| MAINDOOR | Sprawling domain or ground floor flat (8) |
| STALLS | Cowsheds or stables; doorless pews; booths for the sale of goods; or, ground-floor seats in a theatre (6) |
| ENTRYLEVEL | Get ground floor flat after application (5,5) |
| CHICKPEA | Edible seed or "garbanzo" of a leguminous plant of the same name, used to make hummus or ground into gram flour (8) |
| CANNABIN | Quilled or ground spicy lauraceous bark with a warm aroma redolent of Christmas or festive baking (8) |
| ALTITUDE | Height above sea or ground level (8) |
| ALLSPICE | Alec's lip (anag) - dried aromatic fruit used whole or ground (8) |
| OUTHOUSE | Building (eg a shed or barn) in the garden or grounds of a dwelling (8) |
| REALM | A kingdom/royal domain; or, a field or sphere of study or action (5) |
| PENTHOUSE | Top floor flat (9) |
| OPENHOUSE | All welcome round at top floor flat, taking time out |
| DOT | A tiny yet mighty mark or symbol that can form Braille, partly spell SOS, increase the value of a number, define a web domain or end a sentence. (3) |
| SHELLFISH | Aquatic creature that, despite its piscine name, is a crab, lobster, mussel, oyster or other mollusc with a hard-to-crack conchoidal domain or frame (9) |
| AREA | District, domain or locality (4) |
| HOLYROMANEMPIRE | Pious Caesar's domain, or Charlemagne's |
| EMPIRE | Huge domain or group of companies (6) |
| SPHERE | Domain or orb |
| WELLS | Excavations to access oil or ground water; springs; or, depressions made in flour to hold eggs or milk (5) |
| MINCEMEAT | Finely chopped beef or lamb; a spiced mixture of brandy-soaked apple, citrus peel, dried fruit and suet as a filling for festive pies; or, anything thoroughly diced or ground (9) |
| REALMS | Domains or kingdoms (6) |