| 100% | DIETOFWORMS | 11 | 1521: Martin Luther responds to charges of heresy before the ___, accelerating the Protestant Reformation |
| 35% | ECK | 3 | Opponent of Luther during the Protestant Reformation |
| 34% | LUTHER | 6 | Martin —, German leader of the Protestant Reformation who died in 1546 |
| 34% | THESES | 6 | Martin Luther posted 95 to start the Reformation |
| 30% | LUTHER | 6 | Martin __ started the Protestant Reformation |
| 30% | LUTHER | 6 | Martin __, helped birth the Protestant reformation |
| 30% | PLED | 4 | Responded to charges before a judge |
| 29% | PAPISTS | 7 | Opponents of the Protestant Reformation |
| 27% | WEEP | 4 | Respond to the end of "Titanic," I suppose |
| 27% | HERESY | 6 | Charge against Martin Luther, Joan of Arc, and Galileo |
| 27% | OFFICIATE | 9 | To act as the person in charge of sporting events |
| 27% | NATIONALMALL | 12 | Site of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial |
| 26% | 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 |
| 26% | RIOT | 4 | "Language of the unheard," per Martin Luther King Jr. |
| 26% | ODETTA | 6 | Martin Luther King, Jr., called her the “Queen of American Folk Music” |
| 26% | STONE | 5 | “The ___ of Hope” (centerpiece of the Martin Luther King, Jr., memorial) |
| 26% | TIME | 4 | Magazine that named Martin Luther King Jr. "Person of the Year" for 1963 |
| 26% | UKE | 3 | The art of being able to respond to an oncoming attack in Judo |
| 25% | QUO | 3 | "Every society has its protectors of the status ___": Martin Luther King Jr. |
| 25% | LUTHERAN | 8 | One subject to a religious ban from the 1521 Edict of Worms |
| 25% | CRAM | 4 | Try to do a semester's worth of studying right before the exam |
| 25% | AMEN | 4 | Word repeated before the chorus of Hozier's hit "Take Me to Church" |
| 25% | AUTUMNAL | 8 | Relating to the period of the year before winter |
| 24% | UNO | 3 | Game where you try to get rid of your cards before the other players |
| 24% | DIAL | 4 | Word before "up" to mean a form of internet access used in the '90s |
| 24% | INQUISITION | 11 | The —, judicial institution of the Roman Catholic Church founded to suppress heresy |
| 24% | MONTGOMERYBUS | 13 | ___ Boycott, protest campaign in which Martin Luther King Jr. was one of the key leaders: 2 wds. |
| 24% | MORAL | 5 | “The arc of the ___ universe is long, but it bends toward justice”: Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| 24% | ARIZONA | 7 | "By the Time I get to ___," 1991 song by Public Enemy honoring Martin Luther King Jr. |
| 24% | IHAVEADREAM | 11 | Informal title of the famous speech delivered by Martin Luther King Jr. in 1963 (4 wds.) |