| DIXIELAND | Jazz originating in New Orleans (9) |
| JAZZ | Style of music originating in New Orleans (4) |
| BLACK | Popular dance of the 1920s originating in New Orleans (5,6) |
| BOTTOM | Popular dance of the 1920s originating in New Orleans (5,6) |
| BEBOP | A type of jazz originating in the 1940s associated with Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie (5) |
| SWING | Kind of popular dance music influenced by jazz originating in the 1930's (5) |
| MAINECOON | Breed known as "The Gentle Giant", originating in New England |
| ARMSTRONG | Louis ---, trumpeter born in New Orleans in 1901 |
| SALSA | Social dance with a Latin American influence, originating in New York in the mid 1970s (5) |
| MANUKA | Type of honey originating in New Zealand |
| BRAEBURN | Apple originating in New Zealand (8) |
| RISINGSUN | NUS, a house in New Orleans (6,3) |
| MARDIGRAS | Shrove Tuesday, in New Orleans (5,4) |
| LAFAYETTE | Square in New Orleans |
| LAYPERSON | An amateur may put two in New Orleans |
| TINPANALLEY | Colloquial term for the world of composers and publishers of popular music, originating in New York (3,3,5) |
| STINGER | Cocktail of brandy (usually Cognac) and creme de menthe originating in New York City c. 1890 (7) |
| DIANAROSS | R&B singer who headlined the Essence Festival in New Orleans on June 30: 2 wds. |
| YOURHONOR | Showtime drama about a judge trying to protect his son from mobsters in New Orleans: 2 wds. |
| OURDAY | Jazz-wise it could be . . .In Paris, . . .In New Orleans, . . . In Havana (3,3) |
