| CETE | A word for a group of badgers (4) |
| TRIO | On the pattern of solo, duo etc, a word for a group of three singers or instrumentalists; or, a piece of music written for them to perform (4) |
| MESS | Word for a group of iguanas; or, a number of military personnel who eat together in a dining hall or room of the same name (4) |
| SETT | Sounds like groups of badgers were at the tennis match (4) |
| IMPI | Zulu word for a group of armed warriors or soldiers (4) |
| WEDGE | Style of shoe with block heel; a word for a group of geese or swans in flight; or, a type of golf club for maximum loft in a bunker or trap (5) |
| CEDE | Collection of badgers |
| WILD | - Wood; home of Badger in Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows (4) |
| BUNCH | Informal word for a group of people/friends; a handful of flowers; or, a cluster of grapes (5) |
| ICETEA | One group of badgers getting a cold drink |
| SCURRY | Word for a group of squirrels; a short sprint in horse-racing; or, a swirling mass of snowflakes (6) |
| COLLECTIVENOUN | A word for a group of state-controlled farms? (10,4) |
| CETERACH | Group of badgers pursued by hunting dog in fern |
| FLUSH | A word for a group of ducks; or, a poker hand containing only one suit (5) |
| SET | Word for a group of things, such as a sitting or clutch of eggs (3) |
| PARCEL | Portion of land; or, one of the words for a group of penguins other than a waddle, huddle or creche (6) |
| ETCETERA | Men with guns go after alien group of badgers and the like (8) |
| ORCHESTRA | Derived from the Greek meaning "dancing place" and often preceded by chamber, philharmonic or symphony, a word for a group of instrumentalists (9) |
| SWELLMOB | An old word for a group of well-dressed pickpockets (5-3) |
| BUSINESS | One of the words for a group of ferrets (8) |