| APPLESAUCE | Pale pressure cooked accompaniment to cheek, maybe |
| GNOCCHI | Hoping to relieve pressure, cooked around 200 dumplings |
| RIBALD | Bringing a blush to the cheek, maybe |
| YELLOWFINTUNA | Fish an unfit cooked accompaniment for chicken |
| REHEATED | Pressure cooked deer around? It's been warmed up (8) |
| NECK | Part of body — cheek, maybe? |
| CLIMB | "Oh, I love to ... a mountain; And reach the highest peak; But it doesn't thrill me half as much; As dancing cheek to cheek" |
| TOPHAT | Film that introduced the song "Cheek to Cheek" |
| SLOWNUMBERPARTY | Event at which the dancing is cheek-to-cheek? |
| IMINHEAVEN | Memorable line from Berlin's "Cheek to Cheek" |
| ELLA | "Cheek to Cheek" duettist Fitzgerald |
| TONY | Lady Gaga's "Cheek to Cheek" duettist Bennett |
| SMOOCHING | Dancing cheek to cheek? (9) |
| HEAVEN | First word of 'Cheek to Cheek' |
| IRVING | 20th-century composer of songs including Cheek To Cheek, _ Berlin (6) |
| TOP | With Fred and Ginger, cheek to cheek (3,3) |
| HAT | With Fred and Ginger, cheek to cheek (3,3) |
| PIGMENTCELL | Cling to temple reform, to bring colour to cheeks! (7,4) |
| TONYBENNETT | Crooner who sang a duet with Lady Gaga on the standard Cheek to Cheek at the 2015 Grammys: 2 wds. |
| LADY | ___ Gaga (she recorded the Grammy-winning 2014 and 2021 albums "Cheek to Cheek" and "Love for Sale" with the great Tony Bennett, who passed away at age 96 on Friday) |
