| ACOUPLE | "We're ... of swells; We stay at the best hotels," sang Judy Garland and Fred Astaire (1,6) |
| OFSWELLS | "We're a couple ...; We stay at the best hotels," sang Judy Garland and Fred Astaire (2,6) |
| THEBELL | "Clang, clang, clang went the trolley; Ding, ding, ding went ...," sang Judy Garland (3,4) |
| TOSAYTHELEAST | Leaving the west, surprisingly, we stay at hotels with moderate terms |
| FIVESTAR | Like the best hotels and Lyft ratings |
| NOBHILL | Where San Francisco's best hotels are |
| ATTESTS | Bears witness at having been present at the best of the matches (7) |
| EASTER | Irving Berlin musical with Judy Garland and Fred Astaire as "a couple of swells", ... Parade |
| STLOUIS | Where Judy Garland and the others in the Smith family were to meet in this 1944 film? (2,5) |
| EASTERPARADE | 1948 film starring Judy Garland and Fred Astaire and featuring music by Irving Berlin |
| TOCHEEK | How Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire were 11 in Top Hat (1935) |
| EMOTION | Excitement at the best book counter (7) |
| PARADE | Easter ___ , 1948 film with Judy Garland and Fred Astaire (6) |
| TALENTS | Special gifts were of value in biblical times (7) |
| COUNTED | Ascertained how many were of importance (7) |
| SPINTHE | Drink in best hotel prepared for 2 (4,3,6) |
| SWOLLEN | Past participle of swell (7) |
| SUBSIDE | Opposite of swell |
| ASTARISBORN | Film that has starred Janet Gaynor and Fredric March, Judy Garland and James Mason, Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson, and Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper |
| JEDI | In the 2001 census, 0.7% of English and Welsh people indicated they were of this fictional religion |
