| TROUPE | A company of performers |
| CIRCUS | From the Latin meaning "ring", a word for an ancient Roman arena for chariot races and gladiatorial combats that later came to mean a travelling company of performers (6) |
| COHORT | More than a company of soldiers? (6) |
| SEPTET | Name a company of seven singers (6) |
| BALLET | A company of dancers use a round object in between |
| STAND | A company of plovers; a grove of trees; a platform for a brass band; or, a vessel in a boot room or hall for umbrella's, shooting sticks, crops etc (5) |
| CAST | A pair of hawks flown together in falconry; a company of actors in a film or play; or, a swarm of bees leaving a hive (4) |
| DUO | Company of performers (3) |
| TABLE | Slab for/with an inscription; one of the two halves of a backgammon board; or, a company of people seated for supper or a game (5) |
| SIEGE | Form of beleaguerment practised in the art of poliorcetics; or, a word for a company of bitterns or herons (5) |
| BEVY | One of the words for a company of otters or roe deer, or for a flock of doves, larks, quail or swans (4) |
| FLOCK | A company of birds or sheep; a congregation; or, a tuft of wool (5) |
| MESS | A course, dish, portion or serving of food; feed mixed for an animal; a company of people eating together; or, a jumble, medley, muddle or pickle (4) |
| BANDSMAN | A member of a company of musicians (8) |
| PLATOON | A subdivision of a company of soldiers (7) |
| TROOP | Unit of three of more Scout patrols, similar to a company of Guides (5) |
| CARAVAN | Depicted in several paintings by Edwin Lord Weeks, generic name for a company of travellers journeying across a desert; or, a camel trainA (7) |
| ARCHERY | Skill or sport of shooting with a bow; or, a company of toxophilites or their weapons collectively (7) |
| CETE | A sea monster; a whale; or, from "assembly", a company of badgers (4) |
| CORPSDEBALLET | A company of classical dancers (5,2,6) |
