| 100% | LETFREEDOMRING | 14 | Repeated phrase in Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech |
| 92% | LETFREEDOMRING | 14 | Repeated phrase in Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech |
| 61% | FREEATLAST | 10 | Final words of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech |
| 55% | FREEATLAST | 10 | Spiritual referenced in King's "I Have a Dream" speech |
| 55% | 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 |
| 55% | FREEATLAST | 10 | Spiritual lyric quoted in King's "I Have a Dream" speech |
| 55% | FREEATLAST | 10 | Spiritual cited aspirationally in King's "I Have a Dream" speech |
| 52% | ODETTA | 6 | She sang at the march where Martin Luther King Jr. made his "I Have a Dream" speech |
| 51% | WASHINGTONDC | 12 | City where Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech and where his national memorial is located (2 wds.) |
| 48% | DREAM | 5 | "I Have a ___" (Martin Luther King, Jr. speech) |
| 48% | DREAM | 5 | "I Have a ___" (Martin Luther King Jr. speech) |
| 46% | WASHINGTON | 10 | March on ___, one of the largest rallies for human rights where Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his historic "I Have a Dream" speech |
| 45% | DREAM | 5 | “I Have a ___” (famed speech by Martin Luther King, Jr.) |
| 43% | FREEATLAST | 10 | Final words of MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech |
| 43% | IHAVE | 5 | "___ a Dream" (Martin Luther King speech): 2 wds. |
| 42% | HAVE | 4 | "I ___ a dream..." (famous speech by Martin Luther King, Jr.) |
| 41% | KINGSMENTION | 12 | Passing reference in the "I Have a Dream" speech? |
| 40% | PHD | 3 | Martin Luther King Jr. had one in theology from Boston University |
| 40% | MLK | 3 | "I Have a Dream" speech giver: Abbr. |
| 38% | MLK | 3 | He delivered the "I have a dream ..." speech: Abbr. |
| 38% | MLK | 3 | He delivered the "I Have a Dream" speech: Abbr. |
| 38% | MLK | 3 | Rev. who delivered the "I have a dream" speech |
| 38% | DRKING | 6 | Deliverer of the "I Have a Dream" speech, informally |
| 38% | THISLITTLEPIGGY | 15 | Repeated phrase in a children's verse |
| 37% | IHAVEADREAM | 11 | Repeated phrase in 38-Across's speech at the 17-Across |
| 36% | IHAVE | 5 | "___ a dream": Martin Luther King Jr. |
| 36% | MLK | 3 | Initials of the civil rights leader who gave the "I have a dream" speech |
| 36% | IHAVE | 5 | “___ a dream” (Martin Luther King Jr.) |
| 36% | HAVE | 4 | "I ___ a dream ..." (quote by Martin Luther King Jr.) |
| 35% | DREAM | 5 | Martin Luther King had one |