"Independence Day" Pulitzer Prize winner whose novel 47-Across was adapted into a film by 14-Across (2 wds.) Crossword Clue

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"Independence Day" Pulitzer Prize winner whose novel 47-Across was adapted into a film by 14-Across (2 wds.) Crossword Answer

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INDEPENDENCE (noun)
1. freedom from control or influence of another or others
2. a city in western Missouri; the beginning of the Santa Fe Trail

More Daily Pop Crossword (7/19/2026) Answers

Across

1. Schedule placeholder (Abbr.)

4. Chile's neighbor to the north

8. Comfortable shoe, for short

11. Extended story line

12. "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" writer/illustrator Carle

13. Actress Ortiz of "Ugly Betty"

14. "The Batman" and "12 Years a Slave" actor who co-wrote, directed, and produced 47-Across (2 wds.)

16. Say no to

18. Well ventilated

19. Vitamin retailer letters

21. Holding hands at the mall, for short

22. Caught in a trap

25. "You cheated!" (2 wds.)

27. Bygone Apple music gadget

29. Like the green tomatoes in a Fannie Flagg title

33. Submarine detector

34. "Woman Last ___ in Her Thirties" (Camille Pagán novel)

35. Russian physiologist Ivan who worked with dogs

37. Prickly plant

41. "My Point ... And ___ Have One" (Ellen DeGeneres book) (2 wds.)

42. S.E. Hinton's "That Was Then, This Is ___"

44. Military base truant (Abbr.)

45. Either protagonist in Curtis Sittenfeld's novel "Sisterland"

47. Film set in Montana starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Carey Mulligan

50. Post-op stop (Abbr.)

51. Biblical garden

52. "Talking as Fast as I ___" (memoir by "Gilmore Girls" actress Lauren Graham)

53. Live Grateful Dead album "Without a ___"

54. 'Star Wars' princess

55. Update from a rideshare driver, for short

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Down

1. Spanish food served on small plates

2. Pinky's "Animaniacs" partner

3. Honda luxury brand

4. Crosswalk user, briefly

5. Period of time often named for a president

6. J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Fellowship of the ___"

7. East Coast home of the NCAA's Huskies (Abbr.)

8. "___ Max: Fury Road"

9. Poker hand that beats an ace (2 wds.)

10. Like some Thanksgiving yams

15. Relating to a song's words

17. Fabric store measurement

20. "___ Will Make You Black" (April Sinclair novel)

23. "I Feel Bad About My Neck" writer Nora

24. 1949 film noir about a man investigating his own murder

26. "Full ___ With Samantha Bee" (former TBS talk show)

28. Many characters on "The Pitt": Abbr.

30. Victory away from home (2 wds.)

31. Bill of sale

32. Cub Scout group

33. "___ it out!" ("Tell me!")

36. A, E, I, O, or U (and sometimes Y)

38. Ian Fleming's "You Only Live ___"

39. Diet food label, informally (Hyph.)

40. Disney princess from Avalor

43. "___ Sargasso Sea" (Jean Rhys novel)

46. Pecan or almond

48. Floral necklace

49. Genetic material, briefly

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