| DOYENNES | Most respected women in a group or profession (8) |
| DOYEN | Senior member of a group or profession (5) |
| MATRIARCHAL | Mum hearing about cunning of much-respected women (11) |
| MATRIARCHS | Armchairs head teacher reupholstered to seat much-respected women |
| LINGO | Jargon or vocabulary peculiar to a particular class, group or profession; or, local dialect/patois (5) |
| TREKKING | Pursuit of cross-country pony riding in a group; or, hiking and journeying with a backpack (8) |
| CABOODLE | The whole kit and -, everything in a group or collection (8) |
| INVENTOR | Word for a discoverer; or, one who conceives or designs unique or novel devices as a hobby or profession (8) |
| WENTHOME | The women in a drunken state sought refuge (4,4) |
| TRAINEES | Those undergoing instruction for a particular job or profession (8) |
| MAJORITY | The greater number; or, a group or political party with the winning margin or votes in an election (8) |
| PEDAGOGY | The principles, practise or profession of teaching (8) |
| PUGULISM | The art or profession of fist fighting (8) |
| PUGILISM | The art or profession of fist fighting (8) |
| OLDGUARD | Unbending original members of a group or team; or, the conservative element in a political party (3,5) |
| PUPPYDOM | The state of being a young dog; or, a group or litter of such whelps (8) |
| ELITISM | The practice or system of favouring the richest or most talented in a group or society (7) |
| INTERIOR | - design; practice, art or profession associated with Robert Kime, David Hicks, Sibyl Colefax and John Fowler (8) |
| BUSINESS | Trade or profession (8) |
| MAVERICK | A person who refuses to conform to the views of a group or party (8) |
