| OBELISK | A stone pillar with sides that taper towards a pyramidal top, often used as a monument in ancient Egypt |
| CAIRNS | Heaps of stones erected as a monument in N Eastern Queensland |
| CONE | The base is a circle with sides that taper to a point (4) |
| STELE | An upright stone slab or pillar engraved with an inscription or design and used as a monument, grave marker |
| CAIRN | Mound of stones used as a monument |
| OBELISKS | Stone pillars with square or rectangular cross sections and sides that taper towards a pyramidal top (8) |
| CROSS | A monument in a market square; a mongrel dog; a mark symbolising a kiss in a letter; or, a gesture with one's fingers when wishing for good luck (5) |
| STELA | Upright stone slab or pillar with a commemorative inscription, traditionally used in prehistoric times as a gravestone (5) |
| WEDGE | An object that tapers to a thin edge. Pushing this tool in one direction creates a force in a sideways direction. It is usually made of metal or wood and is used for splitting, lifting, or tightening, |
| CONICAL | Laconic take that tapers towards the top (7) |
| SPIRE | A spiral or coil / anything that tapers to a point capping a tower or a steeple |
| TERM | Division of an academic year; bust or sculptured figure at the top of a stone pillar; or, an expression (4) |
| DANTE | Writer with a monument in Florence's Piazza Santa Croce |
| SCOTT | Sir Walter author of Ivan hoe and Rob Roy to whom a monument in Edinburgh is dedicated (5) |
| ELM | Tree with serrated leaves that taper to a point |
| PEGTOP | Pear-shaped wooden teetotum spun on its metal pin by means of pulling the string in which it is wound; or, a description of voluminous trousers that taper at the ankles (3-3) |
| STELAR | Of a stone pillar |
| BARREL | Container with sides that curve out slightly |
| ANARUNDELTOMB | Poem by Philip Larkin describing a monument in Chichester Cathedral (2,7,4) |
| DEPOSE | Put down pillar with bottom disappearing in river |
