Possible Clues:

• Assortment of different things or people
• Motley assortment
• Went round party to secure various items
• Was sociable talk about potpourri?
• Collection of miscellanea
• Variety, and what's literally hidden within 17-, 23-, 32-, 42- and 50-Across
• Awfully game bid to secure ten, an assortment
• Potpourri, and a hint to the puzzle theme
• Alphabet soup, so to speak
• Western star with badge performing in variety