| ODDFELLOW | Member of a secret benevolent society (9) |
| PERENNIAL | Reoccurring plant such as aquilegia, lavender and lupin; or, an informal name for the Gardeners' Royal Benevolent Society (9) |
| ODDFELLOWS | British benevolent society since the 18th century |
| FREEMASON | What is a member of a secret society similar to the Knights Templar? (9) |
| CARBONARI | Members of a secret society in early 19th-century Italy (9) |
| FORSTER | Author of novels including A Room with a View, Howards End and A Passage to India who was a member of a secret society known as the Cambridge Apostles (7) |
| ASSASSIN | A member of a secret sect of Muslim fanatics of the 11c-13c who murdered their victims (8) |
| MASON | Mum's working for a member of a secret society |
| MAFIOSO | Name a member of a secret Sicilian society (7) |
| MAFIOSI | Members of a secret criminal society (7) |
| MASONS | Members of a secret society getting on in service |
| SPYRINGWATER | No-cal drink for members of a secret syndicate? |
| CHAPTER | Book division; branch of a secret society; Roman numeral on a watch; or, a series of unfortunate events (7) |
| EXPOSURE | Word for a lack of shelter from the weather; the harmful effects of extreme cold; aspect, with regard to climate, influence, sunlight etc; the revelation of a secret; or, publicity (8) |
| REGRET | Be sorry a chap has a bit of a secret (6) |
| ESPY | Catch a glimpse of a secret agent from the capital of Egypt |
| LITTLEBIRD | Source of a secret, in a phrase |
| WIKILEAKSOWNERASSANGE | JULIAN, as creator of a secret cables source (9,5,7) |
| FREEMASONRY | No charge for stonework ___ the practice of a secret society (11) |
| BREACH | ___ of confidence, the giving away of a secret (6) |
