| Its Independence Day is August 11 | 33 |
| It might be dimpled in Florida | 30 |
| It may have a dimple | 20 |
| It could have been pregnant in Florida | 38 |
| It could be pregnant only in Florida | 36 |
| Hanger-on at the polls? | 23 |
| Hanger-on at the 2000 polls? | 28 |
| Hanger that caused a hang-up in the 2000 election | 49 |
| Fort-Lamy's land | 20 |
| Former French colony in central Africa | 38 |
| Football's Ochocinco | 24 |
| Famed political hanger-on | 25 |
| Everett of TV and films | 23 |
| ESPN poker commentator Norman __ | 32 |
| Election hanger-on? | 19 |
| Drummer Smith | 13 |
| Data card debris | 16 |
| Dangling piece from Florida's infamous "butterfly ballot" | 71 |
| Dangler of note in 2000 | 23 |
| Country south of Libya | 22 |
| Controversial hanging thing in 2000 | 35 |
| Controversial hanger | 20 |
| Central Africa's Lake ___ | 29 |
| Bit of an election controversy? | 31 |
| Ballot punchout | 15 |
| Ballot hanger | 13 |
| Ballot dangler | 14 |
| Ballot card debris | 18 |
| Ballot bit | 10 |
| Allan of The Guess Who | 22 |
| African nation or boy's name | 32 |
| Africa's Lake ___, body of water in four countries | 54 |
| Actor Everett from South Bend | 29 |
| Actor ___ Everett | 17 |
| 2000 election concern | 21 |
| "Hanging" 2000 election concern | 41 |
| Punched-out pieces | 18 |
| Sources of a 2000 ballot controversy | 36 |
| Ballot fallout | 14 |
| Actor Everett et al. | 20 |
| What the theme of this puzzle brings to mind | 44 |
| Waste of an election? | 21 |
| Waste at the polls | 18 |
| They might be left hanging | 26 |
| They hang around ballot boxes | 29 |
| They get punched out | 20 |
| Punched-out parts of paper ballots | 34 |
| Problems in the 2000 election | 29 |
| Paper ballot waste | 18 |
| Little bits in 2000 news | 24 |
| Controversial danglers | 22 |
| Controversial 2000 election issue | 33 |
| Bush v. Gore matters | 20 |
| Bits hanging from ballots | 25 |
| Ballot parts that may be hanging | 32 |
| Ballot detritus | 15 |
| 2000 polling place litter | 25 |
| "Hanging" problems in the 2000 election | 49 |
| "Bush v. Gore" thingies | 33 |
| Fret | 4 |
| Abrade | 6 |
| Cause friction | 14 |
| Make sore by rubbing | 20 |
| Rub roughly | 11 |
| Rub raw | 7 |
| Wear away by rubbing | 20 |
| Rub against | 11 |
| Make sore | 9 |
| Abrade by rubbing | 17 |
| Skin abrasion | 13 |
| Rub irritatingly | 16 |
| Roughen and redden | 18 |
| Overstarched collar problem | 27 |
| Irritate, like a skin-tight Spider-Man costume | 46 |
| Irritate, in a way | 18 |
| Vexed | 5 |
| Rubbed the wrong way | 20 |
| Rubbed raw | 10 |
| Rubbed | 6 |
| Abraded by rubbing | 18 |
| Vexed or rubbed | 15 |
| Grew impatient | 14 |
| Grain husks | 11 |
| Worthless matter | 16 |
| Wheat waste | 11 |
| Tease playfully | 15 |
| Threshing byproduct | 19 |
| Tease good-naturedly | 20 |
| Husks | 5 |
| Worthless part | 14 |
| Threshing debris | 16 |
| It's separated from wheat | 29 |
| Winnowing waste | 15 |
| Threshing throwaway | 19 |
| Threshing refuse | 16 |
| Threshing leftovers | 19 |
| Thresher's husks of wheat | 29 |
| Separate the wheat from the __ | 30 |
| Leftovers from threshing | 24 |
| Harvest leavings | 16 |