- HOTSTUFF
- Sexpot
- Quite the rage
- Donna Summer song of 1979
- 1979 song for which Donna Summer won a Grammy, and a hint to the puzzle theme found in the answers to starred clues
- 1979 #1 hit for Donna Summer, and what the four longest Across answers are
- Tabasco, for instance
- Pip; dilly
- Sexy one, in slang
- Someone sexy
- Something extremely cool, paradoxically
- Donna Summer song
- Extremely attractive one, per Donna Summer
- Sexy person, in old slang
- *Donna Summer #1 hit
- 1979 Donna Summer song, and a description of 17-, 23-, 31-, 43- and 49-Across
