| CARYATID | A female figure used instead of a column to support the top of a building in classical architecture (8) |
| WEAKSTEMMED | Plant whose stalk is not strong enough to support the top parts (4-7) |
| THYIA | In Greek mythology, a female figure said to have been loved by Apollo and bore him Delphos, the eponymous founder of Delphi |
| TORES | A solid or surface in the form of a bagel or a ring doughnut; a tokamak; the receptacle of a flower such as a daisy; or, in classical architecture, a moulding above a column's plinth (5) |
| NICHE | In classical architecture, a recess in a wall for a statue, often with a semicircular apex with fluting in the form of a scallop shell (5) |
| THORACICDUCT | Canal which begins below the diaphragm and ascends in front of the spinal column to the base of the neck (8,4) |
| NETSUKE | A small toggle, often in the form of a carved ivory or wood figure, used to secure a purse or container suspended on a cord from a kimono sash (7) |
| TELAMON | A column in the form of a male figure, used to support an entablature (7) |
| GLOVE | What rolled-up piece of sporting equipment was used instead of a ball in the first game of softball? |
| ABACUS | Frame for counting; or, in classical architecture, a slab on the capital of a column supporting the architrave (6) |
| ENTABLATURE | In classical architecture, the part of a building between the capital and the roof, comprising an architrave, frieze and cornice (11) |
| GABLE | The top of a building in a high wind (5) |
| UNCLESAM | Figure used as a symbol of the US and to urge young men to join the US army in WWII (5,3) |
| FESTOON | In classical architecture, a carved representation of a garland of flowers, fruit, foliage and ribbons suspended in loops, known as a swag when depicting fabric (7) |
| DODECASTYLE | In classical architecture, a portico supported by a row of twelve columns in front (11) |
| ELL | A wing of a building, in architecture (3) |
| CUPOLA | In architecture, a dome-like structure on top of a building (6) |
| PILASTER | In classical architecture, a rectangular support that resembles a flat column (8) |
| METOPE | In classical architecture, a square space between two triglyphs in a Doric frieze (6) |
| ENCARPUS | A sculpted festoon of fruit, flowers, foliage and drapery ornamenting a frieze in classical architecture (8) |
