| COHORT | A band of Warriors |
| ODYSSEUS | Mythological Greek hero who devised the stratagem whereby he and a band of warriors were able to sneak through the gates of Troy in a wooden horse (8) |
| CADRE | Band of warriors |
| COHORTS | Company may be short of bands of warriors (7) |
| GROUP | A band of musicians/singers, a circle of friends, a class of peers, a cluster of galaxies, a family of chemical elements or a gathering of people (5) |
| RING | A band of gold or silver, sometimes set with gems; an "elf circle" of champignon mushrooms on a woodland floor; one of the concentric markings in the trunk of a tree; or, a disc of matter orbiting Sat |
| WREATH | A bank of snow; a curl of cloud or smoke; a circlet of seasonal flora and evergreen foliage hung on one's door at Christmas or set with candles to represent four weeks of Advent; or, a band of twisted |
| GORGET | From Old French for "throat", a piece of armour or part of a wimple worn to cover/protect the neck, hence a band of colour on the craw or crop of a hummingbird or other avian (6) |
| IMPI | A little rascal took on a group of warriors (4) |
| GANG | Word for a set of people or things which go together, such as a ship's crew; a group of labourers, sockets or tools; or, a band of children, criminals or delinquents (4) |
| CAMARILLA | From "chamber", a word for a little room originally, later the private cabinet of a Spanish king; a band of secret intriguers; or, a cabal generally (9) |
| STRIPE | An old word for a whip to the flesh with a scourge or lash; a band of colour; a banded cloth or pattern, such as that in the Breton or candy style; or, a chevron on a sleeve (6) |
| SONTARANS | Cloned race of warriors that are enemies of Doctor Who (9) |
| NINJA | Which type of warrior emerged because their covert methods of waging war were considered dishonourable and below the code of the Samurai? (5) |
| ARMY | Mary falls over body of warriors (4) |
| FURIOUSFIVE | Group of warriors in "Kung Fu Panda" |
| JEDI | Order of warriors with lightsabers |
| MELBA | ___ Patillo Beals: Author of "Warriors Don't Cry" (1995) |
| PRISONERSOFWAR | Pens of warriors designed for these people (9,2,3) |
| RIACE | Comune in Calabria notable as the place where bronze statues of warriors, now in the Museo Nazionale della Magna Grecia in Reggio Calabria, were found in the sea in 1972 |
