| 100% | OTIS | 4 | "Miss ___ Regrets," jazz standard performed by Ethel Waters and Ella Fitzgerald |
| 31% | STORMYWEATHER | 13 | Song first sung by Ethel Waters at Harlem's Cotton Club ... and a hint to four other long answers |
| 30% | HARLEMNOCTURNE | 14 | Hagen/Rogers jazz standard covered by Duke Ellington and Norman Simmons |
| 29% | SHEP | 4 | "Old ___," country standard performed by Johnny Cash and Elvis Presley |
| 28% | SCINGERS | 8 | Cab Calloway and Ella Fitzgerald, for two |
| 27% | INTHEMOOD | 9 | Jazz standard popularized by Glenn Miller |
| 27% | JAZZDUET | 8 | Many a collaboration between Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald |
| 27% | DELIVERY | 8 | Performed by both a mailman and midwife |
| 26% | ATISKET | 7 | Start of an Ella Fitzgerald standard |
| 26% | ELLA | 4 | Jazz singer Miss Fitzgerald |
| 25% | OTIS | 4 | "Miss ___ Regrets" by Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra |
| 25% | AUTUMN | 6 | Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong's fall song "___ in New York" |
| 25% | SCISSORKICKS | 12 | Moves performed by wrestlers Booker T and Alicia Fox |
| 25% | PAIL | 4 | Water carrier used by Jack and Jill |
| 25% | PISCES | 6 | Missing water sign, not Cancer and Scorpio |
| 24% | GIRLS | 5 | "Fat Bottomed ___," song performed by Queen on the Jazz Tour |
| 24% | PHILIPPINESEA | 13 | Waters by a Pacific archipelago (MISS MISS MISS) |
| 24% | EPA | 3 | Org. with air and water standards |
| 24% | STOMP | 5 | Dance performed by the Chickasaw and Cherokee |
| 24% | STEAMSHIP | 9 | Sea vessel powered by coal and water |
| 23% | ALEXANDER | 9 | "___ Hamilton," opening number for Broadway's "Hamilton" performed by Burr and others |
| 23% | IOWAN | 5 | Like Miss Piggy and Captain Kirk, by birth |
| 23% | RAILSPLITTING | 13 | Activity performed by young Abe Lincoln, and a clue to the starred answers |
| 23% | SWIMMING | 8 | Moving through water by using your arms and legs |
| 22% | EASY | 4 | ___ listening (radio format that includes soft jazz and pop standards) |
| 22% | JEEPERS | 7 | Horror movie and jazz standard: __ Creepers |
| 22% | SOS | 3 | Song performed by Meryl Streep and Pierce Brosnan in "Mamma Mia!" |
| 22% | ATLANTIC | 8 | — Ocean, body of water bounded by the Americas, Africa and Europe |
| 22% | HAVE | 4 | "Anybody ___ a Map?," opening number for Broadway's "Dear Evan Hansen" performed by Heidi and Cynthia |
| 22% | CIRCLEOF | 8 | "___ Life," opening number for Broadway's "The Lion King" performed by Rafiki and Company: 2 wds. |