| OCULUS | A circular aperture, often at the top of a dome |
| ROSACE | Word for something such as a circular aperture, knot of ribbons, oeil-de-boeuf, marigold/wheel window or ornament resembling an eglantine, sweetbrier or related flower (6) |
| LANTERN | The light case at the top of a dome (7) |
| PATE | Top of a dome? |
| HANDSEL | A gift as a token of luck, often at the beginning of a new year (7) |
| CUPOLA | A dome-like structure or the inside of a dome |
| PUPIL | The dark circular aperture at the centre of the iris of the eye, through which light enters |
| CORK | It's often at the end of a bottleneck |
| GAOLBIRD | Bad girl often at the start of a fresh spell? |
| APSE | Semicircular recess, often at the east end of a church |
| HEDGE | Husband -- creep that's often at the bottom of the garden (5) |
| ANSWERS | They're often at the back of a crossword book |
| ETC | It's often at the end of a list (3) |
| LIFELIKE | Realistic precursor of a dome of many-coloured glass (8) |
| IGLOO | Home in the shape of a dome |
| LANTANA | Genus of tropical shrubs and woody perennials, related to verbena, with round heads of yellow, orange, red and pink flowers, often at the same time (7) |
| HITFOREMAN | What Ali did often at the Rumble in the Jungle? |
| TOTALS | They're often at the bottoms of columns |
| ALLIN | Call heard often at the World Series of Poker |
| AOB | Item often at the end of an agenda (abbr.) (3) |
