| CRYOF | Collective term for a group of hunting beasts, a ... hounds (3,2) |
| BASSET | The wild beast's a hound! (6) |
| PACK | A rucksack or folded parachute; a set of playing cards; a unit of Cub Scouts or Brownie Guides; or, a group of hunting hounds/wolves (4) |
| LAIR | A bed; a grave; a wild animal's den; an enclosure for beasts; a hideaway; a mire; or, a flashy man or show-off (4) |
| DRAGON | Red -; one of the Queen's Beasts; a creature on the national Welsh flag (6) |
| SKULK | Collective term for a group of foxes (5) |
| CHARM | Collective term for a group of goldfinches |
| QUEST | Whether a knight's crusade for the Grail, a pilgrim's progress to a holy place, a philosopher's pursuit of truth, a hound's hunt for game or a computer's scan for data, it is a word, from "ask, seek", |
| STOOK | Historical term for a group of sheaves arranged in a field (5) |
| SKEIN | Term for a group of wild geese flying together (5) |
| SCENT | Hunting term for a hound's sense of smell that came to mean cologne, essence or other pleasant perfume (5) |
| STERN | Term for a hound's tail ... found at rear of boat? (5) |
| PACKS | Bundles borne on the back; beautifying clay or mud treatments; scrums of rugby forwards; or, groups of hunting hounds or wolves (5) |
| ATLAS | Term for a group of maps, thought to have been originated by cartographer Gerardus Mercator (5) |
| SCORE | Term for a group of 20 |
| SCREECH | Collective term for a group of seagulls (7) |
| STATE | Condition of the beast a terrier held (5) |
| BOLAS | In South America, can get some beast (a slob?) in a tangle |
| PARCEL | A paper-wrapped bundle for posting; a portion of land; or, a derogatory term for a group or pack of people of a specified sort (6) |
| TROOP | Collective term for group of apes or monkeys (5) |
