| SPARSELY | Not in a dense manner |
| THICKLY | In a dense manner (7) |
| ADEN | Port in a dense area. (4) |
| CORPSE | Human remains... right in a dense thicket of trees? (6) |
| COPSE | Policemen finding earl in a dense thicket of trees (5) |
| PHALANX | A formation of ancient Greek warriors with interlocking shields; or, by extension, a dense body of soldiers; a crowd; a bone of a finger or toe; or, a bundle of stamens (7) |
| FOG | Name in medieval English for a type of coarse grass; later, a new or second growth of grass following a hay harvest; a dense cloud-like mist near the ground; or, a mental haze (3) |
| GOLD | A dense lustrous yellow precious metal durable to the point of virtual indestructibility, highly malleable, and usually found in nature in a comparatively pure form. This mineral is also a chemical el |
| HASSOCK | A tuffet; a dense clump of grass or rushes; a church kneeler-cushion on a prie-dieu or pew; or, sandstone occurring with Kentish rag (7) |
| HUDDLE | A dense crowd or jumble; an impromptu secret conference; a close gathering of strategising sports players prior to a game; or, a group of penguins or walruses (6) |
| STROMA | In botany, a dense mass of hyphae in which a fungus fructification may develop |
| RAFT | Word for a beam in the Middle Ages, later a buoyant platform of logs or planks for conveyance on water; or, a dense mass of floating wildfowl or otters, reminiscent of said flat boat (4) |
| BROWNIE | Cake in the form of a dense, fudgy, chocolate square with chopped walnuts; or, a junior Girl Guide with leaders and assistant leaders named after owls (7) |
| ADUMBRATE | A dense figure cast a shadow (9) |
| WHITEOUT | A dense blizzard, especially in polar regions (8) |
| KALE | Edible plant, similar to cabbage, with curled leaves that do not form a dense head (4) |
| EBONY | A dense black hardwood known for being more dense than water (5) |
| EASIER | 16 and 20 It is a hard one. A dense puzzle. (6,4,4,4) |
| SWAMP | Waterlogged area with a dense covering of vegetation in the tropics (5) |
| TITAN | The largest moon of Saturn and the only moon in the solar system known to have clouds and a dense atmosphere. It is the only body other than Earth that is known to currently have liquid on its surface |
