| CETE | Word for a group or family of badgers other than a clan (4) |
| REED | Pond grass, or family of musical instruments (4) |
| TRIBE | Cultural group or family |
| TRIO | On the pattern of solo, duo etc, a word for a group of three singers or instrumentalists; or, a piece of music written for them to perform (4) |
| MESS | Word for a group of iguanas; or, a number of military personnel who eat together in a dining hall or room of the same name (4) |
| IMPI | Zulu word for a group of armed warriors or soldiers (4) |
| NIDE | Collective noun for a group or brood of pheasants on the ground (4) |
| WEDGE | Style of shoe with block heel; a word for a group of geese or swans in flight; or, a type of golf club for maximum loft in a bunker or trap (5) |
| PARCEL | A paper-wrapped bundle for posting; a portion of land; or, a derogatory term for a group or pack of people of a specified sort (6) |
| DESK | Place for a laptop other than a lap |
| SILD | Any small immature herring other than a sprat, especially when processed and canned in Norway (4) |
| SETT | Sounds like groups of badgers were at the tennis match (4) |
| WILD | - Wood; home of Badger in Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows (4) |
| BUNCH | Informal word for a group of people/friends; a handful of flowers; or, a cluster of grapes (5) |
| SCURRY | Word for a group of squirrels; a short sprint in horse-racing; or, a swirling mass of snowflakes (6) |
| FLUSH | A word for a group of ducks; or, a poker hand containing only one suit (5) |
| SET | Word for a group of things, such as a sitting or clutch of eggs (3) |
| KINDLE | Collective noun for a group or litter of kittens; or, a brand of e-reader designed by Amazon (6) |
| PIECE | A coin; a chessman other than a pawn; a musical composition; or, a quantity of cloth or wallpaper (5) |
| COLLECTIVENOUN | A word for a group of state-controlled farms? (10,4) |