| 100% | TWENTYNINEAGAIN | 15 | Jocular answer to “How old are you now?,” at a thirtieth-birthday party |
| 40% | SMASHCAKE | 9 | Sweet treat meant to be destroyed at a 1-year-old's birthday party |
| 39% | ONE | 3 | How old a baby is after the first birthday |
| 37% | FOLLOWTHELEADER | 15 | How to find what a creep is looking at? |
| 37% | FINEASFROGHAIR | 14 | Answer to "How are you?", Southern-style |
| 36% | MASK | 4 | Prop at a masquerade party, or what you'd do to 5d |
| 36% | FINE | 4 | An answer to "How are you?" |
| 36% | AGELIMIT | 8 | Restriction on how old you have to be to do something: 2 wds. |
| 35% | WENTAS | 6 | Pretended to be at a party |
| 35% | DAYDRESS | 8 | Frock to be worn at the races or a tea party |
| 35% | ITGOESUPANDDOWN | 15 | How life is like the ocean, or a hint to entering the starred answers |
| 35% | OLD | 3 | "How ___ are you now?" (line that may follow the birthday song) |
| 35% | PONY | 4 | Animal that may be ridden at a fancy birthday party |
| 34% | FAR | 3 | "How ___ along are you?" (question to a pregnant woman) |
| 34% | YES | 3 | Impossible answer to "Are you asleep right now?" |
| 34% | GOAS | 4 | Pretend to be, as at a Halloween party |
| 34% | NAMECARDS | 9 | Labels at a dinner party ... or a hint to the circled letters hidden in the theme answers? |
| 34% | BURNINGTHEMIDNIGHTOIL | 21 | "___? Then you'd be setting fire to that painting at 12 a.m." |
| 34% | YES | 3 | "Are you solving a crossword right now?" answer |
| 34% | GOAS | 4 | Pretend to be, at a Halloween party, say |
| 33% | AGE | 3 | How old you are |
| 33% | UPTHEANTE | 9 | Increase what is at stake ... or a hint to answering 20-, 30- and 46-Across |
| 33% | RSVP | 4 | Answer to a party invitation |
| 33% | DIRGE | 5 | Music unlikely to be played at a party |
| 32% | HIDE | 4 | Cry at a surprise birthday party |
| 32% | TWO | 3 | How old a "terrible" toddler is |
| 32% | AGE | 3 | How old a person is, say |
| 32% | WHOISIT | 7 | Answer to a knock at the door |
| 32% | OPENIT | 6 | Urging at a birthday party |
| 32% | CAKE | 4 | Dessert at a birthday party |