| WHIG | A supporter of the American Revolution (4) |
| WHIGS | Supporters of the American Revolution |
| PAUL | Folk hero of the American Revolution, immortalised in a ballad by Henry Longfellow (4,6) |
| TORY | Term used in the American Revolution to describe those who remained loyal to the British Crown and government (4) |
| YORKTOWN | Site of the last major battle of the American Revolution in 1781, in SE Virginia south-east of Williamsburg (8) |
| MAIL | Kind of service that can be traced back to the American Revolution |
| REVERE | Folk hero of the American Revolution, immortalised in a ballad by Henry Longfellow (4,6) |
| JOHNPAULJONES | Scots-born naval commander hero of the American Revolution (4,4,5) |
| JOHNHANCOCK | Patriot of the American Revolution remembered chiefly for his large and stylish signature on the United States Declaration of Independence |
| SETH | Warner of the American Revolution |
| SONS | ___ of the American Revolution (patriotic group) |
| ACTS | Intolerable ___, one cause of the American Revolution |
| HALE | Nathan of the American Revolution |
| BRANDYWINE | Battle of ___, engagement of the American Revolution fought on September 11, 1777 (10) |
| BUNKERHILL | First major battle of the American Revolution fought in 1775 near Boston (6,4) |
| BOSTON | *At center of the American Revolution |
| PUTNAM | General Israel of the American Revolution |
| 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 |
| REAGANITE | A supporter of the policies of the 40th American president (9) |
| LYNCH | Charles, Virginia planter who headed an irregular court that punished supporters of the British during the American Revolution (5) |
