| ANAMERICANINPARIS | Work by Gershwin |
| IRAN | Country and western finale by Gershwin (4) |
| IRA | Air composed by Gershwin (3) |
| MADEIRA | Composed by Gershwin: Islands in the Stream? |
| ISING | Of Thee _ ___: title shared by Gershwin musical and Barack Obama children's book. (1,4) |
| GOODTOME | Cook bade: Go to melody by Gershwin. (4,2,4,2,2) |
| BABYBE | Cook bade: Go to melody by Gershwin. (4,2,4,2,2) |
| PORGYANDBESS | Full-length opera by Gershwin first produced in 1935 (5,3,4) |
| RHAPSODYINBLUE | Orchestral work by George Gershwin (8,2,4) |
| CATFISHROW | 1936 orchestral work by George Gershwin based upon music from his opera Porgy and Bess |
| SWANEE | Gershwin song popularized by Al Jolson |
| IRAQI | A Gershwin tonality sounded by an Arab |
| RHAPSODY | "________ in Blue," Gershwin work |
| IGOTRHYTHM | George Gershwin song recorded by Ella Fitzgerald (1,3,6) |
| BESS | Female character in an opera composed by George Gershwin (4) |
| STRIKEUPTHEBAND | 1927 Broadway musical with music by George and Ira Gershwin featuring the song The Man I Love (6,2,3,4) |
| RHYTHM | I Got ___, song by George and Ira Gershwin (6) |
| TRALALA | Song by George and Ira Gershwin, from the 1951 film An American in Paris, subtitled This Time It's Really Love (3-2-2) |
| ITA | "Isn't ___ Pity?" (Gershwin tune) |
| ABOY | "Looking for ___" (Gershwin hit) |
