| Expressive rock music subgenre |
| Big initials in '70s TV |
| Maximum number of party attendees, perhaps |
| Abba's music genre |
| Bread genre |
| Action figure tie-in to a '70s TV detective? |
| Music genre word |
| Adult-contemperary music of the late '70s and early '80s |
| Party attender |
| Party snack |
| Attend a party uninvited ... and a literal hint to five sets of circled letters |
| Begged for Bengay |
| Assortment on a party platter |
| Author Rand admired by the Tea Party |
| Lawman Ramsey of '70s TV |
| Party who avoids parties |
| 1960s-'70s San Francisco mayor Joseph |
| Music genre |
| Combined Latin/Jamaican/hip-hop genre |
| Party animal |
| Note on some birthday party invites |
| Bessie Smith's genre |
| Professionally feeding partygoers |
| Scary genre |
| Charlie Parker genre |
| Popular hangouts in the late '70s |
| '70s PBS talk-show host |
| Conventional party dish |
| Party streamer material |
| Party leader? |