| HANCOCK | John -, US statesman whose signature is the most prominent on the Declaration of Independence (7) |
| DAN | Rather prominent on the internet these days |
| LIBERTY | The _ Bell, said (wrongly) to have been rung on 4 July 1776 to celebrate the adoption of the Declaration of Independence (7) |
| ALASKAN | Regrettably, 'Heart of Darkness' is about a US statesman (7) |
| 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) |
| SENATOR | US statesman (7) |
| KARAOKE | Pub entertainment said to give US statesman a lift |
| KEYSIGNATURE | "John Hancock" on the Declaration of Independence? |
| THOS | ___ Stone (signature on the Declaration of Independence) |
| SAML | ___ Adams, signature on the Declaration of Independence |
| ROBT | ____ Morris, signature on the Declaration of Independence |
| KRUGERRAND | Gold coin featuring the likeness of the statesman whose actions were one cause of the Second Boer War |
| INION | Anatomy: the most prominent point at the base of the skull (5) |
| LISZT | Composer who was one of the most prominent representatives of the Neudeutsche Schule (5) |
| FRANKLIN | Benjamin ---, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, who helped draw up the Declaration of Independence (8) |
| FOUNDING | The _ Fathers, a loosely defined group of US statesmen including those behind the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution (8) |
| MARCELLUS | The most prominent of the three sentries at Elsinore in Shakespeare's Hamlet |
| TOOTHIEST | Also some trimming is the solution for one with the most prominent dentures (9) |
| STATUEOFLIBERTY | The most prominent figure in a US city (6,2,7) |
| PHILADELPHIA | City in South East Pennsylvania, scene of the signing of the Declaration of Independence (12) |
