| FATSWALLER | American jazz pianist and composer who co-wrote the 1929 song Ain't Misbehavin' (4,6) |
| FATS | --- Waller, American jazz pianist and composer who co-wrote the 1929 song Ain't Misbehavin' (4) |
| PRIESTLEY | J B _, Yorkshire writer who wrote the 1929 novel The Good Companions (9) |
| COUNTBASIE | American jazz pianist and bandleader whose bands included his Cherry Blossoms and his Barons of Rhythm |
| PADEREWSKI | Ignacy Jan ---, Polish pianist and composer who signed the Treaty of Versailles as prime minister of Poland (10) |
| ZAPPA | Frank ?, US musician and composer who co-wrote and co-directed 1971 film fantasy 200 Motels (5) |
| ERROL | and 48dn, American jazz pianist and composer whose best-known composition, Misty, has become a jazz standard |
| READE | Composer who co-wrote the theme music for Antiques Roadshow and The Victorian Kitchen Garden (5) |
| GARNER | American jazz pianist and composer whose ballad Misty has become a jazz standard |
| ERROLL | American jazz pianist and composer whose ballad Misty has become a jazz standard |
| HAMLISCH | Marvin ___ (Movie score composer who co-wrote Barbra Streisand's "The Way We Were") |
| STORMYWEATHER | 1943 film that featured the song Ain't Misbehavin' (6,7) |
| SCHIFRIN | Lalo, Argentine-U.S. pianist and composer who wrote the scores for the Dirty Harry film series (8) |
| HINES | Earl, American jazz pianist and bandleader (5) |
| BASIE | Count ___, American jazz pianist and bandleader (5) |
| ELLINGTON | Jazz pianist and composer who helped develop the big band style |
| SHEARING | George, British jazz pianist and composer who became a permanent resident of the US in 1949 (8) |
| CHOPIN | Frederic ---, Polish-born pianist and composer who wrote the Minute Waltz (6) |
| STAN | And 14 Ac. American jazz pianist who died in 1979 (4,6) |
| WALLER | see 32dn, American jazz pianist whose best-known compositions include Ain't Misbehavin' and Honeysuckle Rose |
