- BIGEASY
- New Orleans, with "the"
- New Orleans nickname, with "the"
- Bourbon Street setting, with "the"
- Basin Street setting, with "the"
- Golfer Ernie Els's nickname, with "The"
- Southern city nickname, with "the"
- It's about 325 miles east of Texas's H-Town, with "the"
- French Quarter's home, with "the"
- Mardi Gras setting, with "the"
- Nickname for New Orleans, celebrated by the answers to the starred clues and suggested by the shaded squares
- Mardi Gras destination (with "The")
- New Orleans nickname
- Nickname for golf's Ernie Els and New Orleans
