| Text | Length |
| Dais occupant | 13 |
| Comedy club host | 16 |
| Awards show host | 16 |
| Awards night figure | 19 |
| VIP on Oscar night | 18 |
| Veejay's kin | 16 |
| V.I.P. at a fete | 16 |
| TV interlocutor | 15 |
| Trebek, for one | 15 |
| Toaster, or roaster | 19 |
| Telethon V.I.P. | 15 |
| Show announcer | 14 |
| Seacrest or Sajak | 17 |
| Role Jessel had | 15 |
| Role Jessel enjoyed | 19 |
| Role at a roast | 15 |
| Roast overseer | 14 |
| Roast leader | 12 |
| Ringmaster, e.g. | 16 |
| Podium figure | 13 |
| Oscar night VIP | 15 |
| Oscar host, e.g. | 16 |
| Night-club host | 15 |
| Man with the mike | 17 |
| Man with a mike | 15 |
| Man on the dais | 15 |
| Johnny Carson role | 18 |
| Jessel was one | 14 |
| Introduction maker | 18 |
| Introducer of acts | 18 |
| Intro preparer | 14 |
| Intro maestro | 13 |
| Improv club host | 16 |
| Host the pageant | 16 |
| Host a roast, say | 17 |
| Host a roast, e.g. | 18 |
| Host a pageant | 14 |
| Host sometimes | 15 |
| Host of sorts | 14 |
| Hold the mic | 12 |
| He does intros | 14 |
| Handle the intros | 17 |
| Hal March was one | 17 |
| Game show figure | 16 |
| Function runner | 15 |
| Figure at a roast | 17 |
| Eve or Adam Yauch | 17 |
| Entertainment man | 17 |
| Ed Sullivan, e.g. | 17 |
| Dick Clark, often | 17 |
| Dais personality | 16 |
| Cue card reader | 15 |
| Comedy club figure | 18 |
| Certain host | 12 |
| Barker, famously | 16 |
| Banquet bigwig | 14 |
| Awards-night host | 17 |
| Anne Robinson, e.g. | 19 |
| Acted as host | 13 |
| Manned the mike | 15 |
| Was the host of | 15 |
| Played the host | 15 |
| Hosted the show | 15 |
| Hosted a roast | 14 |
| Emulated Jessel | 15 |
| Controlled the mike | 19 |
| Acted the host | 14 |
| Runs the show | 13 |
| Toastmasters | 12 |
| Talk-show hosts | 15 |
| Roast requirements | 18 |
| Roasts' hosts | 17 |
| Hosts roasts | 12 |
| Awards show hosts | 17 |
| TV personalities | 16 |
| Trebek and Sajak | 16 |
| Show runners | 12 |
| Roast runners | 13 |
| Pageant hosts | 13 |
| Hosts of roasts | 15 |
| Hosts at roasts | 15 |
| Hosts a roast | 13 |
| Head-table people | 17 |
| Game show hosts | 15 |
| Game leaders | 12 |
| Bob Barker et al. | 17 |
| Barker et al. | 13 |
| Awards-show hosts | 17 |
| Acts as toastmaster | 19 |
| Break indicator | 15 |
| Symbol of a break | 17 |
| Printing symbol | 15 |
| Printer's line | 18 |
| Hyphen relative | 15 |
| Editor's insert | 19 |
| Colon substitute | 16 |
| Colon alternative | 17 |
| Clause separator | 16 |
| Break in a title | 16 |
| North Sea port | 14 |
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