| BLOCKHOUSE | A sturdy fort or concrete shelter; or, a dwelling of squared logs (10) |
| WIGWAM | A dwelling of North American Indians made of barks and skins (6) |
| TENEMENT | Housed some European workers in a temporary shelter, or a block of flats (8) |
| ESTUFA | (U.S.) Assembly room in a dwelling of the Pueblo Indians (6) |
| COVER | Woods providing shelter or a bait for wild animals |
| ASHLAR | Smash large piece of squared building block |
| BLOCKHOUSES | Forts made of squared timbers |
| LAVENDER | Plant very close climbing concrete shelters (8) |
| BATTLEMENT | A parapet at the top of a wall, especially in a fort or castle (10) |
| UNMETALLED | Somewhat perversely, what is lacking in ____ roads is often pitch or concrete |
| STRONGCASE | A lot to be said for having a sturdy cover (6,4) |
| RIDINGBOOT | Footwear with a sturdy toe |
| DUN | Greyish brown; a horse with a coat of this colour, combined with a black mane and tail; an importunate debt collector; a hill-fort; or, a fishing fly resembling a subimago mayfly (3) |
| KERB | A line of stone or concrete forming an edge between a pavement and a roadway (4) |
| BAWN | An Irish word for a cattle fort or a fortified enclosure around a castle (4) |
| BROGUE | A shoe of untanned leather formerly worn in parts of Scotland and Ireland for traipsing over rough ground; a sturdy brown Oxford-like shoe patterned with perforations; or, a mellifluous lilting Irish |
| POSTERN | Small gate in the rear of a fort or castle (7) |
| RAMPART | Defensive embankment or wall around a fort or city |
| LODGE | Traditional dwelling of certain Native American peoples, e.g. a teepee, wigwam or longhouse (5) |
| PAVED | Of a road, covered with stones or concrete (5) |