Answer:

belles

Answer	Crossword Clue
BELLES	Ball girls
BELLES	Real knockouts
BELLES	Southern beauties

BELLES	Quite the charmers
BELLES	Notable ball attendees
BELLES	Ball bevy
BELLES	Ladies fair
BELLES	Ball beauties
BELLES	Admired women
BELLES	..-lettres
BELLES	Some ball attendees

BELLES	Scarlett O'Hara et al.
BELLES	Beauties.
BELLES	Reigning beauties.
BELLES	Beauties
BELLES	Cynosures at cotillions
BELLES	...-lettres (fine literature)
BELLES	Ball standouts
BELLES	Scarlett and others

BELLES	Ball stars
BELLES	"G.W.T.W." extras
BELLES	Scarlett O'Hara and others
BELLES	Ball girls?
BELLES	Ball celebs
BELLES	Dance card maintainers

Crossword

a puzzle consisting of a grid of squares and blanks into which words crossing vertically and horizontally are written according to clues.