| PRIEDIEU | A piece of furniture consisting of a low surface for kneeling upon and a narrow front surmounted by a rest, for use when praying (4-4) |
| THREEPIECE | Of furniture, consisting of a sofa with matching armchairs (5-5) |
| REDGIANT | A large late-stage star with a low surface temperature and high luminosity, e.g. Aldebaran (3,5) |
| SCOOTER | A vehicle consisting of a low footboard on wheels, steered by handlebars (7) |
| REDSTAR | Heavenly body with a low surface temperature: 2 wds. |
| PARAPET | Fortification consisting of a low wall (7) |
| BAUBLE | From the Old French for "child's toy", a showy trinket or trifling piece of finery; a round shiny glass ornament for a Christmas tree; or, a jester's sceptre in the form of a head surmounted on a stic |
| GABLE | Sometimes surmounted by a finial, a triangular part of a wall closing the end of a pitched roof (5) |
| SCREEN | An ornamental partition separating a church's choir from its nave and surmounted by a rood; a sheltering row of pleached trees; or, a large riddle or sieve (6) |
| MOTTE | In Norman England, a hillock surmounted by a lord's wooden keep and surrounded by a walled bailey (5) |
| ORB | Globe (globus) surmounted by a cross (cruciger), used as a symbol of royal power and adopted by Harris Tweed as its certification mark (3) |
| CROSIER | Staff surmounted by a crook or cross carried by bishops as a symbol of pastoral office. (7) |
| APEXPREDATOR | Animal that isn't preyed upon, and a hint to the first four letters of 4-, 9- and 21- |
| SPIT | Which word means both a roasting device and a narrow strip of land sticking out into the sea? (4) |
| ROODSCREEN | Church partition surmounted by a crucifix, many of which were destroyed in the Reformation |
| ZIGGURAT | Stepped tower of ancient Mesopotamia sometimes surmounted by a temple; from Assyrian, 'pinnacle' (8) |
| SHOOTINGSTAR | Meteor that might be wished upon ... and a literal hint to the asterisked clues' answers |
| ADDERSTONGUE | Fern found in the northern hemisphere whose frond consists of an oval leaf-blade and a narrow spore-bearing spike on a stalk (6-6) |
| BUSBY | Tall fur hat surmounted to the right by a coloured cloth bag, worn by hussars and artillerymen in the British Army (5) |
| AGATE | Entrance surmounted by a stone |
