| BEEFIER | Like the Rock vis-a-vis any of the Stones |
| ANAGRAM | Any of this puzzle's corner words vis-a-vis any of the others |
| RINGNAME | The Rock, vis-a-vis Dwayne Johnson |
| ROCKMUSICIANS | Any of the Stones or the Who, e.g. |
| OLDER | Like Strom, vis-a-vis any other member of congress |
| CLEFT | Like the rock in "Rock of Ages" |
| MONOLITHIC | like the Rock of Gibraltar |
| SCONE | Derived either from the Dutch meaning "beautiful bread" or the name of the stone upon which Scottish kings were crowned, a cake that became part of a cream tea (5) |
| TOOL | Any one of numerous manual implements, from arrowhead, burin, flake, flint or tranchet of the Stone Age to the jigsaw or power drill of today (4) |
| ASHLAR | In the forest with the French resistance and one of the Stones (6) |
| PITHEADS | One of The Stones is in charge of openings of mine (8) |
| OPAL | Going back a bit, recall a poster showing one of the Stones |
| ART | Queens of the Stone Age "The Lost ___ of Keeping a Secret" |
| DEFLATES | One of The Stones retires over off-key note - it knocks the stuffing out of them! (8) |
| SAPPHIRE | Turns up as father gets to secure the services of one of The Stones (8) |
| SCULPTOR | Someone who knows the shape of things to come makes an impression on one of The Stones (8) |
| FLAVIA | ___ Bujor The Prophecy of the Stones author who published her first book when she was a teen |
| EOLITHIC | Denoting a period at the start of the Stone Age, characterised by the earliest stone tools (8) |
| SPIT | Say something angrily to son of one of The Stones (4) |
| PEBBLE | One of the Stones appearing worn - affected by the drink? (6) |
