Answer:

ethel

Answer	Crossword Clue
ETHEL	Merman of "Gypsy"
ETHEL	Lucy's cohort
ETHEL	Waters of song

ETHEL	Lucy's neighbor
ETHEL	Merman of the stage
ETHEL	Singer, .... Merman
ETHEL	Fred's wife
ETHEL	Waters
ETHEL	Lucy's TV neighbor
ETHEL	Lucy's pal
ETHEL	One Barrymore

ETHEL	One of the Barrymores
ETHEL	"On Golden Pond" role
ETHEL	Lucy's landlady
ETHEL	Lucy's best friend
ETHEL	Stage actress Barrymore
ETHEL	Waters of blues
ETHEL	Waters of gospel
ETHEL	Rosenberg convicted of conspiracy in 1951

ETHEL	Waters of music
ETHEL	Great-aunt of Drew
ETHEL	Merman of Broadway
ETHEL	Lucy's chum
ETHEL	Bluesy Waters
ETHEL	One of the convicted Rosenberg spies
ETHEL	Belter Merman
ETHEL	Fred's "I Love Lucy" wife

ETHEL	Lucy's sidekick
ETHEL	Merman of note
ETHEL	Singer Merman
ETHEL	Drew Barrymore's aunt
ETHEL	Merman or Mertz
ETHEL	Mrs. Mertz
ETHEL	Waters or Merman
ETHEL	Lucy's sitcom neighbor

ETHEL	Apt name for a gas station attendant?
ETHEL	Katharine in "On Golden Pond"
ETHEL	Famed Barrymore
ETHEL	Broadway great Merman
ETHEL	Song belter Merman