| MEZZANINE | Intermediate storey between the ground and first floors (9) |
| ENTRESOL | Low storey between the ground and main floors of a building, also known as the mezzanine (8) |
| LOWRIDERS | Cars close to the ground, and a hint to the ends of the starred answers |
| NEOLITHIC | Ancient oil in the ground, and carbon (9) |
| ORDERARMS | Place one's butt on the ground and demand charity, say |
| COUNTDOWN | Peer toward the ground and prepare for launch (5,4) |
| SNOWANGEL | Figure formed on winter days by lying on the ground and moving all four limbs: 2 wds. |
| HOOVES | Their ___ become sponge like in summer to give them more traction on the ground and in winter they shrink and tighten which exposes the rim of the hoof allowing them to cut through hard snow and ice. |
| SEASONED | Sonnet 75: So are you to my thoughts as food to life, / Or as sweet-___ showers are to the ground. / And for the peace of you I hold such strife / And twixt a miser and his wealth is found |
| LANDINGGEAR | The wheels and shock absorbers that support an aircraft on the ground and enable it to take off (7,4) |
| FROST | Term for atmospheric moisture crystallizing directly on the ground and on exposed objects; it also refers to the occurrence of subfreezing temperatures that affect plants and crops. (5) |
| KASEM | DJ with the catchphrase "Keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars" |
| ROOTS | The parts of a plant that support it in the ground and draw nourishment from the soil (5) |
| SPARSE | Is thin on the ground, and lean around the South (6) |
| SKISLOPE | School draws attention to disregard eye-opener that's run into the ground and on the decline (3,5) |
| STEWART | Author of novels including Madam, Will You Talk?, Airs Above the Ground and Rose Cottage who also wrote the Merlin trilogy (7) |
| LINNET | A songbird of the finch family which nests near the ground and arrives in Mallorca in huge flocks in October each year (6) |
| CAMPUS | From the Latin for "field", the grounds and buildings of a college or university; the academic world; or, a genre of novel depicting this (6) |
| ONEA | First apartment on the first floor, maybe |
| CREEPERS | Crawls along the ground and tries to get over walls (8) |
