| 100% | FBI | 3 | Law-enforcement agcy. that led a smear campaign against the voting-rights activist Viola Liuzzo following her murder in 1965 |
| 22% | LAPD | 4 | First law enforcement org. in the U.S. to hire a female officer (1910) |
| 22% | JUDITHHEUMANN | 13 | Leading disability rights activist in the 2020 documentary "Crip Camp" |
| 22% | ANN | 3 | Jo ___ Robinson, civil rights activist who was a central figure in the Montgomery bus boycott |
| 22% | THETORTURED | 11 | With 35-Across, 2024 album that led to a new era in the Eras Tour |
| 22% | HINT | 4 | Nudge that points a guesser in the right direction |
| 22% | LAPD | 4 | Law enforcement agcy. in SoCal |
| 22% | EVE | 3 | She raps "Who's That Girl?" in the "She-Hulk: Attorney at Law" credits |
| 22% | LSITS | 5 | Core-strengthening poses that hold the body in a right-angle shape |
| 21% | SELMA | 5 | Alabama city that was the starting point of a 1965 Civil Rights march |
| 21% | WEI | 3 | ___ Jingsheng, human rights activist now in the USA, who spent 18 years jailed as a Chinese political prisoner |
| 21% | MEDGAREVERS | 11 | Civil rights activist who was a posthumous recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2024: 2 wds. |
| 21% | STACEYABRAMS | 12 | Voting rights activist who writes legal thrillers such as 14-Across under her own name and romance novels under the pen name Selena Montgomery (2 wds.) |
| 21% | ROLEMODEL | 9 | A person that is often looked at as someone to follow in the footsteps of : 2 wds. |
| 21% | FINNEY | 6 | Albert —, Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for Murder on the Orient Express |
| 21% | SATISFACTION | 12 | Word following the parenthetical "(I Can't Get No)" in a 1965 Rolling Stones song title |
| 21% | CLUB | 4 | "Crying in the ___," song by Camila Cabello that was her debut single as a solo artist |
| 21% | ERA | 3 | Pitching statistic that Shane Bieber led the league in last year, with a 1.63: Abbr. |
| 21% | LITTLE | 6 | "___ Nightmares," horror video game series that follows the journey of a girl in a yellow raincoat |
| 20% | SHERIFF | 7 | Chief law-enforcement officer in a county in the US |
| 20% | THEREDMENACE | 12 | "Flora ___," a 1965 musical in which 18a made her Broadway debut in the title role: 3 wds. |
| 20% | IMPEACHMENT | 11 | Procedure against a government official in the UK first recorded in 1376 that last occurred in 1806 |
| 20% | THINGS | 6 | "Stranger ___," sci-fi show starring Millie Bobby Brown that follows a group of friends in the '80s |
| 20% | PRINCEON | 8 | Notification that the "Purple Rain" rocker is performing right now? (going from a school in New Jersey ...) |
| 20% | NEEDFULTHINGS | 13 | Stephen King novel featuring a shop that always has exactly the right items in stock (2 wds.) |
| 20% | SHORT | 5 | Martin ___, "Only Murders in the Building" actor who was nominated for the 2022 Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series |
| 20% | SELMA | 5 | 2014 film about the voting rights march of 1965 |
| 20% | STATE | 5 | Golden ___ Warriors, team against which LeBron James led Cleveland Cavaliers to a win in the 2016 NBA finals |
| 20% | NAIR | 4 | Company that in 1975, debuted the "Short Shorts" advertising campaign which went on to win a Clio Award |
| 20% | SMOG | 4 | Fog that has combined with excessive smoke in the air, often leading to a lot of lung diseases |