| IDLEWILD | International airport renamed in honour of John F Kennedy in 1963 (8) |
| NEWAMSTERDAM | Dutch settlement at the southern tip of Manhattan Island renamed in honour of the Duke of York in 1664 (3,9) |
| LYNDONBJOHNSON | US vice president who became president upon the death of John F. Kennedy in 1963: 3 wds. |
| OSWALD | Lee Harvey _, US Marine veteran who assassinated John F Kennedy in 1963 (6) |
| BERLINER | Identity claimed by John F Kennedy in June 1963? (8) |
| CAROLINE | Who is the only surviving child of John F Kennedy? (8) |
| LEEHARVEYOSWALD | Former U.S. marine and assassin of John F. Kennedy in Dallas in 1963 (3,6,6) |
| AIRSTRIP | Maybe part of John F. Kennedy's uniform on display (8) |
| CARJACKS | A Kennedy in motorcade takes Ford by surprise? (8) |
| AFFIRMATIVE | Term for positive discrimination first used in the US in an Executive Order signed by President John F Kennedy in 1961 (11,6) |
| ACTION | Term for positive discrimination first used in the US in an Executive Order signed by President John F Kennedy in 1961 (11,6) |
| MARILYNMONROE | Actress and singer who sang Happy Birthday to President John F. Kennedy in New York in 1962 (7,6) |
| MASSACHUSETTS | U.S. state once represented by John F. Kennedy in the Senate (13) |
| EARLWARREN | Chief Justice of the United States from 1953-69; chair of the commission that investigated the assassination of John F Kennedy |
| JEAN | Sister of John F Kennedy who was US ambassador to Ireland in the 1990s (4) |
| LYNDONJOHNSON | Who became president of the US on the assassination of John F. Kennedy? (6,7) |
| EIN | "Ich bin ___ Berliner" (declaration made by Kennedy in 1963) |
| LADYINRED | Jean Hill, witness to the assassination of John F Kennedy, was known as the ____ |
| JOHNSON | Lyndon B _ succeeded to the United States presidency following the assassination of John F Kennedy (7) |
| FROST | Robert __, poet who performed at the inauguration of John F Kennedy (5) |
