Answer: bess

AnswerCrossword Clue
BESSHarry S Truman's wife
BESSColumnist Myerson
BESSHarry's wife
BESSFirst lady before Mamie
BESSFormer Miss America Myerson
BESSCatfish Row opera heroine
BESSCrown's girl, in a 1935 opera
BESS"Summertime" singer
BESS"The Highwayman" daughter
BESSPorgy's love
BESSGood Queen ...
BESS'40s-'50s first lady
BESS"I Loves You, Porgy" singer
BESSFirst Lady after Eleanor
BESSHarry Truman's wife
BESS"..., You Is My Woman Now"
BESSPorgy's woman
BESSPorgy's lady
BESSPorgy's mate
BESS"I've Got a Secret" panelist Myerson
BESSMamie's White House predecessor
BESSPorgy's partner
BESSPorgy's beloved
BESSActress Armstrong
BESSMrs. Harry Truman
BESSMrs. Truman
BESSMamie's predecessor
BESSMiss America Myerson
BESSOne of the Trumans
BESSCatfish Row heroine
BESSGershwin heroine
BESSA Myerson
BESSHarry's First Lady
BESSFirst Lady before Mamie
BESSA Truman
BESSOne Truman
BESSBreakthrough role for Leontyne Price
BESSHarry Truman's first lady
BESSEngland's "Good Queen ..."
BESSEleanor's successor