| HERBIEHANCOCK | Jazz pianist whose '80s hit "Rockit" became a hip-hop classic |
| SAMANTHAFOX | Former glamour model whose 80s hit singles include Touch Me (I Want Your Body) |
| HERBIE | Hancock who wrote Rockit |
| SIMONLEBON | Duran Duran's lead singer, whose '80s hits include 26D (pictured right) (5,2,3) |
| CALI | "Going Back to ___" (hip-hop classic) |
| ITWASAGOODDAY | 1993 hip-hop classic by Ice Cube |
| CHICKCOREA | 23-time Grammy-winning jazz pianist whose first name is also the term for a baby bird: 2 wds. |
| COUNTBASIE | US jazz pianist whose big band played Li'l Darlin' |
| EVANS | Bill ?, US jazz pianist whose Grammy Award-winning albums include 1963's Conversations with Myself |
| BRUBECK | Dave ---, jazz pianist whose quartet released the influential album Time Out in 1959 |
| BUDPOWELL | New York-born jazz pianist whose compositions include Tempus Fugue-it (3,6) |
| RAYBRYANT | Philadelphia-born jazz pianist whose real first names were Raphael Homer (3,6) |
| AMOVE | Hip-hop classic "Bust ___" |
| IGOT5ONIT | Bay Area hip-hop classic prominently featured in the film "Us" ... or what this puzzle might say about its down answers? |
| WALLER | see 32dn, American jazz pianist whose best-known compositions include Ain't Misbehavin' and Honeysuckle Rose |
| NATKINGCOLE | US singer and jazz pianist whose 'Mona Lisa' won the Oscar for Best Original Song in 1950 (3,4,4) |
| FATS | and 46dn, American jazz pianist whose best-known compositions include Ain't Misbehavin' and Honeysuckle Rose |
| PUBLIC | Most wanted a hit for a hip-hop band? (6,5,6,3) |
| TRAP | Hip-hop subgenre that rhymes with a hip-hop genre |
| SUREBET | Response to "Is there a network that airs a Hip Hop Awards show?" |
