| NEXUS | A means of connection between members of a group or things in a series (5) |
| SHARED | Divided equally between members of a group (6) |
| BATON | Name of the item passed between members of the same team in a relay. (5) |
| ELITE | The most powerful, rich, gifted or educated members of a group or community (5) |
| STAIR | Means of connection between floors (5) |
| DOYEN | Senior member of a group or profession (5) |
| ETHOS | Spirit (of a group or company, eg) (5) |
| MODEM | Means of connection to the internet (5) |
| JOINT | Point of connection between two bones (5) |
| PILLS | They may be prescribed for members of a group - ill-suffering men! (5) |
| FORMATION | A group of people or things in a particular arrangement or pattern (9) |
| CINDERELLA | A drudge of sooty hearth or scullery; or, a "rags-to-riches" girl, idea, person or thing, in a fairy tale or real life (10) |
| OLDGUARD | Unbending original members of a group or team; or, the conservative element in a political party (3,5) |
| PLENUM | Assembly of all the members of a group or committee, especially a legislature; from Latin, 'full space' (6) |
| LINK | Means of connection between things (4) |
| CHARGE | An accumulation of electricity; a person or thing in one's care; a heraldic emblem or device on a shield; or, a financial liability (6) |
| ELITISM | Belief, opposite to pluralism, in government by the most gifted, highly educated, powerful or rich members of a group or society (7) |
| ROW | Arrangement of person or things in a line (3) |
| COMMONDENOMINATOR | Attribute shared by members of a group or category (6,11) |
| FIXATE | To attach oneself to a person or thing in a neurotic way |
