| CAPTAINS | Commanders of ships; senior pilots; head boys/girls; or, leaders of clubs or sports teams (8) |
| MONITORS | Word for admonishers, advisers or warners originally, later head boys/girls; lizards said to give warning of crocodiles; or, CCTVs (8) |
| LEAGUE | An old distance of three miles or an hour's walk; an alliance of clubs or sports teams; or, a class or group (6) |
| STATESMEN | Politicians or leaders of high standing? |
| BRIG | Ship's senior officer |
| CANOPY | Article in duplicate goes over the pilot's head |
| UMBRELLA | ___ group, one containing a number of clubs or parties that represents all of them (8) |
| FANZINES | Publications, usually produced by amateurs, for followers of performers or sports teams (8) |
| ADMIRALS | The most senior commanders of fleets or navies (8) |
| RABBINIC | Of Jewish priests or leaders (8) |
| GENERALS | Commanders of an army (8) |
| ROSEMARY | Two girls or one (8) |
| SUNDRESS | Girls' or ladies' summer frock (8) |
| TOPBRASS | Most important officers or leaders (3, 5) |
| SIDES | Faces of crystals, polyhedrons or records; pages in books or essays; or, opinions, political parties or sports teams opposed to others (5) |
| CAPTAIN | Leader of a house or sports team at school; or, the skipper of a boat (7) |
| BOUQUETIERES | French word, rooted in "bushes, clumps of trees" and blossoming or stemming from "posies, corsages", for female florists, flower girls or flower sellers; or, garnishing garlands or jardinieres of fres |
| CUBS | Baby bears, foxes, lions or wolves; cattle-pens; cheeky boys/girls; chests; rookie reporters; or, whelps (4) |
| COACH | Railway carriage for passengers; or, a professional who trains athletes or sports teams (5) |
| TINPOT | (Of a country or leader) of poor quality |
