| FLYINGDOWNTORIO | First Astaire-Rogers musical |
| TOPHAT | Astaire-Rogers musical comedy from 1935 (3,3) |
| RKO | Astaire-Rogers musicals studio |
| TOP | Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers musical, ___ Hat |
| GINGER | ___ Rogers, musicals star (6) |
| RIO | Setting for Astaire/Rogers classic (1933) |
| TORIO | "Flying Down ___" (Astaire-Rogers film) |
| HAT | Top ___ (Astaire-Rogers movie) |
| ROBERTA | Astaire/Rogers classic film |
| IMADETOPHAT | Astaire/Rogers 1935 boast? |
| GAY | "The ___ Divorcee"; Astaire/Rogers film |
| DIVORCEE | "The Gay ___"; Astaire/ Rogers movie |
| SWINGTIME | 1936 Astaire/Rogers classic that 18-, 23-, 48- and 55-Across might also feature |
| DANCEPARTNERS | Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, e.g., and, literally, what the first words of the answers to starred |
| LED | Was like Fred Astaire to Ginger Rogers |
| PARTNER | Ginger Rogers, to Fred Astaire |
| TAPDANCER | Astaire or Rogers, for example (3,6) |
| TAPDANCES | Performs like Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire |
| DECO | Like the "Big White Sets" in Rogers-Astaire films |
| CHEEK | How Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire were 11 in Top Hat (1935)? (5,2,5) |
