| DEIST | Many a founding father, religiously |
| WIG | Topper for many a Founding Father |
| DEISTS | Many Founding Fathers, religiously |
| HAMILTON | A founding father of the US, and the eponymous subject of a 21st-century hit musical (8) |
| GALILEO | Italian astronomer, a founding father of modern science (7) |
| SAMADAMS | Beer named for a founding father, familiarly |
| FRANKLIN | A founding father who demanded respect? (8) |
| JAMESMONROE | *Last president who was a Founding Father |
| QUERYWASHINGTON | Interrogate a founding father? |
| ALAN | ___ Turing, a founding father of computer science |
| PAINE | A Founding Father |
| FOLKSONG | Musical scholar Cecil Sharp was a founding father of its revival in England in the early 20th century (4,4) |
| ADAMS | John ---, the second President, and a Founding Father, of the US (5) |
| WEBER | German historian Max ____ is recognised as a founding father of sociology |
| EMILEDURKHEIM | French social scientist considered a founding father of modern sociology, noted for works including 1893's The Division of Labour in Society (5,8) |
| WENDT | A founding figure of modern psychology who established a laboratory devoted to its study (5) |
| DAVIDCROSBY | American singer-songwriter who was a founding member of the Byrds and a trio formed with Stephen Stills and Graham Nash |
| GREECE | A republic in South East Europe and a founding member of the United Nations (6) |
| LPGA | Babe Zaharias was a founding member of it: Abbr. |
| ESTD | Abbr. preceding a founding date |
