| TERRAZZO | Floor covering consisting of chips of quartz, glass or polished stone set in concrete (8) |
| CARPET | Floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric. (6) |
| RUGS | Floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (4) |
| VENETIANBLIND | A window covering consisting of a number of horizontal slats whose angle may be altered to let in more or less light |
| UPSHOTS | Consequences of chips, of course (7) |
| REVERSAL | Poetry virtually set in concrete - a change for the worse (8) |
| GEMSTONE | Mineral crystal which, when cut or polished, is used as jewellery (8) |
| CASEMENT | Window frame with a sash initially set in concrete (8) |
| REBUTTAL | Denial remains set in concrete (8) |
| REPRISAL | Retribution for pair is set in concrete (8) |
| ODOMETER | Set in concrete, MOD office backing measure (8) |
| DOGGYBAG | Child's pet name for the chips - of course, it's essential for any takeaway (5,3) |
| EBENEZER | The name Samuel gave the stone set up between Mizpah and Shen (1 Sam. 7:12). (8) |
| SPLINTER | Tiny chip of wood in a finger (8) |
| REGINALD | Man trap set in concrete by day |
| PRETTIES | Chips of (relatively) large denomination* |
| CABOCHON | Convex-cut, polished stone |
| ENGLAND | In 2.1, Richard visits Gaunt at his estate. Gaunt is sick. The Duke of York counsels Gaunt before Richard enters. In a famous speech, he describes "This precious stone set in the silver sea," "This bl |
| GEM | A sparkling stone set in jewelry that can take hundreds or thousands of years to form * |
| FLAKES | Chips of toasted maize; crystals of snow; crumbly bars of chocolate; eccentric people; small flat fragments of fish food or pastry etc; or, sparks (6) |
