| 100% | BEEN | 4 | "I've ___ to the mountaintop" (Martin Luther King, Jr.) |
| 69% | FREEATLAST | 10 | Final words of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech ... or a hint to the endings of 17-, 24-, 39- and 49-Across |
| 64% | JACKSON | 7 | Samuel L. ___, "Pulp Fiction" actor who played Martin Luther King Jr. in the 2011 stage production "Mountaintop" |
| 62% | SPEECH | 6 | Martin Luther King, Jr.,’s “Give Us the Ballot,” for one |
| 61% | ODETTA | 6 | Martin Luther King, Jr., called her the “Queen of American Folk Music” |
| 60% | TIME | 4 | Magazine that named Martin Luther King Jr. "Person of the Year" for 1963 |
| 59% | ARIZONA | 7 | "By the Time I get to ___," 1991 song by Public Enemy honoring Martin Luther King Jr. |
| 59% | WINFIELD | 8 | Paul ___, "Sounder" actor who played Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1978 TV miniseries "King" |
| 59% | JEFFREY | 7 | ___ Wright, "Westworld" actor who played Martin Luther King Jr. in the 2001 TV film "Boycott" |
| 59% | JEFFREYWRIGHT | 13 | "Westworld" actor who played Martin Luther King Jr. in the 2001 TV movie "Boycott" (2 wds.) |
| 58% | NATIONALMALL | 12 | Site of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial |
| 58% | MONTGOMERYBUS | 13 | ___ Boycott, protest campaign in which Martin Luther King Jr. was one of the key leaders: 2 wds. |
| 57% | HAVE | 4 | "I ___ a dream ..." (quote by Martin Luther King Jr.) |
| 57% | YOBA | 4 | Malik ___, "New York Undercover" actor who played Martin Luther King Jr. in the 2013 TV film "Betty & Coretta" |
| 57% | ANTHONYMACKIE | 13 | "Avengers: Endgame" actor who played Martin Luther King Jr. in the 2016 TV movie "All the Way" (2 wds.) |
| 57% | CLIFTONPOWELL | 13 | "Saints & Sinners" actor who played Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1999 TV movie "Selma, Lord, Selma" (2 wds.) |
| 55% | ATLANTA | 7 | Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthplace |
| 55% | SOUTHERNBAPTIST | 15 | Martin Luther King Jr., e.g. |
| 55% | ORATOR | 6 | Martin Luther King Jr., for one |
| 55% | BAPTISTMINISTER | 15 | Martin Luther King Jr., e.g. |
| 55% | DREAM | 5 | Martin Luther King Jr. had one |
| 55% | BAPTISTS | 8 | Martin Luther King Jr. and others |
| 55% | ATLANTAN | 8 | Martin Luther King Jr., for one |
| 55% | BEEN | 4 | "I've ___ to the Mountaintop" |
| 55% | LETFREEDOMRING | 14 | Repeated phrase in Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech |
| 55% | FREEATLAST | 10 | Final words of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech |
| 55% | RIOT | 4 | "Language of the unheard," per Martin Luther King Jr. |
| 54% | RIOTS | 5 | Responses of "the unheard," per Martin Luther King Jr. |
| 54% | JAN | 3 | Martin Luther King Jr. Day month (Abbr.) |
| 54% | IHAVEADREAM | 11 | Martin Luther King Jr.: August 28, 1963 |