| ELEANOR | 58-Across between Lou and Bess |
| IDLE | In bed maybe edges across between the covers (4) |
| THROUGH | Word meaning across, between, clear of, during, ended or finished (7) |
| TED | Coworker with Lou and Mary |
| BELA | Gymnastics coach of Nadia, Mary Lou, and Kerri |
| MULATTO | Lou and Matt: mixed, product of mixed parentage (7) |
| LITTLEBRITAIN | Comedy series whose characters included Lou and Andy |
| REEDS | Lou and Donna |
| ULTIMO | During previous month Lou and Tim were in trouble (6) |
| OPULENCE | Lou and his small change - with all that money? (8) |
| ADLERS | Music producer Lou, and surnamesakes |
| WJM | Lou and Mary's TV station |
| MTM | Co. that produced Mary, Lou, and Ted's show |
| NODULE | Lou and Ned look swell together! (6) |
| AMOROUSLY | So Lou and Mary got together in a loving way (9) |
| LOUTS | Those uncouth young men are put out by Lou and the saint (5) |
| BLYTON | Author who wrote of the boarding school adventures of Darrell, Emily, Gwendoline, Mary-Lou and other girls in her Malory Towers books (6) |
| PORGY | --- And Bess, opera first performed in 1935, with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward (5) |
| ETTA | Moten who played Bess in Broadway's "Porgy and Bess" |
| IRA | George and DuBose's "Porgy and Bess" collaborator |
