| 100% | WHOISSHE | 8 | Question one might ask a party host about a glamorous newcomer |
| 49% | CANYOUBELIEVEIT | 15 | "Isn't that mind-blowing?!" … or a question one might ask about 17-, 28- and 44-Across |
| 44% | ISITART | 7 | Question one might ask when looking at a banana taped to the wall |
| 42% | SEAT | 4 | A host might ask you to take one |
| 42% | SEAT | 4 | A host might ask you to take one? |
| 36% | POLLER | 6 | One who asks a lot of questions |
| 36% | RSVP | 4 | One may ask for a dinner preference |
| 35% | AUTOGRAPH | 9 | A fan might ask a movie star for one |
| 35% | ETA | 3 | "What's your ___?" (question a host may ask a guest who is yet to arrive): Abbr. |
| 35% | QUERY | 5 | Ask a question about something |
| 35% | AMILATE | 7 | Question that might be asked when hurrying into a meeting |
| 35% | INVITEE | 7 | One asked to attend a party |
| 34% | SEC | 3 | You might ask a waiter to give you one |
| 34% | TEPEE | 5 | Where one might raise a flap about a reservation? |
| 34% | PINATA | 6 | One might hang out at a party |
| 34% | PEPPERMILL | 10 | Ask a lot of questions about utilitarianism? |
| 34% | WILLYOUMARRYME | 14 | Question that might be asked on one knee |
| 34% | PINATA | 6 | One might be smashed open at a party |
| 34% | CARD | 4 | A magician might ask you to pick one |
| 34% | BEERCOOLER | 10 | One may be taken to a tailgate party |
| 34% | EMT | 3 | One who might help a literal party crasher |
| 33% | INVITE | 6 | You might get one before a party |
| 33% | LATE | 4 | How one may "fashionably" arrive to a party |
| 32% | ALEXTREBEK | 10 | TV host who got asked a lot of questions |
| 32% | REPORT | 6 | Students might write one of these about a book |
| 32% | AUTOGRAPH | 9 | A celebrity might be asked for one |
| 32% | ROUGHNIGHT | 10 | Question asked to one with a hangover |
| 32% | SPOILER | 7 | "___ alert!" (what one might exclaim before talking about a new movie) |
| 31% | ERA | 3 | A retirement party might toast the end of one |
| 31% | BOOTH | 5 | What a host may be asked for |