| 100% | SHOT | 4 | John F Kennedy and Abraham Lincoln were both ___ by men with guns |
| 31% | USNAVY | 6 | John F. Kennedy and Jimmy Carter served in it |
| 31% | USS | 3 | Letters before John F. Kennedy and Constitution |
| 30% | DALLAS | 6 | City where John F. Kennedy was assassinated |
| 27% | SARONGS | 7 | Skirts worn by both men and women |
| 27% | COED | 4 | Like dorms with both men and women |
| 27% | ISLAND | 6 | Poem by John Donne: No Man is an __ |
| 27% | HAPPYXMAS | 9 | With 18 Across, optimistic carol by John Lennon and Yoko Ono |
| 26% | EDEN | 4 | Where "they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed" |
| 26% | HAKUNA | 6 | With 45-Down, Disney song written by Elton John and Tim Rice |
| 26% | MILLER | 6 | Lee __, who worked with Man Ray and was his muse |
| 26% | USS | 3 | Something that precedes Gerald R. Ford or John F. Kennedy, as far as the navy is concerned |
| 26% | ALAMO | 5 | 1960 historical film written and directed by John Wayne, with "The" |
| 25% | CRAFT | 5 | With 48-Down, room that might be stocked with construction paper and glue guns |
| 25% | SIXTEEN | 7 | With 44-Across, 1984 coming-of-age film written and directed by John Hughes |
| 25% | LION | 4 | "The ___ King" (Disney classic with music by Elton John and Tim Rice) |
| 25% | THEYMIGHT | 9 | With 43-Across, alternative rock band led by John Flansburgh and John Linnell: 2 wds. |
| 25% | RIO | 3 | With 21-Down, John Wayne western that was the last film directed by Howard Hawks |
| 25% | ROCKET | 6 | "___ Man," 1972 song by Elton John with an astronaut's vehicle in its title |
| 25% | JACQUELINE | 10 | John f. kennedy's wife |
| 25% | MICE | 4 | "Of ___ and Men," novel by American author John Steinbeck about two migrant ranch workers |
| 25% | DRWHO | 5 | Sci-fi classic with a main character played by 14 men and one woman |
| 24% | GOLDEN | 6 | "The Man with the ___ Gun," twelfth novel of Ian Fleming's James Bond series which was published in 1965 |
| 24% | DELLA | 5 | With 37-Across, "Touched by an Angel" actress who played a landlady on "Chico and the Man" |
| 24% | GEORGE | 6 | John F. Kennedy Jr.'s magazine |
| 24% | UNCLE | 5 | John F. Kennedy, to Maria Shriver |
| 24% | PROFILES | 8 | John F. Kennedy’s “___ in Courage” |
| 24% | PETSOUNDS | 9 | Classic 1966 album with the tracks "Wouldn't It Be Nice" and "Sloop John B" |
| 24% | CTRS | 4 | Kennedy and Lincoln: Abbr. |
| 24% | CROSSWORDESE | 12 | What this puzzle's capitalized clues are, both by definition and pun |