| RETAININGWALL | It holds back earth or water |
| ELEMENT | Part of fire (or air, earth or water?) (7) |
| ELEMENTAL | Concerned with fire, air, earth or water (9) |
| CHANGEOFHEART | New view that makes earth or water waver? (6,2,5) |
| DAM | It holds back water (3) |
| DIKE | It holds back the water in Holland |
| BIGSTICK | Large shouldered, it holds back in fast water (*lifts big cat OK) (3,5,5) |
| FLOAT | Large shouldered, it holds back in fast water (*lifts big cat OK) (3,5,5) |
| INAMORATA | Eat a taro, man! It holds back paramour (9) |
| WEIGHT | By the sound of it, hold back burden (6) |
| VOLCANO | Its origins in English can be traced to Italian (or Spanish but ultimately Latin). It describes, as Britannica defines it, a "vent in the crust of Earth or another planet or satellite, from which issu |
| EMBANKMENT | Artificial mound of earth or stone which holds back water or supports a road (10) |
| EMBANKMENTS | Man-made ridges of earth or stone carrying roads or railways, or confining waterways (11) |
| LAGOON | An area of water separated from the sea by coral reefs or earth or sand banks (6) |
| CORE | Centre of Earth or of an apple, pear or quince; magnetic memory of a computer; or, the positively charged nucleus of an atom (4) |
| DIRTCHEAP | Doesn't cost the earth - or does it? (4,5) |
| ELF | Being from Middle-earth or Northern Earth |
| VESTA | Named after the Roman goddess of the hearth and home, the brightest asteroid visible from Earth; or, a short wooden or wax match (5) |
| POLAR | Of or near a pole of the earth or a celestial body |
| OILWELL | A deep hole or shaft into the earth or seabed for the extraction of petroleum (3,4) |
