| OPENCAST | Method of surface mining (4-4) |
| OPENPIT | Type of surface mining |
| SEWERAGE | Removal of of surface water by means of sewers (8) |
| TEXTURAL | Description of surface quality |
| HECTARES | Units of surface area equal to 10,000 square metres (8) |
| TEXTURES | Feels of surfaces |
| ELNINO | Pattern of surface sea-temperature change which brings extremes of drought and flood to opposite sides of the Pacific ocean (2,4) |
| AREA | An extent of surface; a field of study (4) |
| SKINGRAFTS | Removal, by plastic surgeons, of surface membranes from one part of the body to another (4,6) |
| DEADSEA | World's lowest body of surface water (4,3) |
| COMEUPTOSCRATCH | Meet requirements of surface to graze (4,2,2,7) |
| TARNISH | Discoloration of surface of a metal (7) |
| HECTARE | Unit of surface area of 10,000 square metres (7) |
| FPRINT | Amount of surface space that a piece of computer hardware takes up |
| NONSLIP | Safer type of surface for areas around swimming pools or the tiles in bathrooms (3-4) |
| MOSAIC | The use of tesserae by the ancient Greeks elevated this art of surface decoration (6) |
| THREADBARE | Most of the study except top of surface is shabby (10) |
| DEPTH | Secchi --, a measure of the cloudiness or turbidity of surface water (5) |
| EDGES | Word for sharp sides of blades; boundaries of surfaces; sides of cricket bats; brinks, cliffs, crests, ridges or verges; or, borders generally (5) |
| GAMMAS | Symbols of surface tension |
