| CETE | A band of badgers |
| CETES | Bands of badgers |
| 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 |
| COHORT | One-tenth of a Roman legion originally, later a band of warriors; a group with a shared characteristic; a companion; or, a follower (6) |
| 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) |
| MELES | A genus of badgers |
| ICETEA | One group of badgers getting a cold drink |
| SETTS | Underground homesteads of badgers; distinctive patterns of repeated squares and lines that define tartans; or, cobble-like paving blocks but with six sides (5) |
| 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) |
| BLOCKS | Masses of badgers changing hands (6) |
| TEASE | A bit of (badger?) baiting |
| INERT | Like some gases put in to flush out last of badgers |
| CETERACH | Group of badgers pursued by hunting dog in fern |
| SETT | Sounds like groups of badgers were at the tennis match (4) |
| ETCETERA | Men with guns go after alien group of badgers and the like (8) |
| SETTLEIN | Habitat of badger, half of Irish province, to become established (6,2) |
