| COMPO | Mortar or plaster, for short |
| AGGREGATE | Material such as sand or gravel, used with cement and water to make concrete, mortar, or plaster (9) |
| TROWELS | Small handheld tools used for spreading mortar or plaster (7) |
| DAUB | Word, from Old French for "clothe in white" or "whitewash" , for clay, mud or plaster applied to wattles; a smear or splodge of something sticky; or, a crude or unskilled painting (4) |
| BRAY | To crush, grind or pound, as with a pestle and mortar; or, to heehaw like a donkey or cry like a mule (4) |
| STUCCO | Cement or plaster used for coating walls (6) |
| GROUT | Thin mortar, or its reverse in the alimentary canal (5) |
| CASTS | Pairs of falcons or hawks; or, plaster of Paris moulds used when reproducing existing sculptures (5) |
| SIZE | Thin gluey mixture used as a sealer or filler on paper, cloth or plaster surfaces (4) |
| GESSO | Plaster for sculpting with or painting on |
| CEIL | Overlay with boards or plaster |
| SPATULA | Spreader of frosting or plaster |
| RENDER | Apply cement or plaster to a wall (6) |
| CAST | Sling - or plaster of Paris (4) |
| STOPGAP | A temporary solution or "sticking plaster" for an immediate problem (7) |
| EGGANDTONGUE | An ornamental moulding carved in wood, stone or plaster (3-3-6) |
| HALFTIMBERED | Having walls with a wooden frame and a brick or plaster filling (4-8) |
| DEATHMASK | Wax or plaster cast made of a deceased person's face (5,4) |
| DRESSING | Mustard plaster, for example? |
| GYPSUM | Plaster for Paris (6) |
