| HIGHTABLE | Place at a formal meal where the most important guests sit (4,5) |
| TOASTMASTER | MC at a formal meal (11) |
| REDCARPETTREATMENT | Special attention given to important guests (3-6,9) |
| HIGHSTREET | Road where the most important shops and businesses in a town are traditionally located (4,6) |
| HIGHESTCATEGORY | Where the most important things are listed |
| SEDER | Meal where the 10 Plagues of Egypt are recalled |
| BARBECUE | Meal where the cooking stands out |
| ENTREMETS | Light dish served between two courses of a formal meal (9) |
| PLACECARD | Where to see a guest's name at a formal table (5,4) |
| HERBARIUM | That person's element of a meal where dried plants found (9) |
| GHOSTTOUR | Attraction that could take place at a haunted house |
| DEBUTANTE | A young woman of upperclass background who is presented to society, usually at a formal ball (9) |
| REDCARPET | Thing an important guest walks on (3,6) |
| BALLERINA | She dances at a formal dance, one near to being changed (9) |
| TESTAMENT | Check on unfamiliar men at a formal declaration (9) |
| ABITOFADO | TV drama starring David Jason in which each episode took place at a different social function (1,3,2,1,2) |
| LUNCHEONS | Formal meals in the middle of the day, to celebrate important events or raise money for charity (9) |
| BANQUETTE | Formal meal? Time on vacation to get bench (9) |
| COURSE | One of the successive dishes of a formal meal; or, the ground over which golf is played or a race is run (6) |
| BUFFET | A blow to one's hopes of a formal meal? |
