| STADDLE | - stone; mushroom-shaped object originally for raising tithe barns and granaries off the ground but now generally used as a feature in country gardens (7) |
| CRAWL | Move slowly over the ground, but can go faster in the pool (5) |
| GEESE | Waterbirds are called a gaggle on the ground but a skein when flying |
| CANT | Talk of pi folk, thin on the ground but thinner on top (4) |
| TERRIERS | The group of purebred dogs that was bred to rid barns and stables of vermin, dig out burrowing rodents, and be generally useful around the stable |
| FARM | From a Latin word originally used to denote a tax or rent, a tract of land for the cultivation of crops or rearing of livestock, including its associated barns and homestead (4) |
| ASTRONOMY | From the Greek meaning "stararranging", the study of celestial objects, originally as a means of timekeeping and navigation (9) |
| SWALLOWS | Once believed to hibernate, agile migratory birds that build nests from mud and straw in barns and eaves (8) |
| GOODTURN | Gone to ground but this is kind and helpful (4,4) |
| PILOT | He's likely to be above ground - but look in the mine! (5) |
| STORES | Village shops and other retail outlets; repositories such as barns, butteries, granaries, pantries and warehouses; or, an army or ship's supplies of ammo, provisions etc |
| STEADING | A farm's collective outbuildings including its barns, cowsheds, dairy, granaries and stables (8) |
| ENDEMIC | Object originally enticing tailless rodents native to a particular area (7) |
| POMMEL | Meaning "little apple", a ball-, disc- or mushroom-shaped ornament on the hilt of a sword; or, the raised part of a saddlebow (6) |
| DARNER | One who mends holes in clothes and socks by interweaving stitches around an egg- or mushroom-shaped implement; the needle used; or, a dragonfly, resembling said bodkin (6) |
| WEARTHIN | Beat one's opponents crossing ground, but become less convincing (4,4) |
| PULLUP | Could gain some ground, but would bring things to a halt (4,2) |
| BACKUP | Had to give ground, but could still provide support (4,2) |
| PARADE | Is taken out of a pleasure ground, but still on display (6) |
| BURIN | Engraving tool with a sharp lozenge, square or triangular end and a mushroom-shaped handle (5) |
