| THOLEIITE | A rock or two held by pin, note |
| RIVULET | Little flower with dull centre held by pin (7) |
| TANDEM | Bicycle for two held by Robert and Emma (6) |
| ASCENDERS | 20 parts, 2 held by climbers, 1 by mountaineers (9) |
| BATTING | One of two's held in sack at swing door (7) |
| MASS | John Paul II held one in Cairo in February |
| BEACON | A signal fire on a hill, originally to warn of danger/invasion; or, a buoy or lighthouse marking a rock or other hazard in navigable waters (6) |
| CLEFT | A fissure or crevice in a rock or the ground (5) |
| RUPES | A rock, or grotto, or cliff |
| PYROCLAST | A rock or mineral fragment ejected by an erupting volcano |
| LEDGE | Shelf-like projection on a wall, on the side of a rock or mountain |
| STALKS | Crabs have their eyes on ___, which enables them to see around even when they are under water or a rock, or in their burrow |
| IAM | Words before "a rock" or "the walrus" |
| POTHOLE | Hollow worn in a rock or road (7) |
| CAVE | Large hollow in a rock or underground(4) |
| TOPHOLE | Excellent work secured by pin |
| LILIAN | Dubliner's heart captivated by pin-up girl |
| FITTINGLY | Suitably affected by pins and needles after nasty turn |
| POCKET | A pouch in a book cover, garment, pitta, snooker table or sporran; one's personal stock of money; a gold- or quartz-lined vug or bonanza in rock; or, a kangaroo's marsupium (6) |
| BASEMENT | A cellar-like floor or storey of a building; an ancient foundation of rock beneath sedimentary rock; or, an underlying support (8) |
