| ASWARM | Not quite so hot like a group of bees (6) |
| CHILLY | Ice cold then hot, like one with fever? (6) |
| SOHO | It's not quite so hot in this part of London |
| CAST | To contrive or send forth a magical spell; a rigid plaster of Paris shell; the dramatis personae of a drama or play; a throw of dice or anything else; or, a group of bees, crabs or falcons (4) |
| SWARM | Collective noun for a group of bees (5) |
| HIVE | Where a group of bees lives |
| TROUPE | A band of singers or the like sounds like a group of scouts |
| STOLEN | Hot, like a shawl before mid-morning (6) |
| ABLARE | Playing loudly, like a group of trumpets |
| GANGLY | Lanky, like a group of criminals might you say? |
| CAIMAN | Lizard that sounds like a group of Caribbean islands |
| ONFIRE | Hot, like a basketball player |
| COLONY | Group of bees in the hive |
| SWARMS | Dense groups of bees (6) |
| AFLASH | Briefly hot, like greased lightning is it? (1,5,2,3,3) |
| QUIRE | A set of 24 Uniform sheets of paper sounds like a group of singers |
| FEDERAL | Sustained real disaster, like a group of states |
| TRIADIC | Like a group of three (7) |
| PARTY | Function like a group of politicians |
| FLOC | Will collect suspended particles like a group of birds, reportedly (4) |
