| ANEW | "To Build the World ___" (anti-colonial address given by President Sukarno before the U.N. in 1960) |
| DELPHI | Oracle's location given by president in National Capital Territory (6) |
| MEMSAHIB | Colonial address back in Nairobi has memories (8) |
| SAO | Part of the name of a Brazilian city that was founded 222 years before the U.S. colonies declared their independence but otherwise has nothing whatsoever to do with the American Revolution |
| TAXES | Subject of a major bill before the U.S. Senate |
| SIMON | 13:D::Venezuelan leader of several anti-colonial movements in South America (5,7) |
| BOLIVAR | Venezuelan leader of several anti-colonial movements in South America (5,7) |
| DEWI | Japanese-born wife of the long-time Indonesian leader Sukarno |
| GANDHI | Indian anti-colonial nationalist (6) |
| INDONESIA | Asian country whose first president was Sukarno (9) |
| INDONESIAN | Sukarno, e.g. |
| URBIETORBI | To the city and to the world, an address given by the Pope on certain occasions (4,2,4) |
| ASWAN | The stones used to build the pharaoh's pyramids were quarried in this town in Egypt that is now the |
| STATE | - - - of the Union, an annual address given by the US president to both houses of Congress (5) |
| THEUNION | State of --- ---, an annual address given by the US president to both Houses of Congress (3,5) |
| PLO | Grp. given observer status by the U.N. in 1974 |
| NY | Working around the clock back in 1931, over 3000 men took just 20 months to build the famous Empire State Building in this city (abbr.) |
| MARBLE | Form of metamorphic rock used to build the Taj Mahal; or, an item used in the game taw (6) |
| STAINLESS | Corrosion-resistant type of steel used to build the Chrysler Building's spire in New York |
| PEREZ | Javier ___ de Cuellar : Secretary General of the U.N. in 1946-47 ? (5) |