| VAULTS | Wine cellars; crypts; strongrooms in banks for valuables; or, arched ceilings/roofs (6) |
| CHESTS | Boxes such as trunks for luggage, cabinets for medicines, coffers for valuables or those for transporting tea; or, treasuries (6) |
| SAFE | Smart storage for valuables (or what a helmet keeps a head) |
| WINDOW | Opening for Play School, say - could be square, round or arched (6) |
| CAMBER | The slightly convex or arched shape of a road (6) |
| EARNER | Gets paid by banks for early bird dinner (6) |
| GOALIE | Banks, for instance, operate on the basis of a deception (6) |
| CANALS | Cancelled withdrawals by the three banks for the man-made flowers? (6) |
| THAMES | Location of London banks for old ITV station (6) |
| GRAVES | Crypts |
| NICHES | Crypts |
| TCRYPS | Jumbled letters to read 'crypts' |
| GUINEA | 12s little banks for old money? (6,4) |
| ERNIES | Hudson and Banks, for two |
| FOBS | Small pockets in waistcoats or in waistbands of breeches for watches or valuables; or, chains attaching said timepieces to said garments (4) |
| COVE | Old word for a fellow or chap; a sheltered bay or inlet; or, a concave or arched architectural moulding (4) |
| CABINET | Word for a hut or small room first, later a case or cupboard for displaying valuables or works of art (7) |
| VAULT | Arched ceiling or roof of a church or an underground chamber; wine cellar; or, a self-propelled leap (5) |
| UNDERCROFTS | Vaulted subterranean rooms in buildings or crypts in churches |
| ATIGHTSPOT | For middleman, robber wears them in bank for money ? that's a difficult situation to be in (1,5,4) |