| KINGS | A band of little crooks (5) |
| CRIMSON | Little crooks on red shade (7) |
| BANDIT | Together they could make you a little crook (6) |
| 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) |
| UNION | A band of brothers in a state of wedlock (5) |
| POSSE | A band of men recruited to support a sheriff (5) |
| ROBIN | Swashbuckling lead character from a 1938 film who leads a band of merry men (first name only) (5) |
| OCTET | ...with a band of eight. (5) |
| ORDER | Skirt headed off a band of brothers (5) |
| BRAID | British attack a band of cloth (5) |
| IRATE | Exceptionally angry when spotting a band of pirates (5) |
| TULSA | Oklahoma city settled in the 1820s and 30s by the Lochapoka, a band of Creek Native Americans (5) |
| ARCED | Formed a band of sparks |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
