | Site of 1777 battle in the American War of Independence (8) |
| BUNKERHILL | Small mountain where the first battle of the American War of Independence was fought? (6,4) |
| THERIVER | 1984 film drama starring Mel Gibson and Sissy Spacek (3,5) |
| THEBOUNTY | 1984 drama starring Mel Gibson and Anthony Hopkins (3,6) |
| FOREVERYOUNG | 1992 film drama starring Mel Gibson and Jamie Lee Curtis |
| TIM | 1979 film drama starring Mel Gibson in the title role (3) |
| SHOREDITCH | 2003 film drama starring Joely Richardson and Shane Richie (10) |
| YORKTOWN | Major battle of the American War of Independence (8) |
| TEA | Demonstrations against taxation on this beverage triggered the American War of Independence |
| ANDRE | John ?, British Army officer hanged as a spy in 1780 during the American War of Independence (5) |
| LAFAYETTE | Marquis de ---, French general and statesman who fought in the American War of Independence (9) |
| PAULREVERE | US patriot in the American War of Independence (4,6) |
| RIVER | The ?, 1984 drama starring Mel Gibson and Sissy Spacek |
| BRAVEHEART | 1995 historical drama starring Mel Gibson (10) |
| NIP | American medical drama with Joely Richardson, ---/Tuck (3) |
