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Answer: BESS

BESS is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 105 times.

• Porgy's beloved
• Actress Armstrong
• Porgy's woman
• Brown ___ (old musket)
• She was wild about Harry
• Porgy's love
• Mrs. Truman
• Porgy's mate
• "I Loves You, Porgy" singer
• 1940's first lady
• 1953 Jean Simmons title role
• Mrs. Harry Truman
• Former first lady's name
• Former first lady's first name
• Gershwin title character
• First lady before Mamie
• Eleanor's follower as first lady
• Tudor queen, informally
• Heroine of a Gershwin opera
• Former first lady
• Catfish Row denizen
• Gershwin heroine
• First Lady after Eleanor
• Harry Truman's wife
• Good Queen ___
• Porgy's partner
• "___, You Is My Woman Now"
• Mamie's predecessor
• Porgy's lady
• Eleanor's successor
• "I've Got a Secret" panelist Myerson
• First name in first ladies
• 21-Across predecessor
• Gershwin's "___, You Is My Woman Now"
• Harry's First Lady
• Musical character who sings "Leavin' fo' de Promise' Lan'"
• Brown ___ (British Army musket)
• "What You Want wid ___?" (Gershwin tune)
• Former Miss America Myerson
• Harry's wife
• Margaret Truman's mom
• Margaret's mom
• Harry's missus
• ''Porgy and __''
• ''I Loves You Porgy'' singer
• Catfish Row woman
• She preceded Mamie
• Mrs. H.S.T.
• Eleanor's White House successor
• She succeeded Eleanor
• She followed Eleanor
• First lady Truman
• Role for Leontyne Price
• "Porgy and ___"
• Breakthrough role for Leontyne Price
• Catfish Row opera heroine
• Crown's girl, in a 1935 opera
• Longest-lived first lady
• "Summertime" singer
• HST's lady
• "I Loves You Porgy" singer
• Common horse name
• Elizabeth, familiarly
• Harry S. Truman's wife
• 1940s-'50s White House name
• Partner of Porgy
• Catfish Row resident
• A Truman
• Ms. Myerson
• First lady between Eleanor and Mamie
• "The Highwayman" daughter
• Gershwin opera heroine
• Porgy's girlfriend
• Nancy Drew sidekick
• Gershwin soprano
• 20th-century first lady
• "My So-Called Life" star Armstrong
• Nancy Drew's pal
• Elizabeth I's nickname
• Truman's first lady
• Gershwin title heroine
• Armstrong of "All is Forgiven"
• One Truman
• British royal nickname
• Soprano role since 1935
• Tudor monarch moniker
• '50s first lady
• Catfish Row heroine of opera
• '40s First Lady
• 'Porgy and ___'
• Nickname for Elizabeth
• A first lady of the 50's
• Harry's spouse
• *First Lady Truman
• Phyllis's daughter
• Téa's "Madam Secretary" role
• Gershwin operatic heroine
• Nickname for Beatrice
• Nickname like Liz
• "My So-Called Life" actress Armstrong
• Role in a Gershwin opera
• ___ Myerson, only Jewish woman crowned Miss America
• ___ Houdini, co-star in her husband Harry's act
• White House resident between Eleanor and Mamie
• "Buffalo Fluffalo" author Kalb