| 100% | MLKJR | 5 | "I have a dream" civil rights leader, for short: 2 wds. |
| 62% | MLK | 3 | "I have a dream" civil rights leader's initials |
| 59% | MLKJR | 5 | Civil rights leader honored in January, for short: 2 wds. |
| 54% | MLK | 3 | Civil rights leader with a January holiday, for short |
| 52% | MALCOLMX | 8 | Civil rights leader played by Denzel Washington in a 1992 biopic: 2 wds. |
| 50% | MLK | 3 | "I have a dream" orator, for short |
| 50% | MLK | 3 | Initials of the civil rights leader who gave the "I have a dream" speech |
| 50% | MLK | 3 | Civil rights leader who "had a dream": Abbr. |
| 50% | FOLKSONGS | 9 | "If I Had a Hammer" and "This Land Is Your Land," for two: 2 wds. |
| 48% | TOGO | 4 | "Can I have a coffee ___?" (for takeout): 2 wds. |
| 48% | CESARCHAVEZ | 11 | Civil rights leader, played by Michael Peña in a 2014 biopic, who received a Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1994: 2 wds |
| 47% | DOLORESHUERTA | 13 | Civil rights leader, played by Rosario Dawson in the 18-Across biopic, who received a Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012: 2 wds. |
| 46% | MLK | 3 | American civil rights activist famous for the speech, "I have A Dream": Abbr |
| 45% | JOHNLEWIS | 9 | Civil rights leader who helped lead the Selma marches: 2 wds. |
| 44% | STPAT | 5 | Irish figure who has a holiday in March, for short: 2 wds. |
| 44% | ISEE | 4 | "Ooh, may ___?" ("Let me have a look"): 2 wds. |
| 43% | MLK | 3 | Initials of the civil rights leader who has a US holiday |
| 43% | MALCOLMX | 8 | Civil rights leader who also went by el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz: 2 wds. |
| 43% | ROSAPARKS | 9 | Civil rights leader who was awarded the NAACP's Spingarn Medal in 1979: 2 wds. |
| 42% | JOHNLEWIS | 9 | Politician and civil rights leader who was awarded the Spingarn Medal in 2002: 2 wds. |
| 41% | DAVIDOYELOWO | 12 | British-Nigerian actor who played American civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., in "Selma": 2 wds. |
| 41% | MALCOLMX | 8 | African-American civil rights leader who is celebrated annually on the third Friday of May: 2 wds. |
| 40% | BIGNEWS | 7 | "I have a major announcement!": 2 wds. |
| 40% | PETESEEGER | 10 | "If I Had a Hammer" folk singer who received the Woody Guthrie Prize in 2014: 2 wds. |
| 40% | TAKEFIVE | 8 | Have a short break (2 wds.) |
| 40% | ADEPTAT | 7 | Having a talent for (2 wds.) |
| 39% | WASHINGTONDC | 12 | City where Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech and where his national memorial is located (2 wds.) |
| 39% | MEDGAREVERS | 11 | Civil rights activist who was a posthumous recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2024: 2 wds. |
| 38% | CALVINHARRIS | 12 | Scottish EDM DJ who had a 2016 hit with "This Is What You Came For": 2 wds. |
| 38% | JACKWAGNER | 10 | "General Hospital" star who had a top 10 hit with "All I Need" in 1984: 2 wds. |