| IHAVEADREAM | Declaration of 8/28/63 |
| CARMELITE | Brother smothering body part in 8 28 (9) |
| CHANTILLY | Bug in 8 28, once whipped? (9) |
| CHERRYTURNOVER | National __ Day (8/28) |
| ACUTABOVE | Superior to, and a hint to the first letters in 8-, 28- and 9- |
| FINE | From 8 28, 18A, seen drunk with 22A, flattery achieves little |
| WORDS | From 8 28, 18A, seen drunk with 22A, flattery achieves little |
| BUTTER | From 8 28, 18A, seen drunk with 22A, flattery achieves little |
| NOPARSNIPS | From 8 28, 18A, seen drunk with 22A, flattery achieves little |
| FINEWORDSBUTTERNOPARSNIPS | From 8 28, 18A, seen drunk with 22A, flattery achieves little |
| ADAMS | Samuel ___ (1722-1803), US statesman; an instigator of the Boston Tea Party and one of the 56 signatories of the Declaration of Independence (5) |
| PHILADELPHIA | City in South East Pennsylvania, scene of the signing of the Declaration of Independence (12) |
| MISSOURI | U.S. battleship on which Japan signed its declaration of surrender at the end of World War II in 1945 (8) |
| FOUNDING | The _ Fathers, a loosely defined group of US statesmen including those behind the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution (8) |
| ANNULMENT | Declaration of invalidity, of a marriage say (9) |
| IDOLATER | Declaration of marriage following worshipper (8) |
| IMAMATE | Declaration of friend in position of Muslim leader |
| LIBERTYBELL | Declaration of Independence ringer, 7/8/1776 |
| RIGHTS | Bill of - - -, formal declaration of entitlements and freedoms (6) |
| INSINUATE | Hint at batting with declaration of 22/8 (9) |
