| BESAMEMUCHO | 1940 standard with the lyrics "Que tengo miedo a perderte / Perderte despues" |
| JAVAJIVE | Jazzy 1940 standard that begins "I love coffee" |
| BYEBYEBLACKBIRD | 1920s standard with the lyric "Sugar's sweet, so is she" |
| ALLOFME | Song standard with the lyric "Can't you see I'm no good without |
| MOANIN | Jazz standard with the lyric "I'm so tired of paying my dues" |
| LASTCHRISTMAS | Holiday standard with the line "But the very next day you gave it away" |
| SORARE | Jimmy Dorsey standard with the line "You're like the fragrance of blossoms fair" |
| INSTITUTION | Tuition isn't of a different standard with the establishment (11) |
| DONTBETHATWAY | Benny Goodman jazz standard with the opening line "April skies are in your eyes" |
| USUAL | What's standard, with "the" |
| WAS | "It ___ a Good Day" (1993 hit with the lyrics "I had the brew, she had the chronic / The Lakers beat the SuperSonics") |
| THOU | "___ Swell" (Rodgers-Hart standard with a smattering of Old English lyrics) |
| MATADOR | Label for Yo La Tengo and the New Pornographers |
| MLADY | Sly and the Family Stone song title with the lyrics "A pretty face, a pretty face / Oh what a gorgeous mind" |
| THATSLIFE | Sinatra standard with "I pick myself up and get back in the race" |
| MYWAY | Sinatra standard with "Regrets, I've had a few" |
| CLASSICAL | Standard with a student of some music (9) |
| RADIOCAR | Vehicle that's standard, with a criminal initially inside (5,3) |
| PANDACAR | Vehicle that's standard, with a criminal initially inside (5,3) |
| PARALLEL | Type of bars, standard with all the Spanish (8) |