| PEPERINO | Brown or grey rock consisting of condensed and cemented volcanic ash found outside Rome in the Albano Hills (8) |
| CASTELGANDOLFO | Town southeast of Rome, in the Alban Hills (6,8) |
| TUSCULLUM | A ruined Roman city in the Alban Hills of Italy (9) |
| TAMARACK | Plant trees around malls, airports, restaurants and cemented kerbs from the beginning (8) |
| FOLKLORIC | According to legend, people originally lived outside Rome in catacombs |
| ATONAL | Like the Alban Berg opera "Wozzeck" |
| CINDER | Ash found by Ella on the stage (6) |
| AGHAST | Sprinkled ash found in Australian sports car makes one stupefied (6) |
| DRIFTWOOD | Ash found on the beach? (9) |
| DEAD | The Grateful ___ Touch of Grey rock band and recipient of the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007 |
| RUSTED | Variety of apple or its reddish brown colour; or, a type of historical homespun brown or grey cloth (6) |
| AGGLOMERATE | Volcanic rock consisting of large angular fragments (clasts) fused together by ash or lava (11) |
| MEGAPODE | There are a dozen species of these ground-living birds found in Australia and some Pacific Islands. One species in Tonga makes a nest of hot volcanic ash, which keeps its eggs warm. |
| GUHR | Loose earthy deposit from water occurring in the cavities of rocks, consisting of a varying mixture of clay or ochre (4) |
| CLOUD | Old English word originally referring to a hill or a rock, later a visible mass of condensed fog or frozen crystals floating in the air (5) |
| HAT | Haddon Sundblom's illustrations for Coke ads in the 30s cemented our image of Santa Claus in red and white from his suit to the ... on his head |
| MARL | A fine-grained sedimentary rock consisting of clay minerals, calcite or aragonite, and silt |
| SENECA | One of the younger guys in Rome in the past seen upset with accountant (6) |
| LAPILLI | Latin-based name for rock fragments ejected from a volcano, between volcanic bombs and volcanic ash in size |
| BURMESE | Short-haired domestic cat breed typically having a brown or grey coat and green or grey eyes (7) |
