| 100% | GERSHWIN | 8 | George, American composer of Rhapsody in Blue |
| 76% | GERSHWIN | 8 | George, pianist and composer of Rhapsody in Blue |
| 64% | GERSHWIN | 8 | George __, Rhapsody in Blue composer |
| 51% | VIRGILTHOMSON | 13 | American composer of "Four Saints in Three Acts": 2 wds. |
| 51% | GERSHWIN | 8 | Composer of An American in Paris |
| 47% | GERSHWIN | 8 | "Rhapsody in Blue" composer |
| 45% | STRIPMALL | 9 | *Opening part of "Rhapsody in Blue" |
| 43% | CLARINETSOLOS | 13 | Starts of ''Rhapsody in Blue'' performances |
| 42% | GERSHWIN | 8 | Last name of American composers George and Ira |
| 42% | SAX | 3 | Prominent feature of ''Rhapsody in Blue'' |
| 42% | AARONCOPLAND | 12 | American composer of "Appalachian Spring": 2 wds. |
| 41% | LISZT | 5 | Composer of the piano piece played by Bugs Bunny in "Rhapsody Rabbit" |
| 41% | SAMUELBARBER | 12 | American composer of "Adagio for Strings": 2 wds. |
| 41% | ODISTS | 6 | Composers of some rhapsodies |
| 40% | GEORGE | 6 | ___ Gershwin, "Rhapsody in Blue" composer who was awarded a posthumous Pulitzer Prize Special Citation |
| 39% | HARRISON | 8 | Composer of the song Something, George __ |
| 39% | ROREM | 5 | American composer Ned ___ of "I am Rose" |
| 39% | SMETANA | 7 | Composer of the opera "Brandenburgers in Bohemia" |
| 39% | JSBACH | 6 | Composer of the "Brandenburg Concertos," in brief |
| 38% | BERNSTEIN | 9 | Leonard —, American composer of 1957 stage musical West Side Story |
| 38% | IVES | 4 | American composer who pioneered in polytonality |
| 37% | KANDER | 6 | John —, American composer of the music for 1966 Broadway musical Cabaret |
| 37% | RHAPSODY | 8 | George Gershwin wrote about one in Blue |
| 37% | STRAUSS | 7 | Composer of the famous Blue Danube waltz |
| 37% | FREDERICCHOPIN | 14 | Composer friend of George SAND |
| 37% | ISLETS | 6 | Bits of green in blue |
| 37% | ANDRE | 5 | & 18D Late German-American composer-conductor, winner of four Academy Awards, knighted in 1996 |
| 37% | WHALE | 5 | Big blue creature in the American Museum of Natural History |
| 37% | ESSAYIST | 8 | Composer of literary pieces, like George Orwell or Francis Bacon |
| 37% | DVORAK | 6 | Composer of the American Quartet and the New World Symphony |