| LADYBEGOOD | 1924 Broadway musical by George and Ira Gershwin starring Fred and Adele Astaire |
| OMAHA | Where Fred and Adele Astaire were born |
| IGOTRHYTHM | Jazz song by George and Ira Gershwin written for the 1930 musical Girl Crazy (1,3,6) |
| STRIKEUPTHEBAND | 1927 Broadway musical with music by George and Ira Gershwin featuring the song The Man I Love (6,2,3,4) |
| STRIKEUP | ___ the Band, musical written by George and Ira Gershwin (6,2) |
| RHYTHM | 1930 song by George and Ira Gershwin, I Got _ (6) |
| 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) |
| IDEALISING | Taking unrealistic view of claims by agent and Adele? (10) |
| 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) |
| IGOT | Popular jazz standard by George and Ira Gershwin, ___ Rhythm |
| EMBRACEABLEYOU | Popular song by George and Ira Gershwin originally written in 1928 for an unpublished operetta entitled East is West |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 |
| ASTAIRES | Fred and Adele putting energy into a series of steps (8) |
| JEWISH | Like Stephen Sondheim and Ira Gershwin |
| COLE | George and Ira contemporary |
| HELLO | Title of hits by Lionel Richie in 1983 and Adele in 2015 (5) |
| PETRA | _ Letang, actress who played Naomi in EastEnders and Adele in Holby City (5) |
| FULLNAMES | Madonna Louise Ciccone and Adele Laurie Blue Adkins, e.g. |
| HELLOS | Lionel Richie and Adele hit titles |
