| ELIS | Cole Porter and Rudy Vallee, e.g. |
| CROONER | Bing Crosby or Rudy Vallee, eg. |
| DELOVELY | Musical biopic based on the life of Cole Porter and starring 19A (2-6) |
| CROONERS | Crosby and Vallee, e.g. |
| CROON | Emulate Rudy Vallee |
| MAINE | State where Rudy Vallee grew up |
| CROONS | Sings like Rudy Vallee |
| SPARE | Rudy Vallee song, Brother, Can You ___ a Dime? |
| YANKEES | Crooner Rudy Vallee was accompanied by his Connecticut ... |
| YUBA | Rhyming title character who plays the tuba in Cuba, in a Rudy Vallee song |
| THEO | Brother to Sondra, Denise, Vanessa and Rudy |
| CLIFFHUXTABLE | Dad of Sondra, Denise, Theo, Vanessa, and Rudy |
| ZOFFANY | Johann, portrait painter whose works included Mrs. Oswald and The Porter and the Hare (7) |
| COLES | Songwriter Porter and others |
| GAY | Like actors Billy Porter and Dan Levy |
| ALES | Hefeweizen, porter, and stout, e.g. |
| CRADLE | King died shielded by porter and nurse (6) |
| STYLEICONS | Billy Porter and Lady Gaga, for two |
| PRETORIA | I am given a porter and find it capital (8) |
| CARDINALOCONNOR | His funeral last year was attended by Bill Clinton, George Bush, George Pataki, and Rudy Giuliani |
