| PACK | Press tightly together or cram (4) |
| BENJAMIN | Patriarch gives directions: press tightly together in litter basket (8) |
| JAM | Press tightly together (3) |
| BIND | Fasten tightly together (4) |
| SESH | Slangy word after "jam" or "cram" |
| MESS | Word once used for a portion of food or a set of four served together at a medieval banquet, hence a group of military personnel who eat together or the meal so taken (4) |
| TEAM | Word, aptly with no "I", for a company, crew, group, squad or stable whose beasts, members or players all ally, bridle, draw together or unify (4) |
| MATE | Word, related to "meat" through the idea of eating together or sharing food, for a companion, fellow worker, friend, one of a pair or a spouse (4) |
| DATE | Go out together or go out of style (4) |
| CLIP | It holds together - or separates (4) |
| RAKE | One may get things together or degenerate (4) |
| GANG | A group of people who associate together or act as an organised body (4) |
| PAIR | A set of two persons or things used together or regarded as a unit |
| BIGA | Roman chariot with two horses yoked together; or, sourdough ferment, said to last almost forever (4) |
| LIME | From an Arabic word for citruses collectively, a lemon-like fruit with a zingy aroma; the chartreuse-green hue of its zest; a spotlight; a West Indian get-together; or, a tree with heart-shaped leaves |
| STUFF | Pack tightly, force or cram? (5) |
| CLUSTER | A number of things growing or grouped tightly together (7) |
| PINCH | Press tightly between the fingers |
| NIP | Press tightly between the fingers (3) |
| MILER | Coe or Cram |
