| HAMAS | Palestinian group and political party |
| MIFF | Minor quarrel between Military Intelligence and political party |
| PLOUGH | Palestinian group unites with horror at big dipper (6) |
| FATAH | Al-__ (Palestinian group) |
| BAHAMAS | Country's airline taken by Palestinian group |
| PLENIPO | Special ambassador - long given backing in Palestinian group |
| APLOMB | Coolness shown by a Palestinian group doctor |
| EXPLORE | Former Palestinian group joins soldiers in making search (7) |
| ALFATAH | Palestinian group |
| THEBAHAMAS | State of article by graduate from Palestinian group (3,7) |
| EMI | Found in semi-ripe cuttings, Electrical and Musical Industries Ltd was a British business group and a record label between 1931 and 2012! (1,1,1) |
| RONDENNIS | The executive chairman of McLaren Automotive and McLaren Group, and team principal of McLaren, the group's Formula One team, until 2009 |
| DEFACTOR | Someone who leaves their country, political party or other group and joins an opposing one (8) |
| SPORADES | Greek archipelago in the Aegean Sea comprising a northern group and a southern group (8) |
| CROZIER | Eric ?, librettist and theatre director; co-founder of the English Opera Group and Aldeburgh Festival |
| BREAKRANKS | Deviate from one's group, and what the black squares in rows 3, 5, 8 and 11 do |
| REDARMY | What name was adopted by a Japanese international terrorist group and the militaries of the Hungarian Soviet Republic and the Bavarian Soviet Republic? (3,4) |
| TEAMS | A Mets group and others |
| PATROL | Early '80s electro group and album "Planet ___" |
| THEDOORS | 1960s-'70s group, and this puzzle's theme |
