A negative-working lithographic printing plate precursor that comprises: a substrate, a negative-working imageable layer disposed over the substrate, the negative-working imageable layer comprising a free radically polymerizable component, an initiator composition that is capable of generating free radicals upon exposure to imaging radiation, a radiation absorbing compound, and a polymeric binder, and an outermost water-soluble overcoat layer that is disposed directly on the negative-working imageable layer, the outermost water-soluble overcoat layer having a dry thickness (t), in μm, that is defined by the following equation (I): t = w / r wherein w is the dry coverage of the outermost water-soluble overcoat layer in g/m 2 , and r is 1 g/cm 3 , the outermost water-soluble overcoat layer comprising: one or more film-forming water-soluble polymeric binders, organic wax particles having an average largest dimension D(wax) of at least 0.08 μm and up to and including 0.8 μm and that is further defined by the following equation (III), which organic wax particles are present in an amount of at least 0.5 weight % and up to and including 10 weight %, based on the total dry outermost water-soluble overcoat layer weight: 0.06 times t ≤ D wax < 0.75 times t in μm , and non-wax matte particles having an average largest dimension D(matte) that defined by the following equation (II): 1.5 times t ≤ D matte ≤ 40 times t in μm . a substrate, a negative-working imageable layer disposed over the substrate, the negative-working imageable layer comprising a free radically polymerizable component, an initiator composition that is capable of generating free radicals upon exposure to imaging radiation, a radiation absorbing compound, and a polymeric binder, and an outermost water-soluble overcoat layer that is disposed directly on the negative-working imageable layer, the outermost water-soluble overcoat layer having a dry thickness (t), in μm, that is defined by the following equation (I): t = w / r wherein w is the dry coverage of the outermost water-soluble overcoat layer in g/m 2 , and r is 1 g/cm 3 , the outermost water-soluble overcoat layer comprising: one or more film-forming water-soluble polymeric binders, organic wax particles having an average largest dimension D(wax) of at least 0.08 μm and up to and including 0.8 μm and that is further defined by the following equation (III), which organic wax particles are present in an amount of at least 0.5 weight % and up to and including 10 weight %, based on the total dry outermost water-soluble overcoat layer weight: 0.06 times t ≤ D wax < 0.75 times t in μm , and non-wax matte particles having an average largest dimension D(matte) that defined by the following equation (II): 1.5 times t ≤ D matte ≤ 40 times t in μm . one or more film-forming water-soluble polymeric binders, organic wax particles having an average largest dimension D(wax) of at least 0.08 μm and up to and including 0.8 μm and that is further defined by the following equation (III), which organic wax particles are present in an amount of at least 0.5 weight % and up to and including 10 weight %, based on the total dry outermost water-soluble overcoat layer weight: 0.06 times t ≤ D wax < 0.75 times t in μm , and non-wax matte particles having an average largest dimension D(matte) that defined by the following equation (II): 1.5 times t ≤ D matte ≤ 40 times t in μm . <EOS>