| 100% | FEWER | 5 | "The ___ the words, the better the prayer": Martin Luther |
| 51% | AMEN | 4 | Word to end the prayer |
| 50% | BONJOUR | 7 | The French word for good day |
| 48% | AMEN | 4 | Word at the end of the Lord's Prayer |
| 47% | AMEN | 4 | Word at the end of prayer |
| 47% | AMENS | 5 | Words at the ends of prayers |
| 45% | BETTER | 6 | The word between the sequence good and best |
| 45% | THESES | 6 | Martin Luther posted 95 to start the Reformation |
| 45% | AMEN | 4 | Word said at the end of a prayer |
| 45% | AMEN | 4 | Word said at the end of many prayers |
| 44% | STINKSTANKSTUNK | 15 | "The three words that best describe" the Grinch, in song |
| 44% | OUR | 3 | Word said four times in the Lord's Prayer |
| 44% | OUR | 3 | First word of the Lord's Prayer |
| 44% | AMEN | 4 | Final word of the Lord's Prayer |
| 44% | AMEN | 4 | Last word of the Lord's Prayer |
| 44% | THY | 3 | Ninth word of the Lord's Prayer |
| 44% | OUR | 3 | First word in the Lord's prayer |
| 44% | BONMOT | 6 | Good word across the sea |
| 44% | QUO | 3 | "Every society has its protectors of the status ___": Martin Luther King Jr. |
| 44% | AMEN | 4 | Word said at the end of Grace, or any prayer |
| 43% | NATIONALMALL | 12 | Site of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial |
| 43% | OURFATHER | 9 | First two words of the Lord's Prayer |
| 43% | THY | 3 | Ninth word of the Lord's Prayer, traditionally |
| 43% | AMEN | 4 | Concluding word recited at the end of prayer |
| 43% | ABLE | 4 | First word in the well-known Napoleonic palindrome |
| 43% | 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 |
| 43% | LACK | 4 | "For the ___ of a better word..." |
| 43% | AMEN | 4 | Prayer concluding word at the end |
| 43% | SPEECH | 6 | Martin Luther King, Jr.,’s “Give Us the Ballot,” for one |
| 43% | DEPARTED | 8 | The —, 2006 Martin Scorsese film drama; 2007 Best Picture Oscar winner |