| LYNDONBJOHNSON | US vice president who became president upon the death of John F. Kennedy in 1963: 3 wds. |
| CALVINCOOLIDGE | US vice president who became president upon the death of Warren Harding in 1923: 2 wds. |
| JOHNFKENNEDY | 35th US president for whom a New York City airport was renamed in 1963: 3 wds. |
| HARRYS | With 40-Across US vice president who became president upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1945: 2 wds. |
| IDLEWILD | International airport renamed in honour of John F Kennedy in 1963 (8) |
| OSWALD | Lee Harvey _, US Marine veteran who assassinated John F Kennedy in 1963 (6) |
| TYLER | He was the first vice president to become president upon the death of the chief executive (#10, 1841 |
| LEEHARVEYOSWALD | Former U.S. marine and assassin of John F. Kennedy in Dallas in 1963 (3,6,6) |
| LYNDONJOHNSON | Who became president of the US on the assassination of John F. Kennedy? (6,7) |
| ORLEANS | Duc d' -; title upon the death of his uncle Gaston of Philippe I who was the younger brother of the Sun King and bought Chateau de Saint- Cloud for 240,000 livres in 1658(7) |
| 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) |
| QUAYLE | US Vice President who became chairman of a major private equity firm after leaving office.(last name) (6) |
| EARLWARREN | Chief Justice of the United States from 1953-69; chair of the commission that investigated the assassination of John F Kennedy |
| MARILYNMONROE | Actress and singer who sang Happy Birthday to President John F. Kennedy in New York in 1962 (7,6) |
| JEAN | Sister of John F Kennedy who was US ambassador to Ireland in the 1990s (4) |
| WHO | Brian Hodgson, who lives in Norfolk, created the Dalek voices for "Doctor in 1963 (3) |
| EDWARDVI | King at the age of nine upon the death of his father, Henry VIII (6,1,1) |
| RFK | Deliverer of a noted speech upon the death of Martin Luther King Jr. (4/4/1968), in brief |
| JOHNSON | Lyndon B. --- succeeded to the US presidency following the assassination of John F Kennedy (7) |
