| 100% | BAPTISTS | 8 | Martin Luther King Jr. and others |
| 73% | MON | 3 | When Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Columbus Day are celebrated: Abbr. |
| 69% | PHDS | 4 | Condoleezza Rice and Martin Luther King Jr., for two |
| 68% | RANEE | 5 | Brooklyn-born jazz songstress ___ Lee, recipient of the Martin Luther King Jr. Achievement Award and the Order of Canada |
| 66% | ATLANTA | 7 | Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthplace |
| 66% | SOUTHERNBAPTIST | 15 | Martin Luther King Jr., e.g. |
| 66% | ORATOR | 6 | Martin Luther King Jr., for one |
| 66% | BAPTISTMINISTER | 15 | Martin Luther King Jr., e.g. |
| 66% | DREAM | 5 | Martin Luther King Jr. had one |
| 66% | ATLANTAN | 8 | Martin Luther King Jr., for one |
| 66% | WASHINGTONDC | 12 | City where Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech and where his national memorial is located (2 wds.) |
| 65% | JAN | 3 | Martin Luther King Jr. Day month (Abbr.) |
| 65% | IHAVEADREAM | 11 | Martin Luther King Jr.: August 28, 1963 |
| 64% | IHAVE | 5 | "___ a dream": Martin Luther King Jr. |
| 64% | DAY | 3 | Follower of Martin Luther King Jr. |
| 64% | PHDS | 4 | Achievements of Henry Kissinger and Martin Luther King Jr., in brief |
| 63% | LIE | 3 | "A ___ cannot live": Martin Luther King Jr. |
| 63% | REV | 3 | Title for Martin Luther King Jr. (Abbr.) |
| 63% | REV | 3 | Martin Luther King, Jr.'s title: Abbr. |
| 63% | RIGHTS | 6 | Cause championed by Martin Luther King Jr. |
| 63% | HATRED | 6 | It "paralyzes life," per Martin Luther King Jr. |
| 63% | LIE | 3 | "No ___ can live forever": Martin Luther King Jr. |
| 63% | NATIONALMALL | 12 | Site of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial |
| 63% | NOBEL | 5 | ___ Peace Prize, award for Martin Luther King Jr. |
| 63% | 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 |
| 62% | PHD | 3 | Martin Luther King Jr. had one in theology from Boston University |
| 62% | OPENLETTER | 10 | Martin Luther King Jr.'s message from Birmingham Jail, for one |
| 62% | RIOT | 4 | "Language of the unheard," per Martin Luther King Jr. |
| 62% | ATLANTAGEORGIA | 14 | Birth city of Martin Luther King Jr. (2 wds.) |
| 62% | RIOTS | 5 | Responses of "the unheard," per Martin Luther King Jr. |