| STALAGMITE | Pinnacle of precipitated calcite on the floor of a cave |
| STALAGMITES | The formations rising from the floor of a cave |
| SOLE | Underside or bottom of a boot, clubhead, foot, oven or plough; the floor of a ship's cabin; or, the end of the chanter of a set of bagpipes (4) |
| PLATFORM | From "ground plan" , 'flat shape", a raised level, surface of planks etc, such as a stage for speakers, a place for mounting guns, the floor of a bus or a pavement for rail passengers; or, a basis of |
| DECK | The floor of a ship; one of the levels of a double-decker bus; or, another word for a pack of playing cards (4) |
| BEDECK | Be on the floor of a ship to ornament it (6) |
| MAT | Protective item on the floor of a car |
| GROUNDSHEET | It is placed on the floor of a tent (11) |
| HAIR | Stuff on the floor of a barbershop |
| TOYS | Items scattered on the floor of a day-care center |
| WREN | Name of a "cave-dwelling" passerine songster of the genus Troglodytes, which is a diminutive farthing-worth of a bird, yet the proverbial monarch of its perch (4) |
| STALACTITE | A tapering deposit of calcite hanging down like an icicle from the roof of a cave (10) |
| ALIBABA | Poor woodcutter in the Arabian Nights entertainments who discovers that the magic words 'open sesame' will open the doors of a cave containing the treasure of the Forty Thieves |
| YELL | Trade on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, perhaps |
| STOREY | Set aside rivalry, finally, on the floor of the House |
| RANULAS | Pale blue, tender cysts on the floor of the mouth (7) |
| AUTOMAT | Food dispenser placed on the floor of the car? (7) |
| STAIRS | A flight of steps connecting the floors of a building (6) |
| KIM | Lydia Dingle found her collapsed on the floor of Home Farm in the Dales (3,4) |
| TATE | Lydia Dingle found her collapsed on the floor of Home Farm in the Dales (3,4) |
