| RITZ | 1975 Rita Moreno play, with "The"A |
| ANITA | Rita Moreno plays this character in the 1961 musical drama film West Side Story (5) |
| SEA | Lunar basalt plain or mare; an expanse of saltwater with a partially bordering a land mass; or, (with "the"), a sailor's life or career (3) |
| CLOWNED | Played the fool with the A£100 possessed (7) |
| MAZURKA | Kumar with the a-z of the Polish dance (7) |
| ALPHABET | Help a bat out with the A-Z (8) |
| MIT | Sch. with the a cappella group The Chorallaries |
| ENGLISHROSES | General name of the flowers bred by David Austin; or, prefixed with "The", a children's picture book by Madonna (7,5) |
| OLDMANANDTHESEA | With "The," a 1958 Spencer Tracy flick |
| BACHELOR | With "The," a reality series about searching for love |
| FIRM | With "The," a John Grisham book (4) |
| HOBNOB | Schmooze, as with the A-list |
| ROTA | Go off with the A list (4) |
| ADENINE | Need Ian with the A in DNA (7) |
| YELLOWHAMMER | Bird with the "a little bit of bread and no cheese" song (12) |
| ICK | With "the," a sudden flip from attraction to disgust, in modern parlance |
| ONE | Rita Moreno series, "- Day at a Time" |
| EGOT | Rita Moreno is one of the few artists to have won all four major showbiz awards, known together by t |
| ONEDAYATATIME | Netflix/Pop TV reboot featuring a Latino family whose matriarch is played by Rita Moreno: 5 wds. |
| WESTSIDESTORY | 1961 movie musical for which Rita Moreno won the Oscar in her EGOT |
