| FITZGERALD | Ella --, 1917-96, US jazz singer (10) |
| ELLA | -- Fitzgerald, 1917-96, US jazz singer (4) |
| CASSIDY | Eva --, 1963-96, US singer of jazz, folk and blues music (7) |
| HOLIDAY | Billie ?, US jazz singer whose nickname was Lady Day (7) |
| LEE | Peggy ___, US jazz singer (3) |
| CAB | US jazz singer, dancer, bandleader and actor, --- Calloway (3) |
| ETTA | US jazz singer, - James (4) |
| VAUGHAN | Sarah -, 1924-1990, US jazz singer and pianist (7) |
| BILLIE | Holiday, US jazz singer born Eleanora Fagan in 1915 (6) |
| DINAH | ___ Washington, US jazz singer (5) |
| REALM | ___ James, US jazz singer (4) |
| ELLAFITZGERALD | US jazz singer who played Maggie Jackson in 1955 film drama Pete Kelly's Blues |
| CARMICHAEL | Surname of US jazz musician Hoagy (10) |
| FATSWALLER | US jazz pianist-singer whose compositions include Honeysuckle Rose and Ain't Misbehavin" (4,6) |
| COUNTBASIE | US jazz pianist whose big band played Li'l Darlin' |
| MILESDAVIS | US jazz trumpeter and composer married to actress Cicely Tyson from 1981-88 (5,5) |
| DINAHWASHINGTON | Pseudonym of Ruth Jones, US jazz and R&B singer (5,10) |
| CHETBAKER | US jazz trumpeter and singer who died in 1988 (4,5) |
| BLAKE | Roberta _; US jazz and soul singer (5) |
| FLACK | Roberta _; US jazz and soul singer (5) |