| 100% | ASTAIRE | 7 | Fred who danced with Ginger Rogers |
| 80% | ASTAIRE | 7 | Fred who danced with Ginger |
| 56% | RITA | 4 | Hayworth who danced with Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly |
| 48% | ASTAIRE | 7 | Actor Fred __ was Ginger Rogers' dance partner |
| 47% | ASTAIRE | 7 | Fred __, dancing partner of Ginger Rogers |
| 43% | INHEELS | 7 | How Ginger Rogers danced |
| 42% | ASTAIRE | 7 | Screen dancer Fred known for his partnership with Ginger Rogers |
| 42% | GINGER | 6 | Fred Astaire's dance partner, __ Rogers |
| 41% | ASTAIRE | 7 | He danced with Rogers in "Top Hat" |
| 41% | MARGOT | 6 | Dame Fonteyn who danced ballet with Nureyev |
| 41% | PANACHE | 7 | What Fred Astaire danced with |
| 41% | EASE | 4 | What Fred Astaire danced with |
| 39% | WILLARD | 7 | Late comic actor Fred who frequently collaborated with Christopher Guest |
| 39% | MCGRIFF | 7 | Slugger Fred who ended his career with 493 home runs |
| 38% | CHEEKTOCHEEK | 12 | How Fred and Ginger sometimes danced |
| 38% | NYE | 3 | Bill ___ who danced to "Weird Science" on "Dancing With the Stars" |
| 38% | EBERT | 5 | Roger who once did movie reviews with Gene Siskel |
| 38% | DANCER | 6 | Fred Astaire or Ginger Rogers |
| 37% | REDD | 4 | With 20-Across, actor who played Fred on 44-Across |
| 36% | EBB | 3 | Fred —, lyricist who co-wrote the musical Cabaret with John Kander |
| 36% | ASTAIRE | 7 | Fred __, danced with sister Adele in his youth |
| 36% | ALLAM | 5 | Roger —, actor who plays DI Fred Thursday in ITV drama series Endeavour |
| 35% | DIVORCEE | 8 | Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers' film The Gay __ |
| 35% | NUREYEV | 7 | Russian ballet great Rudolf who danced with a pig in a segment called "Swine Lake" on "The Muppet Show" |
| 35% | DERULO | 6 | Singer Jason, who had a hit with Take You Dancing |
| 34% | WANNA | 5 | "I ___ Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)" |
| 34% | DEREKHOUGH | 10 | "Dancing With the Stars" dancer who's a judge on "World of Dance": 2 wds. |
| 34% | REDD | 4 | With 32-Across, actor who played widowed father Fred Sanford on "Sanford and Son" |
| 34% | SCOOBYDOO | 9 | Animated pooch who solves mysteries with Fred, Daphne, Velma, and Shaggy: Hyph. |
| 33% | EDGAR | 5 | With 34-Across, "The Dancing Class" painter who was born in Paris on July 19, 1834 |