| LADYBEGOOD | George and Ira Gershwin musical about a down-at-heel brother and sister |
| LABOHEME | Puccini opera about a down-at-heel group of artistes |
| PAVEMENTARTIST | One presenting a down-at-heel image? |
| IGOTRHYTHM | 1930 song by George and Ira Gershwin from the musical Girl Crazy which became a jazz standard (1,3,6) |
| RHYTHM | I Got _, George and Ira Gershwin song written for the musical Girl Crazy (6) |
| STRIKEUP | ___ the Band, musical written by George and Ira Gershwin (6,2) |
| STRIKEUPTHEBAND | 1927 Broadway musical with music by George and Ira Gershwin featuring the song The Man I Love (6,2,3,4) |
| IGOT | Popular jazz standard by George and Ira Gershwin, ___ Rhythm |
| OVERME | Someone to watch ___, song by George and Ira Gershwin (4,2) |
| PORGYANDBESS | Classic US folk opera written by George and Ira Gershwin (5,3,4) |
| TRALALA | Song by George and Ira Gershwin, from the 1951 film An American in Paris, subtitled This Time It's Really Love (3-2-2) |
| EMBRACEABLEYOU | Popular song by George and Ira Gershwin originally written in 1928 for an unpublished operetta entitled East is West |
| GERSHWIN | Surname of Porgy and Bess songwriting brothers George and Ira for whom a Broadway theater is named |
| JEWISH | Like Stephen Sondheim and Ira Gershwin |
| HANSEL | ____ and Gretel, German fairy tale about a brother and sister by the Brothers Grimm (6) |
| PORGY | --- And Bess, opera first performed in 1935, with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward (5) |
| PIGEONPAIR | Boy and girl twins or a brother and sister (6,4) |
| ELNORTE | 1983 film about a brother and sister's journey from Guatemala to Los Angeles |
| MEET | ___ John Doe (1941) is about a down-on-his-luck former baseball player posing as a columnist's fictional creation (4) |
| MEECH | New Zealand brother and sister who both won sailing medals at the 2016 Olympics (5) |
