| 100% | GRAS | 4 | Mardi ___ (annual New Orleans festival) |
| 71% | MARDIGRAS | 9 | Annual New Orleans celebration |
| 69% | GRAS | 4 | Mardi ___ (New Orleans festival) |
| 67% | GRAS | 4 | Mardi ___, famed festival in New Orleans |
| 67% | MARDIGRAS | 9 | New Orleans festival also known as Fat Tuesday |
| 64% | GRAS | 4 | Mardi ___ (huge annual celebration in New Orleans) |
| 60% | FRENCHQUARTER | 13 | New Orleans neighborhood with many Mardi Gras parades (2 wds.) |
| 59% | TRIBECA | 7 | Setting for an annual New York film festival |
| 59% | BOURBONSTREET | 13 | New Orleans thoroughfare on many Mardi Gras parade routes (2 wds.) |
| 59% | JACKSONSQUARE | 13 | New Orleans park on many Mardi Gras parade routes (2 wds.) |
| 59% | ESSENCE | 7 | Magazine with an annual music festival in New Orleans |
| 58% | GRAS | 4 | Mardi ___ (festival celebrated in New Orleans) |
| 58% | GRAS | 4 | Mardi ___ (recent New Orleans celebration) |
| 57% | IKOIKO | 6 | Much-covered New Orleans standard based on Mardi Gras chants |
| 54% | JAZZ | 4 | Genre of music you'd hear in a New Orleans Mardi Gras parade |
| 52% | GRAS | 4 | Mardi ___ (New Orleans celebration) |
| 51% | FALL | 4 | ___ for Dance, annual dance festival presented by New York City Center |
| 51% | BITTER | 6 | ___ & Twisted, annual beer festival held in Maitland Gaol, New South Wales |
| 50% | WIGSTOCK | 8 | Annual outdoor drag festival that began in New York City in 1984 |
| 49% | YEAR | 4 | Lunar New ___ (annual festival) |
| 49% | BIGEASY | 7 | New Orleans |
| 48% | ESSENCE | 7 | Monthly magazine that sponsors a large annual music festival in New Orleans |
| 48% | FIESTA | 6 | Albuquerque International Balloon ___, annual hot air balloon festival held in New Mexico since 1972 |
| 48% | TAP | 3 | ___ City, annual dance festival in New York City that was founded by Tony Waag |
| 48% | SAINT | 5 | New Orleans player |
| 48% | TULANE | 6 | New Orleans university |
| 48% | POBOY | 5 | New Orleans sandwich |
| 48% | TULANE | 6 | New Orleans school |
| 48% | OKRA | 4 | New Orleans staple |
| 48% | FRENCHQUARTER | 13 | New Orleans neighborhood |