| 100% | NONET | 5 | Miles Davis ___ (“Birth of the Cool” ensemble) |
| 100% | NONET | 5 | Miles Davis ___ ("Birth of the Cool" ensemble) |
| 72% | NONETS | 6 | Miles Davis’s “Birth of the Cool” group, and others |
| 71% | DAVIS | 5 | "Birth of the Cool" trumpeter Miles |
| 69% | NONET | 5 | Group on Miles Davis's "Birth of the Cool," e.g. |
| 69% | NONETS | 6 | Miles's "Birth of the Cool" group, and others |
| 69% | MILES | 5 | "___ Davis: Birth of the Cool," 2019 music documentary about an American Jazz musician's journey |
| 58% | DAVIS | 5 | "Birth of the Cool" trumpeter |
| 53% | MILESDAVIS | 10 | Jazz trumpeter who recorded "Birth of the Cool": 2 wds. |
| 53% | BUDPOWELL | 9 | Miles Davis said he was "the best there was of all the bebop piano players" |
| 50% | KINDOFBLUE | 10 | Classic Miles Davis album ... or a hint to the start of 17-, 22-, 37- or 45-Across |
| 47% | POSTBAIL | 8 | Get out of the cooler, with "for" |
| 45% | EDINBURGH | 9 | Home of the royal mile |
| 44% | BETTE | 5 | Davis of the screen |
| 44% | MCQUEEN | 7 | The King of Cool |
| 43% | MCM | 3 | Year of the first Davis Cup matches |
| 43% | DANA | 4 | "Craig of the Creek" voice actress Davis |
| 43% | LANINA | 6 | Cooling of the equatorial Pacific |
| 43% | MALTA | 5 | Smallest member of the eurozone (122 square miles) |
| 43% | OSSIE | 5 | Davis of "Do the Right Thing" |
| 43% | OSSIE | 5 | Davis of "Get On the Bus" |
| 43% | SAMMY | 5 | Davis Jr. of the Rat Pack |
| 43% | OSSIE | 5 | Davis of “Do the Right Thing” |
| 43% | GABE | 4 | Davis of the NFL's Jaguars |
| 42% | INDYTIMESFOUR | 13 | 2000 = the miles of ___ |
| 42% | JAZZFUSION | 10 | Genre embraced by Miles Davis in the late 1960s |
| 42% | THREETIMESALAD | 14 | Doctor's description of the birth of triplet sons? |
| 42% | ASTROLOGY | 9 | Study of the birth signs like Scorpio, Pisces, Leo |
| 42% | SKEETER | 7 | "The End of the World" singer Davis |
| 42% | LYDIA | 5 | “The End of the Story” author Davis |