| MONK | Thelonious -, US jazz pianist and composer who died in 1982 (4) |
| FATS | --- Waller, American jazz pianist and composer who co-wrote the 1929 song Ain't Misbehavin' (4) |
| FATSWALLER | US jazz pianist and composer who pioneered the Harlem stride style; co-writer, with lyricist Andy Razaf, of songs including 1929's 'Honeysuckle Rose' and 'Ain't Misbehavin' (4,6) |
| EVANS | Gil ___, Toronto-born jazz pianist and composer who died in 1988 (5) |
| SHEARING | George ?, British jazz pianist and composer who died in 2011 (8) |
| RUBINSTEIN | Arthur ?, Poland-born pianist and honorary KBE who died in 1982 |
| GRAINGER | Percy ___, Australian pianist and composer who died in 1961 (8) |
| GOULD | Glenn ___, Toronto-born classical pianist who died in 1982 (5) |
| RAMBERT | Marie ___, Warsaw-born ballet dancer and pedagogue who died in 1982 (7) |
| GLENN | Toronto-born classical pianist who died in 1982 (5,5) |
| PUTON | Glenn -, Torontoborn classical pianist who died in 1982 (5) |
| JARRETT | Pennsylvania-born US jazz pianist and composer; 2003 Polar Music Prize winner (5,7) |
| KEITH | Pennsylvania-born US jazz pianist and composer; 2003 Polar Music Prize winner (5,7) |
| KEITHJARRETT | Pennsylvania-born US jazz pianist and composer; 2003 Polar Music Prize winner |
| JOHNCOLTRANE | US jazz saxophonist and composer who died in 1967 (4,8) |
| KEITHTIPPETT | British jazz pianist and composer who married singer Julie Driscoll in 1970 |
| COUNTBASIE | Jazz pianist and composer who led an orchestra he created in 1935 (5,5) |
| WALLER | Thomas, known as Fats, US jazz pianist and singer who died in 1943 (6) |
| ASKEY | Arthur -, bespectacled Liverpudlian comedian who died in 1982 (5) |
| MARIERAMBERT | Polish-born British ballet dancer who died in 1982 (5,7) |
