| Bluegrass artist Krauss | 23 |
| Actress Arngrim | 15 |
| "The Nowhere City" author Lurie | 41 |
| "Miller's Tale" heroine | 37 |
| "Look Back in Anger" wife | 35 |
| "Foreign Affairs" writer Lurie | 40 |
| "Foreign Affairs" Pulitzer winner Lurie | 49 |
| "Foreign Affairs" novelist Lurie | 42 |
| "Familiar Spirits" author Lurie | 41 |
| ___ Hargreaves, first woman to complete a solo climb of Everest, 1995 | 69 |
| Cream of the crop | 17 |
| Leaning | 7 |
| Select group | 12 |
| Tilted | 6 |
| Elite | 5 |
| Elite group | 11 |
| Tilting | 7 |
| Preferred invitees | 18 |
| Hollywood's elite | 21 |
| Most-wanted group | 17 |
| Celeb roster | 12 |
| Top-tier invitees | 17 |
| Preferred guests | 16 |
| Most-wanted invitees | 20 |
| Elite guest roster | 18 |
| VIP roster | 10 |
| Sought-after group | 18 |
| Not upright | 11 |
| Heeling, as a ship | 18 |
| Heeling | 7 |
| Elite ones | 10 |
| Top-tier stars | 14 |
| Top choices | 11 |
| Select invitees | 15 |
| Roll top? | 9 |
| Party desirables | 16 |
| Leaning to one side | 19 |
| Elite roster | 12 |
| Top invitees | 12 |
| Tilting, as a ship | 18 |
| The elite | 9 |
| In crowd | 8 |
| Cream of the celebrity crop | 27 |
| Choice invitees | 15 |
| Careening | 9 |
| Top stars | 9 |
| Top picks | 9 |
| The in crowd | 12 |
| Sought-after guests | 19 |
| Santa keeps one | 15 |
| Primo invitees | 14 |
| Prime invitees | 14 |
| Popular invitees | 16 |
| Party favorites? | 16 |
| Most-wanted guests | 18 |
| Most-preferred invitees | 23 |
| Most desirable invitees | 23 |
| High-society roster | 19 |
| Heeling, at sea | 15 |
| Heeling over | 12 |
| Heeling at sea | 14 |
| First invitees | 14 |
| Eminent roster | 14 |
| Elite invitee roster | 20 |
| Desired guests | 14 |
| Canting | 7 |
| Best guests | 11 |
| All the best? | 13 |
| "He's making ___ and checking it twice" | 53 |
| "He's making ___ and checking it twice . . ." | 59 |
| ". . . he's making ___, and checking . . ." | 57 |
| Who's who in Hollywood | 26 |
| What Santa makes | 16 |
| What Ko-Ko had | 14 |
| What Kathy Griffin strives to be on | 35 |
| V.I.P. room denizens | 20 |
| Top talent | 10 |
| Top celebs | 10 |
| Top candidates | 14 |
| Tinseltown's elite | 22 |
| Tilting, as a boat | 18 |
| Tilted, as the Titanic | 22 |
| Tilted, as a tanker | 19 |
| Tilted, as a ship in a storm | 28 |
| Tilted, as a ship | 17 |
| Those with no problem getting in | 32 |
| The in-crowd | 12 |
| The chosen, socially | 20 |
| Tabloid fodder, generally | 25 |
| Some invitees | 13 |
| Showbiz elite | 13 |
| Show biz elite | 14 |
| Select party invitees | 21 |
| Select names | 12 |
| Roster of desirables | 20 |
| Recent Oscar winners, e.g. | 26 |
| Prime partygoers | 16 |
| Preferred group | 15 |
| Preferred choices | 17 |
| Ones most wanted | 16 |