| KATRINA | Hurricane that struck New Orleans in 2005 (7) |
| IAN | Hurricane that struck Florida in September |
| HELENE | Hurricane that struck Newfoundland in 1958 |
| DORIAN | The hurricane that struck the Bahamas, causing the country's worst natural disaster |
| SALERNO | New Orleans in Italy? (7) |
| JOURNOS | Hacks New Orleans in, say, Mardi Gras' finale (7) |
| TITANIC | Luxury British liner that struck an iceberg in April 1912 (7) |
| ROCKING | - Goose, 1960 hit for Johnny and the Hurricanes that spent 11 consecutive weeks in the top 10 (7) |
| CHARLEY | August 2004 hurricane that hit Florida and South Carolina |
| OURDAY | Jazz-wise it could be . . .In Paris, . . .In New Orleans, . . . In Havana (3,3) |
| UTAHJAZZ | Pro sports team that moved from New Orleans in 1979 |
| ARMSTRONG | Louis ---, trumpeter born in New Orleans in 1901 |
| BARQS | Soft drink company formed in New Orleans in 1890 |
| POBOYBLIMPIE | . . . in New Orleans, in a sandwich chain |
| JAZZ | Popular music that came from New Orleans in the 1900s (4) |
| LIX | Super Bowl planned to take place in New Orleans in 2025 |
| PRIMA | Louis, U.S. singer/songwriter, bandleader and trumpeter born in New Orleans in 1910 (5) |
| FARRAGUT | Admiral who captured New Orleans in 1862 |
| FLESCH | Steve, golfer who won the Classic of New Orleans in 2003 (6) |
| CAROL | Hurricane that hit New Brunswick in 1953 |
