| NERDFEST | Endearing term for a gathering of folks sharing a niche interest |
| MURDER | Term for a gathering of crows ... put to death! (6) |
| ESOTERIC | Like a niche interest |
| HOBBYDRAMA | Spicy stories from a niche interest's world |
| ESOTERICA | Niche-interest info |
| NOTFOREVERYONE | Niche interest (3,3,8) |
| PEET | Fitting place for a gathering of the races (4) |
| COVEN | Little inlet new for a gathering of witches |
| BEE | It has its line for a gathering of people spelling (3) |
| GROUP | A band of musicians/singers, a circle of friends, a class of peers, a cluster of galaxies, a family of chemical elements or a gathering of people (5) |
| RECESS | A gap, whether a nook full of dust, a breaktime for a drink, biscuit or buttered crust, a retreat from the fuss or a niche for a magnificent Nollekens bust (6) |
| TUCK | A rapier; a fold or pleat; a gathering of ends; a child's sweets and snacks for school; a curled dive position; a fictional friar; or, abdominoplasty (4) |
| HUI | Word commonly used in New Zealand for a gathering or assembly (3) |
| SALON | French word for a drawing room; a gathering of distinguished figures in a fashionable menage; a beauty parlour; or, a couturier's workshop (5) |
| DRIVE | A jaunt or journey in a motor vehicle; the act of chasing game or moving cattle; a gathering of whist players; or, a shot from a golf tee (5) |
| OLDBEAN | Endearing term of address in obsolete British (3,4) |
| HON | Endearing term similar to sugar or cupcake for short |
| PIGSNIE | For Scots, crock is no longer near to an endearing term |
| SORETAILS | Alternatively, afflictions of folks who do lots of horseback riding? |
| BLESSYOU | Endearing term boys use misguidedly drinking litres (5,3) |
