| NESTS | Structures such as pheasants' nides; or, circular beds of meringue, pasta, rice, spinach etc forming edible bowls for various culinary fillings (5) |
| EGGERY | Old-fashioned word for a hen's hatchery, eagle's eyrie, pheasant's nide or any avian's nest, where a fowl lays her ovular A"ufs or googs to rest (6) |
| ADOBE | A circular bed made of brick (5) |
| GAMECHIPS | Round, thin slices of fried potato served with a roasted meat such as pheasant, grouse or venison (4,5) |
| GAME | - chips, round, thin slices of fried potato served with a roasted meat such as pheasant, grouse or venison (4) |
| CARBLOADING | Fueling up on pasta, rice, etc. before a big race |
| JARS | Kilner -; storage vessels for flour, pasta, rice and the like (4) |
| RONI | Pasta/rice brand word |
| ENGINEER | Originally a builder of fortifications, siege artillery and mechanical weapons such as trebuchets, later a designer/maker of machinery or structures such as bridges or roads (8) |
| CHIASMA | Crossing over of two parts or structures such as the fibres of the optic nerves in the brain |
| STROBILUS | Technical term for the cone of a coniferous plant, extended to cone-shaped structures such as the fruit of the hop (9) |
| HILUM | Depression or fissure where structures such as blood vessels and nerves enter an organ |
| DEHISCENT | Of plant structures such as pods, splitting open at maturity to release the contents (9) |
| SCENERY | Natural features of a place; picturesque views; or, back-cloths etc forming a theatre or studio set (7) |
| ENSUITE | Of a bathroom etc, forming part of a larger set of rooms; French, 'in sequence' (2,5) |
| CRYSTALS | Solid mineral structures such as quartz, amethyst or diamonds (8) |
| LOOP | Coil of yarn, thread, ribbon etc forming a stitch, knot, bow or picot; a closed path in topology; or, an aerobatic manoeuvre (4) |
| BRIDGES | Structures such as San Francisco's Golden Gate and London's Tower |
| STEEPLEJACK | Into one who climbs tall structures, such as chimneys, to carry out repairs (11) |
| PLANT | A fern, flower, fungus etc, forming part of a flora; or, a factory/foundry (5) |
