| PLINTH | A rectangular slab or block forming the lowest part of the base of a column or statue (6) |
| SOCLE | Rectangular slab that forms the lowest part of the base of a column (5) |
| SCROLL | Volute or similar motif in the form of a curl of paper/parchment, as seen in art, on the capital of a column or at the end of a stringed instrument such as a violin (6) |
| LEDGER | A book or collection of financial accounts; a horizontal scaffolding pole; a slab; or, a sinker for fishing (6) |
| VACANT | Situations ____ , the title of a column or page in a newspaper where jobs are advertised (6) |
| SACRAL | Of the base of the vertebral column |
| BOTTOM | The lowest part of something (6) |
| LOBATE | In botany, of a leaf having divisions extending less than halfway to the middle of the base |
| TABLET | A flat slab or surface, especially one bearing or intended to bear an inscription. (6) |
| SCOTIA | (Archit.) Concave moulding esp. at the base of a column (6) |
| COCCYX | Hard bit at the base of a column? (6) |
| BRICKS | Blocks forming walls; or, Delftware vases in the shapes of such (6) |
| CASSIS | Hotel's out of the base maybe for a sidecar - fruit syrup |
| FLAG | An oblong, square or triangle of bunting as a vexillary emblem, ensign, signal or standard; a yellow iris; a bushy tail; or, from the Old Norse for "slice of turf", a flat slab or paving-stone (4) |
| DEPTHS | Sped around and about, trimmed the lowest parts (6) |
| BASS | One of the words for a flax, hemp, jute or lime fibre bag for holding an angler's fish; a powerful sea perch with a brilliant silver body; or, from "low", the lowest part in music or the deepest male |
| STELAE | Upright stone slabs or tablets (6) |
| FOOTING | Secure grip with one's pedes; the foundation of a column or a wall, thus the basis upon which something is founded; one's standing in relation to others; a dance; or, plain lace (7) |
| SECOND | One of the bases |
| FLUTE | Aerophone played by Frederick II; a groove in a column or cloth; a frill in a frock; a tall piece of stemware for champagne; or, a type of baguette (5) |
