| SEATA | ___ _ group of guests (Bring the banquet invitees to their table) |
| MAITRED | One showing diners to their tables |
| HOTPOT | Type of restaurant where customers cook meat in broth at their table |
| COMICSTRIP | The _ _, group of British comedians who came to prominence in the 1980s (5,5) |
| AJCASSON | _._. ___, Group of Seven member (b.1898 in Toronto - d.1992 in Toronto) |
| BABYSHOWER | A party for parents-to-be or new parents to which guests bring gifts (4,6) |
| APPETITES | Things you hope your dinner guests bring |
| NEEDLES | The ___, group of chalk stacks in the English Channel off the coast of the Isle of Wight (7) |
| THEWHITELOTUS | HBO hit about a group of guests at a series of luxury hotels (3,5,5) |
| ARKOFTHECOVENANT | Wooden coffer in which the ancient Israelites kept their Tables of the Law (3,2,3,8) |
| TIEPOLO | Giovanni Battista -, Italian painter whose works include The Chariot of Aurora and The Banquet of Cl |
| STATED | Said to be fed up about the end of the banquet (6) |
| BRAISE | Cook and bring up after the start of the banquet (6) |
| RUSSELL | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Group, group of 24 British universities founded in 1994 (7) |
| ALIST | Top invitees to the premiere |
| TWOS | Invitees to early lifeboat trip arrived in these (4) |
| SPREAD | A lot of newspaper space dedicated to the banquet |
| FEAST | First fellow used one direction to get to the banquet (5) |
| HOUSEPARTY | Group of guests staying a few days |
| RSVP | Abbreviation urging the invitee to reply (1,1,1,1) |
