| Essentials, and title of this puzzle | 36 |
| Break from soldiers' training? | 34 |
| Nitty-gritty | 12 |
| ABCs | 4 |
| A B C's | 11 |
| What to go back to | 18 |
| What 101 courses give | 21 |
| Something to get back to | 24 |
| It's sometimes good to get back to them | 43 |
| Fundamental facts | 17 |
| Musical Count | 13 |
| Count of music | 14 |
| Count of jazz | 13 |
| Ellington contemporary | 22 |
| Count in jazz | 13 |
| "One O'Clock Jump" composer | 41 |
| Diner seating choice | 20 |
| Count in music | 14 |
| Count follower | 14 |
| Memorable bandleader | 20 |
| Count with a keyboard | 21 |
| Swinging Count | 14 |
| Jazz pianist and bandleader | 27 |
| Jazz count? | 11 |
| Count with an orchestra | 23 |
| Count on the piano | 18 |
| Count ____ | 10 |
| "Jumpin' at the Woodside" composer | 48 |
| "Jive at Five" composer/performer | 43 |
| "Blazing Saddles" bandleader | 38 |
| Sinatra collaborator | 20 |
| Peer of Ellington | 17 |
| Memorable pianist from N.J. | 27 |
| Memorable jazz pianist | 22 |
| Memorable jazz musician: 1904-84 | 32 |
| Lester Young employer | 21 |
| Late Count from Red Bank | 24 |
| Kennedy Center bandleader honoree of 1981 | 41 |
| Jazzy nobleman? | 15 |
| Jazzy Count | 11 |
| Jazz Count | 10 |
| Jazz 'Count' | 20 |
| Famous Count | 12 |
| Count, in music | 15 |
| Count with a jazzy beat | 23 |
| Count who plays numbers | 23 |
| Count who played winning numbers | 32 |
| Count of the keyboard | 21 |
| Count of swing | 14 |
| Count of jazz music | 19 |
| Count of jazz fame | 18 |
| Count of big band fame | 22 |
| Count named William | 19 |
| Count from Red Bank, N.J. | 25 |
| Count from New Jersey | 21 |
| Count ___ & His Orchestra | 29 |
| Bandleader Count ___ | 20 |
| A musical count | 15 |
| "Swingin' the Blues" songwriter | 45 |
| "King Joe" composer | 29 |
| "Goin' to Chicago Blues" songwriter | 49 |
| "Goin' to Chicago Blues" composer | 47 |
| "Ella and ___!" (1963 jazz album) | 43 |
| ''April in Paris'' bandleader | 45 |
| ___ Orchestra (popular 30's band) | 37 |
| Pizza topping | 13 |
| Pesto ingredient | 16 |
| Green stuff | 11 |
| Pesto herb | 10 |
| Pasta sauce herb | 16 |
| Stew seasoning | 14 |
| Red Square name | 15 |
| Pesto base | 10 |
| Mint family herb | 16 |
| Kitchen spice | 13 |
| Garden herb | 11 |
| Kitchen herb | 12 |
| Aromatic spice | 14 |
| Mint plant | 10 |
| Mountain mint | 13 |
| Cook's herb | 15 |
| Rathbone | 8 |
| "Fawlty Towers" character | 35 |
| Trattoria staple | 16 |
| Staple of Italian cuisine | 25 |
| Spaghetti sauce seasoning | 25 |
| Spaghetti sauce ingredient | 26 |
| Spaghetti sauce herb | 20 |
| Pungent spice | 13 |
| Common herb | 11 |
| Actor Rathbone | 14 |
| Name that means "king" | 32 |
| Herb of the mint family | 23 |
| TV hotel owner Fawlty | 21 |
| Sweet herb | 10 |
| Spaghetti sauce seasoning, sometimes | 36 |
| Spaghetti sauce flavoring | 25 |
| So-called "royal herb" | 32 |
| Rathbone of Sherlock Holmes films | 33 |
| Pizza sauce herb | 16 |