| GREATGATSBY | This Leonardo DiCaprio title character is first seen on-screen beneath a fireworks display at his mansion in Newport, Long Island |
| THE | With 25-Down: This Leonardo DiCaprio title character is first seen on-screen beneath a fireworks display at his mansion in Newport, Long Island |
| YODA | Star Wars character is first to yell about trouble (4) |
| VOTEFORHIMSELF | In 1988, Herb Connolly lost his Massachusetts Governor's Council seat via a 14,716 to 14,715 tally; too busy campaigning, he had arrived at the polls too late to do this |
| STEVECARELL | Asteroid City actor who owns a historic shop near his Massachusetts hometown: 2 wds. |
| ROCKYMARCIANO | World heavyweight champ nicknamed the Brockton Blockbuster for his Massachusetts hometown: 2 wds. |
| OOH | Utterance heard at a fireworks display |
| UPTURNED | Like faces at a fireworks display |
| AHS | Sounds at a fireworks display |
| OOHS | Cries at a fireworks display |
| AAH | Utterance at a fireworks display |
| KING | "The Fisher ___" (1991 movie that ends with Robin Williams and Jeff Bridges watching a fireworks display naked in Central Park) |
| FORRESTGUMP | This 1994 title character reunites with Jenny under a July4 Fireworks display |
| FILMSTAR | Maybe Marlon Brando seen on screen; direction by Tarantino, to begin with actor is disheartened (8) |
| LADIES | A youth that is first seen by the females |
| MORPH | Animated clay character first seen on the children's programme Take Hart in 1977 (5) |
| KISMET | First seen on Broadway in 1953, which musical is set in the times of The Arabian Nights? (6) |
| BIKINI | This two-piece swimsuit was first seen on Mediterranean beaches back in 1946 |
| SETPIECE | Fixed part for a fireworks display (3-5) |
| DUD | Disappointment in a fireworks display |
