| PRICKLE | A collective noun for a group/pack of hedgehogs or porcupines (7) |
| BRAT | Actor group, - Pack (coll) |
| GANG | Group, pack, crowd (4) |
| WINGDING | Following din, group packs lively party (8) |
| PRICKLES | A collective noun for groups of hedgehogs or a word for their quills (8) |
| CARAVAN | Collective noun for a group of travellers; or, a shepherd's hut-like vehicle depicted in paintings by Munnings (7) |
| GRUMBLE | A collective noun for pug dogs (7) |
| SLOTH | A collective noun for a group of bears; one of the seven deadly sins; or, a two-toed or three-toed animal (5) |
| ECHIDNA | Australian monotreme that resembles the hedgehog or porcupine |
| SCRY | From an aphetic for "catch sight of", a verb meaning "divine by means of crystal-gazing"; or, a collective noun for a bunch, knob, lute, plump, skein, sord, sute or trip of wildfowls (4) |
| CLOWDER | Collective noun for a group of cats |
| CLOUD | A collective noun for a group of gnats, flies, bats or starlings (5) |
| TROOP | A collective noun for a group of baboons, kangaroos or scouts (5) |
| COOP | A collective noun for a group of frolicking otters (4) |
| UNKINDNESS | A collective noun for a group of ravens (10) |
| DRIFT | Blanket of snowdrops, daffodils, bluebells or other flowers; a cattle drove road; a set of fishing nets; or, a collective noun for swans on water (5) |
| QUILLS | Rolls of cinnamon bark; prickles of hedgehogs; or, feathers of geese or swans used as pens (6) |
| WEDGE | Style of shoe with a block heel; or, a collective noun for a flock of flying geese (5) |
| KETTLE | One of the basic appliances found in a kitchen; or, a collective noun for buzzards, hawks. kites, fish or drums (6) |
| ARRAY | Impressive display or collection; rich clothing; a group of hedgehogs; a panel of jurors; or, a matrix (5) |
