Distinctive quality of fortified wines in LAX or JFK, perhaps? (8)
I believe the answer is:
airports
'distinctive quality of fortified wines in lax' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'jfk perhaps?' is the wordplay.
'jfk' becomes 'airport' (John F Kennedy International Airport).
'perhaps?' becomes 's' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'airport'+'s'='AIRPORTS'
'or' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for airports that I've seen before include "JFK, Heathrow" , "Pearson and O'Hare, say" , "Is parrot about to fly from these?" , "facilities for travellers" , "Orly and Charles de Gaulle, say" .)