| JUDICIARY | Judges, collectively (9) |
| BACKBENCHER | Judges collectively blocking sponsor's MP (11) |
| BENCH | A seat in a boat or parliament; a platform for plants in a greenhouse or for dogs at a show; a pew or settle; a table in a laboratory, studio or workshop; or, judges collectively (5) |
| WOMENFOLK | Collectively, a group of females (9) |
| BOARDROOM | Directors collectively (9) |
| PERSONNEL | A workforce collectively (9) |
| CLIENTELE | Clients or customers collectively (9) |
| PATRONAGE | Customers collectively, clientele (9) |
| BISHOPDOM | Episcopal order, clergy-people collectively (9) |
| HUMANKIND | All people collectively (9) |
| BOLLYWOOD | India's film industry, collectively (9) |
| ATHLETICS | Track and field events collectively (9) |
| LIVESTOCK | Farm animals, collectively (9) |
| WORKFORCE | Employees, collectively (9) |
| PHEASANTS | Game birds known collectively as a bouquet when flushed (9) |
| GOLDFINCH | Bird known collectively as a charm, depicted in a painting by Carel Fabritius (9) |
| WOMANHOOD | Ladies collectively find old chap with Henry in forest (9) |
| BULLFINCH | Known collectively as a bellowing, a shy bird of deciduous woodlands and large established gardens once considered a pest of fruit crops (9) |
| WATERFOWL | Aquatic birds, such as ducks, geese and swans, collectively (9) |
| CROCODILE | Depicted in a children's story by Roald Dahl, an animal known collectively as a bask or a float (9) |
