| Lyricist Gershwin |
IRA |
| Memorable period |
ERA |
| Mindful |
AWARE |
| Muddy up |
ROIL |
| Naked |
BARE |
| Namely |
TOWIT |
| Not at home |
AWAY |
| Office helper |
TEMP |
| Old horse |
NAG |
| Opera solo |
ARIA |
| Ova |
EGGS |
| Overly sentimental |
SAPPY |
| Party group |
GUESTS |
| Paul Bunyan's blue ox |
BABE |
| Plopped down |
SAT |
| Put a price on |
TAGGED |
| Retina setting |
EYE |
| River stopper |
DAM |
| Shoulder muscle, for short |
DELT |
| Singer Fitzgerald |
ELLA |
| Site of a biblical tower |
BABEL |
| Tiny workers |
ANTS |
| Toast spread |
JAM |
| Usher's spot |
AISLE |
| USO audience |
GIS |
| Ventilate |
AIR |
| Water lily |
LOTUS |