| BIGSIX | Group of civil rights activists that included John Lewis and Martin Luther King Jr. |
| DEPARTMENT | Nothing in carriage replaced by a group of civil servants |
| PHDS | Achievements of Henry Kissinger and Martin Luther King Jr., in brief |
| ONO | Plastic ___ Band (music group that included John Lennon) |
| MERCURYSEVEN | Early '60s group that included John Glenn |
| FREEDOMRIDES | Bus trips taken by John Lewis (1940-2020) and other civil rights activists in 1961 to protest segregation: 2 wds. |
| GAYS | Some civil rights activists |
| MALCOLMXRAYS | Civil rights activist's diagnostic pix? |
| TAKINGS | Thanks Billie Jean, and Martin Luther returns (7) |
| SEADOGS | Elizabeth I's band of swashbuckling privateers whose notable captains and explorers included John Davis, Francis Drake, Martin Frobisher, Humphrey Gilbert, Richard Grenville, John Hawkins and Walter R |
| SHELL | Outer layer of a bird's egg; or, a series of county guidebooks whose contributors included John Betjeman, Paul Nash and John Piper (5) |
| SNL | TV show that originally included John Belushi and Jane Curtin, for short |
| KENILWORTH | ____ Castle, fortification in Warwickshire whose owners included John of Gaunt and Henry V (10) |
| MAMACASS | Singer in a band that also included John Phillips and Denny Doherty (the "Papas") |
| ROSEANNE | Sitcom whose stars included John Goodman and Laurie Metcalf (8) |
| MEADOWLAND | Described in a nature book by farmer-and-writer John Lewis-Stempel, a traditional hay or grazing field forming part of the British rural landscape (10) |
| SPINGARNMEDAL | NAACP award that John Lewis won in 2002: 2 wds. |
| ADMIXING | Blend of John Lewis, say, with cake preparation before Christmas (8) |
| FISK | Nashville university attended by W.E.B. DuBois and John Lewis |
| OBAMA | He awarded John Lewis the Presidential Medal of Freedom (5) |
