| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| CONVENTIONS | Gatherings | |
| ASSEMBLIES | School gatherings | |
| ASSEMBLAGES | Collections; gatherings | |
| MEETINGS | Assemblies or gatherings | |
| HALL | Building for public gatherings | |
| SINGSONGS | Gatherings around piano at lilting music centre | |
| TEAPARTIES | Afternoon gatherings where pot is passed around | |
| DOSED | Given medicine at social gatherings by magazine chief | |
| GARDENPARTIES | Gatherings where hostesses are keen to show off their bloomers? | |
| SHIRR | A series of close parallel runnings which are drawn up so as to make the material between them set full by gatherings; -- called also shirring, and gauging. | |