| LITHOSPHERE | Crust of the earth |
| MAGMA | Hot fluid or semifluid material below the crust of the earth that erupts from volcanoes as lava (5) |
| HIGHTOPSOCIETY | Upper crust of the N.B.A.? |
| VOLCANO | A vent in the crust of Earth or another planet or satellite, from which issue eruptions of molten rock, hot rock fragments, and hot gases. Also: the subject of this puzzle. (7) |
| PASTRY | Articles of food made of flour or dough collectively; the dough itself; a small individual cinnamon bun, eclair, gateau, millefeuille, puff, slice or other fancy; or, the crust of a galette des rois, |
| SHELF | She takes the crust of a loaf ? in the larder? (5) |
| RIND | Peel or skin of a fruit or vegetable, or the outer crust of a cheese (4) |
| UPPER | This the crust of first-class snobs (5) |
| ELITES | People in the upper crust of society |
| OCEAN | Expanse under the icy crust of Saturn's moon Enceladus |
| NOSWEAT | Garnishing on a thick crust of sweet piece of cake (2,5) |
| ORE | Deposit in Earth's crust of a valuable mineral or gem that can be extracted profitably (3) |
| BEESWING | A light filmy crust of tartar that forms in port after long keeping in the bottle (8) |
| KOULIBIAC | With crust of silk, filling of coulis initially baked in a fish pie |
| PIE | A quantity of mincemeat, plum, pork or other food/fruit baked under a crust of pastry; or, depicted in a winterscape by Monet, a chattering black-and-white green-tinged bird whose short name in questi |
| PIMIENTO | Capsicum pie in crust of tomato baked with a bit of masala (8) |
| PIESHELL | Lower crust of a pastry |
| SCAB | Crust of congealed blood (4) |
| BURGEON | Crust of bread with egg on is swell |
| BUTTY | With crust of toast inside, swallow sandwich |
