| SOLITUDE | "(In My) --", a jazz standard composed by Duke Ellington (8) |
| MISTY | Piano bar standard composed by Erroll Garner |
| DEUTERON | What's missing from book? O my, a tiny bit (8) |
| SATIN | ____ Doll is a jazz standard written by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn |
| MOODINDIGO | Jazz standard with music by Duke Ellington and Barney Bigard and lyrics by Irving Mills |
| TONE | "In a Mellow ___" by Duke Ellington |
| HARLEMNOCTURNE | Hagen/Rogers jazz standard covered by Duke Ellington and Norman Simmons |
| OSCARPETERSON | Canadian jazz pianist and composer called the "Maharaja of the keyboard" by Duke Ellington (5.8) |
| INDIGO | "Mood ___", jazz piece by Duke Ellington (6) |
| DEFENDER | Back Duke Ellington for a start, on guitar (8) |
| THEA | "Take ___ '_' Train" by Duke ellington and his Famous Orchestra |
| ASES | "___ Death" (Grieg elegy reinterpreted by Duke Ellington) |
| COTTONTAIL | Composition by Duke Ellington (6,4) |
| SERENADE | Song from Venus's sister to Duke Ellington, initially (8) |
| ARABY | The Sheik of ____ is a jazz standard, covered by the Beatles in their unsuccessful audition for Decca in 1962 |
| BLUE | Colour of a funk, shade of sadness, hue of the rude or lewd or a tint of a jazz standard by Thelonious Monk (4) |
| VALENTINE | 1937 show tune now regarded as a jazz standard, My Funny ... |
| IGOTRHYTHM | 1930 song by George and Ira Gershwin which became a jazz standard |
| 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 |
