| MOCKED | The Dome, with half-luck, came to be ridiculed (6) |
| BUTTS | They might be ridiculed but they can hold a lot of wine (5) |
| GUYED | Said leader had been ridiculed (5) |
| ORMOLU | With half luck, room may be provided for gilt decorative ware (6) |
| VOLUTE | With half-luck, put cross about spiral form (6) |
| LURING | Tempting one, with only half-luck, to telephone (6) |
| DOODLE | Rough drawing in unusual old dome with no marks (6) |
| WESSEX | Name of a Saxon kingdom that came to be associated with Thomas Hardy (6) |
| BECAME | Came to be something, (6) |
| BLUE | With half-luck, be about to be one playing for university (4) |
| ORIGIN | ___ story (tale that explains how a superhero came to be) |
| CUPOLA | Nutcases in London to see the Dome (6) |
| SHRINE | The Kaaba or the Dome of the Rock |
| CROWDS | Masses of birds round the top of the dome (6) |
| CONCHA | Part of the dome over a church apse (6) |
| DOOMED | Do demolish the dome, it's condemned! (6) |
| LODGES | The dome-shaped dens of beavers (6) |
| MOORED | Tied up at Greenwich or in the Dome, possibly (6) |
| BUBBLE | Most of champagne, European, at the Dome (6) |
| MOPPED | In demolishing the dome, very quietly cleaned up (6) |
