| BRONZE | An alloy of copper and tin used by Lorenzo Ghiberti to make the doors of the Florence Baptistery and also by Andrea del Verrocchio and Donatello in notable equestrian sculptures (6) |
| PISANO | Italian who created the south doors of the Florence Baptistery (6) |
| IAN | Astbury of The Doors of the 21st Century |
| SLAM | Make the door announce you're home |
| ALMUCANTAR | Alum compound and tin used by sailor to make an instrument (10) |
| LORENZO | ___ Ghiberti, sculptor of Florence's Gates of Paradise |
| OCTAGONAL | Like Florence's baptistery or Ely Cathedral's central tower |
| DIRECTIVE | At the door of the high court, the DW&S released two stern documents sent to BCM about the legal and operational state of the plant. These instructions are known officially as? Be direct. (9) |
| ALIBABA | Poor woodcutter in the Arabian Nights entertainments who discovers that the magic words 'open sesame' will open the doors of a cave containing the treasure of the Forty Thieves |
| OPENSESAME | Magical words used by Ali Baba in The Arabian Nights to open the door of the thieves' den (4,6) |
| TAMBAC | An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding. |
| TOMBAC | An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding. |
| BRASS | Originally, any alloy of copper with tin or zinc, now an alloy of copper and zinc only (5) |
| GUNMETAL | An alloy of copper and tin or zinc once used in making cannons (3-5) |
| KEY | Unlocking device that's used to open the door of the Woolpack Inn in the Dales, for example (3) |
| BRUNELLESCHI | What architect invented machines expressly to aid in constructing the dome of the Florence Cathedral? (Last name only.) |
| CRUCIFIED | "The martyrs go hand in hand into the arena; they are ____ alone" (Aldous Huxley, in The Doors of Perception) |
| ANTECHOIR | Enclosed space in a church between the outer gate or railing, and the door, of the screen |
| TRICKORTREAT | Phrase used by children who knock on the doors of houses at Halloween (5,2,5) |
| ORMOLU | Alloy of copper, zinc and tin used for making ornaments (6) |
