| 100% | WHISTLEBLOWER | 13 | One protected by the Intelligence Authorization Act and the Inspector General Act of 1978, for example |
| 36% | LGBTQRIGHTS | 11 | Freedoms protected by the Equality Act, and an apt title for this puzzle? |
| 34% | USOC | 4 | The Amateur Sports Act of 1978 established this body, responsible for entering and overseeing teams in international competition |
| 31% | ERAS | 4 | The Napoleonic and Victorian periods of history, for example |
| 30% | MEN | 3 | One of the signs on a bathroom door, for example |
| 30% | BRITS | 5 | Inventors of linoleum and the A.T.M., for example |
| 30% | MYTH | 4 | The story of Orpheus and Eurydice, for example |
| 30% | PIP | 3 | One of the clubs on a 7 of clubs, for example |
| 30% | EXCHANGE | 8 | The act of giving one thing and receiving another |
| 30% | FRO | 3 | One subject of the antidiscrimination CROWN Act, for short |
| 30% | PHILS | 5 | The first names of Collins and Dunphy, for example: Plural |
| 30% | MASCOTS | 7 | Prowl and Sparky of the WNBA, for example |
| 29% | PAIR | 4 | The queen of hearts and the queen of spades, for example |
| 29% | MOUSE | 5 | Jerry of the "Tom and Jerry" cartoons, for example |
| 29% | ORPHAN | 6 | James of "James and the Giant Peach," for one |
| 29% | ZEUGMA | 6 | Figure of speech exemplified by "You held your breath and the door for me" |
| 29% | TOLLS | 5 | "For Whom the Bell ___," novel by Ernest Hemingway, set in the Spanish Civil War and is regarded as one of his best works |
| 29% | ELVES | 5 | Galadriel and Legolas in "The Lord of the Rings," for example |
| 29% | RIB | 3 | One of the bones protecting the heart and lungs |
| 29% | SONATA | 6 | One of three written for the piano by Chopin |
| 29% | MALCOLMX | 8 | One of the inspirations for Magneto and Erik Killmonger |
| 28% | DEM | 3 | Rule by the people, for the people and of the people: ___ocracy |
| 28% | TSUNDOKU | 8 | Japanese term for the act of buying books and never reading them |
| 28% | ABBA | 4 | Rock and Roll Hall of Famers honored by the tribute act Björn Again |
| 28% | ESSAY | 5 | One of 51 written by Alexander Hamilton for the Federalist Papers |
| 28% | DENG | 4 | Time's Man of the Year for 1978 and 1985 |
| 27% | RILLES | 6 | The Moon's Vallis Schroteri in Oceanus Procellarum and Rima Ariadaeus, west of Mare Tranquillitatis, for example |
| 27% | SIGNS | 5 | Touches one's chin and moves the hand down to say "Thank you," for example |
| 27% | NICKELODEON | 11 | Channel for the character named by the ends of 18-, 24-, 52- and 59-Across |
| 27% | GOP | 3 | Political gp. founded 1854 by opponents of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, for short |