| GNEISS | Metamorphic rock with the types: Augen, Henderson and Lewisian (6) |
| MOON | Satellite whose beams light up the centre of 13 Lewisian standing stones every 18.6 years during the phenomenon of the lunar standstill (4) |
| SCHIST | Coarse-grained metamorphic rock with a scaly texture (6) |
| ABSEIL | Descend a cliff by sliding down a rope, pushing against the rock with the feet (6) |
| LOCKER | Rock with the French! You'll find it has keeping properties (6) |
| TORQUE | 2004 motorbike flick starring Martin Henderson and Ice Cube (6) |
| AMANDA | Former Casualty stars Henderson and Mealing (6) |
| SETTER | Dog breed that includes the types Gordon and Irish (6) |
| EASELS | Essential to dump tin or the types the painters use (6) |
| DAHLIA | One of the types of flower grown by Charlie McCormick in his Dorset garden and one that formed part of Monty Don's jewel garden (6) |
| MARBLE | Hard metamorphic rock produced by the recrystallization of limestone or dolomite under the influence of heat, pressure and chemically active fluids; described by the literary adjective marmoreal (6) |
| IOLITE | It's present in metamorphic rock and vitriol, it emerges |
| LAZULI | Lapis _; bright blue metamorphic rock (6) |
| SLATES | Flat plates of metamorphic rock used as roofing material (6) |
| SECRETPOLICE | Cloak and dagger found by river parasites with the type of force you hear about but rarely see (6,6) |
| WORETHIN | Get gold including valuable rock with the reduced patience that evaporated as the saying goes? (4,4) |
| BOULDER | Rock with the more daring sound (7) |
| NUTMEGGRATER | Idiot accommodating Frenchman, for example, finds love in Ireland with the type that roughly adds a bit of spice? (6,6) |
| SHEREEF | Haggard woman on the rocks with the magistrate (7) |
| SORTOUT | Deal with the type to be excluded? (4,3) |
