| GYPSUM | Mineral used in plaster of Paris, Portland cement and blackboard chalk whose variety alabaster is used in carving and sculpture (6) |
| CHALKS | Accessories for cue sticks and blackboards |
| CYLINDER | Piece of blackboard chalk, geometrically |
| SULLIVAN | Ed, US broadcaster on whose variety show The Beatles broke viewing records in 1964 (8) |
| BATLEY | Market town in West Yorkshire whose Variety Club was frequented by many notable acts between 1966 and 1977 |
| DUSTER | A cloth for polishing furniture; a sprinkler; a sandstorm; or, a felt block for erasing a blackboard's chalk (6) |
| CATS | 2019 flop whose Variety review began "Nine may not be enough lives for some of the stars to live down their involvement in this ..." |
| GYP | ____sum, mineral used in plaster and as fertilizer |
| STUCCO | Portland cement plaster used as an exterior finish on John Nash's Regency architecture (6) |
| QUICKLIME | Alkaline substance used in plaster |
| LIMESTONE | Rock used in Portland cement |
| SAND | Grains of quartz or coral collectively from which glass, pearls or Portland cement can derive (4) |
| ROUGHCAST | Plaster of cement and gravel used on outside walls (9) |
| AMPHORA | Grecian urn of lead-free pungent mineral on core of alabaster (7) |
| AGGREGATE | Material such as sand or gravel, used with cement and water to make concrete, mortar, or plaster (9) |
| TITIAN | English name of the Venetian artist who painted The Feast of the Gods for the Alabaster Chambers in Alfonso I d'Este's castle at Ferrara (6) |
| SLURRY | What is a semi-liquid mixture of cement and water? (6) |
| SALUTED | Acknowledged to be unhappy about the mixture of cement and clay (7) |
| CONCRETE | Building material made of cement and various aggregates (8) |
| GUNITE | Finely graded mixture of cement and sand (6) |
