| 100% | LHO | 3 | Monogram linked to JFK and JLR in 1963 |
| 35% | FALMOUTH | 8 | Town and port in Cornwall linked by ferry to St Mawes |
| 35% | FELIXSTOWE | 10 | Port and resort in Suffolk with a ferry link to Rotterdam |
| 33% | INTL | 4 | Like many flights to JFK and LAX: Abbr. |
| 31% | CARNATION | 9 | Bloom linked to January in flower lore |
| 31% | SWEETPEA | 8 | Bloom linked to April in flower lore |
| 31% | CATTLE | 6 | Livestock linked to deforestation in the Amazon |
| 31% | MSG | 3 | Where Marilyn sang to JFK in NYC |
| 31% | RUSTICATE | 9 | To go and live in the country |
| 31% | CIVETS | 6 | Small wildcats linked to both perfumes and coffee |
| 31% | CHEMISTRY | 9 | Science linked to Amedeo Avogadro and Marie Curie |
| 31% | HHH | 3 | He lost the primary to JFK in 1960 |
| 30% | DNA | 3 | Initials linked to Watson and Crick |
| 30% | FLUCTUATE | 9 | To rise and fall in an irregular manner |
| 30% | GEAREDUP | 8 | In uniform and ready to play |
| 30% | BIRTHDAY | 8 | Marilyn wished a happy one to JFK in 1962 |
| 30% | PROOFREAD | 9 | To find and correct errors in writing |
| 30% | AIRTRAIN | 8 | Conveyance to and from JFK |
| 29% | VALLEY | 6 | Lily of the __, bloom linked to May in flower lore |
| 29% | STU | 3 | Link between R and V in alphabetical order |
| 29% | DDE | 3 | Presidential monogram between HST and JFK |
| 29% | CAPTAINAHAB | 11 | To whom Stubb and Flask answered, in literature |
| 29% | GEAREDUP | 8 | In uniform and ready to play (2 wds.) |
| 29% | STASH | 5 | To store in a safe and secret place |
| 29% | INHOSPITABLE | 12 | Harsh and difficult to live in |
| 29% | TAB | 3 | Diet cola that debuted in 1963 and was discontinued in 2020 |
| 29% | HAVE | 4 | To ___ and to hold, in sickness and in health |
| 29% | ABSORB | 6 | To take in and make part of a whole |
| 29% | VENERATE | 8 | To hold in high regard and god-like respect |
| 29% | MOLDAVIA | 8 | __ and Wallachia united to form Romania in 1859 |