| JOHNGLENN | First American to make an orbital space flight (February 20, 1962): 2 wds. |
| THE | See 19/20. 1962 film about the D-Day landings (3,7,3) |
| MIR | Soviet space station launched on February 20, 1986 as a successor to the earlier Salyut programme (3) |
| INCUS | Metal element tipped by American to make anvil (so we hear) (5) |
| BEACON | Be against employing American to make a warning signal (6) |
| HOTPOTATO | Dish, American, to make controversial issue (3,6) |
| NEWYEAR | Chinese --- ---, festival beginning on the day of the New Moon that appears between January 21 and February 20 (3,4) |
| EDWARD | Henry VIII and Jane Seymour's son who was crowned at the age of nine on February 20, 1547 (6) |
| YURIGAGARIN | First person to make an orbital space flight (April 12, 1961): 2 wds. |
| YURI | ___ Gagarin (first person to make an orbital space flight) [1934-68] |
| RIDE | First woman to take part in an orbital space mission, Sally |
| DIAHANNCARROLL | First Black performer to win a Tony Award for Lead Actress in a Musical for No Strings in 1962: 2 wds. |
| GILHODGES | Future Miracle Mets manager who hit the first New York Mets homer (1962): 2 wds. |
| JIMIHENDRIX | Purple Haze singer who served in the US Army from 1961 to 1962: 2 wds. |
| OHIO | Home of the first man to walk on the moon, the first American to orbit Earth and the first American woman to walk in space |
| MICKEYMANTLE | Switch-hitter who hit his 400th home run as a Yankee on 9/10/1962: 2 wds. |
| MICKJAGGER | Singer in the Rolling Stones since 1962: 2 wds. |
| KEITHRICHARDS | Guitarist in the Rolling Stones since 1962: 2 wds. |
| THELOCOMOTION | Little Eva hit of 1962: 2 wds. |
| ALANSHEPARD | Test pilot who was the first American to travel into space, in 1961: 2 wds. |
