| BARBARYAPE | Tailless macaque monkey associated with the Rock of Gibraltar |
| KNOPFLER | Mark, guitarist and singer-songwriter associated with the rock band Dire Straits (8) |
| ISTHMUS | A narrow sandy one connects the Rock of Gibraltar with the Spanish mainland |
| CALPE | Ancient name for (the Rock of) Gibraltar, used in the territory's coat of arms (5) |
| SOLID | Reminiscent of the Rock of Gibraltar |
| ABILA | A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar. |
| MONOLITHIC | like the Rock of Gibraltar |
| ONO | She was famously married 3/20/69 at the Rock of Gibraltar |
| GIBRALTAR | The Rock of ___ (after translation, "The Rock of the Rock of Tariq") |
| RHESUS | Small macaque monkey of southern Asia; Macaca mulatta, family Cercopithecidae (6) |
| WANDEROO | Macaque monkey, Macaca silenus, of India and Sri Lanka |
| NIUE | The "Rock of Polynesia" in the South Pacific that is one of the largest coral atolls in the world (4) |
| WHO | Group with the rock opera "Tommy," with "the" |
| ELMS | With "the," rock band with an arboreal name |
| LIMESTONE | Rock of Gibraltar rock? (9) |
| PSALMS | Book with the line "Let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation" |
| TIPPERARY | County in Republic of Ireland containing the traditional royal seat The Rock of Cashel (9) |
| FIRST | The rock of "rock, paper, scissors" keeps right on top (5) |
| STEVIE | Lead singer with the rock group Fleetwood Mac (6,5) |
| NICKS | Lead singer with the rock group Fleetwood Mac (6,5) |
