Crossword clues for Independent __:INDEPENDENTFree.INDEPENDENCEGain after escaping a record contractINDEPENDENCE*Freedom from controlINDEPENDENTImportant type of voter.INDEPENDENTWhat India has become.INDEPENDENCEPhiladelphia hallINDEPENDENCEHighest-grossing movie of 1996INDEPENDENTSWhat this puzzle celebrates--or, homophonically, what our nation is celebratingINDEPENDENCEHST's plane.INDEPENDENCEDeclaration of July 4, 1776INDEPENDENCESee 36 AcrossINDEPENDENCEWhat the battle led to, for 37 AcrossINDEPENDENCESee 20 AcrossINDEPENDENCETruman's plane.INDEPENDENCEA day to remember.INDEPENDENTSelf-reliantINDEPENDENCESynonym for the first word in 20, 28 and 47-AcrossINDEPENDENTFreethinkingINDEPENDENCEDesire of 1776HALLIndependence ___ (building in which the Declaration of Independence was adopted)MENNon-gender-neutral word in the first sentence of the Declaration of IndependenceUNIJACKFlag that would've needed a redesign if Scotland had voted for independenceTHOMASJEFFERSONAuthor of the Declaration of IndependenceELNORTEFirst American independent movie to get a Best Original Screenplay nominationDUDIndependence Day no-show?IRANIts Independence Day is April 1 (no foolin')LEBIndependent nat. since 11/26/41LETATCESTMAUIFrench declaration after a Hawaiian island declares independence?CHADIts Independence Day is August 11UTNEMagazine with an Independent Press AwardUFOSIndependence Day sightsALONEIndependentlyMIGUEL___ Hidalgo, priest who led the Mexican War of IndependenceWHENINDeclaration of Independence startSIGNEESThe Declaration of Independence's 56BASSThe slap ___ in 'Seinfeld' wasn't recorded on a ___ (devastating "Independent" headline)UTNEMagazine with an annual Independent Press AwardsSELFMADEIndependently successfulCOLONYPre-independence stateONONES__ own (independent)JULYTHETHIRDIndependence Day prequel?SYRIAIt gained independence from France in 1944NAURUWorld's smallest independent republicLEEDeclaration of Independence signer Richard Henry ___MONACOWorld's second-smallest independent stateUHURURobert Ruark novel about Kenyan independenceHAITISecond Western Hemisphere nation (after the U.S.) to achieve independenceTWOSBills depicting Trumbull's "Declaration of Independence"KEYSIGNATUREJohn Hancock on the Declaration of Independence?CITIESSurprise and Independence, e.g.