| HUMBERBRIDGE | Hard, black earth fills escarpment forming UK landmark |
| HUBBLEBUBBLE | Take off pair of stone fragments; replace with hard, black pipe (6-6) |
| TOWEROFLONDON | UK landmark, home to Beefeaters and the Crown Jewels (5,2,6) |
| DOR | Large, black, earth-boring dung beetle (3) |
| RISING | New BBC drama starring Michaela Coel, Black Earth ___ (6) |
| COEL | Michaela ?, actress who starred in 2018 BBC TV drama series Black Earth Rising |
| YTTRIUM | Removing black earth from this element yields a silvery metal (7) |
| TOWER | UK landmark, ... of London |
| BUSHBABY | Primate hard at work catching hard black sailor (8) |
| SCALENE | Climb north face of escarpment with uneven sides (7) |
| IMBUE | Steep, if main base's under escarpment originally (5) |
| SARAHHARMER | Canadian singer/ songwriter starring in the 2006 documentary "escarpment blues": 2 wds. |
| MOOSE | Animal lows on top of escarpment |
| RIDGE | Escarpment, cold place once Fahrenheit's dropped (5) |
| THEORIST | The gold is beside the end of escarpment, one hypothesises (8) |
| ESTATES | Large properties in Brest, at escarpment (7) |
| WENLOCKEDGE | Limestone escarpment in Shropshire, celebrated by AE Housman and Vaughan Williams (7,4) |
| SCAR | Rocky outcrop is part of escarpment (4) |
| TAUPE | Anita up escarpment welcomes shade (5) |
| LEE | Whole escarpment provides shelter (3) |
