| BILLPULLMAN | President portrayer in "Independence Day" |
| CAAN | President portrayer in the "Get Smart" film |
| PULLMAN | Bill _ played the US president in Independence Day (7) |
| SELA | Actress Ward who plays the president in "Independence Day: Resurgence" |
| WELCOMETOEARTH | Quote from Will Smith after punching an alien in the face in "Independence Day" (1996) (7,2,5) |
| PLANETOFATTACK | Earth, in "Independence Day"? |
| ALIENINVASION | Threat in "Independence Day: Resurgence" (2016): 2 wds. |
| INVADERS | The aliens in "Independence Day," e.g. |
| BRENT | _ Spiner, appeared in Independence Day |
| HUMANRACE | Group targeted for destruction in "Independence Day" |
| VIVICA | _ A. Fox, appeared in Independence Day: Resurgence (6) |
| ALIENS | Enemies in Independence Day |
| UFO | Alien vessel in Independence Day: Abbr. |
| LIAM | Australian actor who stars in Independence Day: Resurgence and The Dressmaker, ___ Hemsworth (4) |
| FOURTHLY | To item (d) ... disintegration of leader of jets and UFO in Independence Day (8) |
| THEFOURTHOFJULY | A cryptic clue for the Y in 'Independence Day' (3,6,2,4) |
| TRUMAN | Harry S ___, US president whose official library is in Independence, Missouri |
| PEALE | Portraitist displayed in Independence Hall |
| YVES | Victory in independence vote for Frenchman (4) |
| FOURTH | Independence Day in the US falls on which day in July (6) |
