Across and Down

Crossword Solver

Get answers to your crossword puzzle clues using the Crossword Solver.
Type the Crossword Puzzle Clue
Puzzle Answer Pattern
20 answers for: A rectangular stepped tower, sometimes surmounted ...
RANKANSWERCLUE
ZIGGURATA rectangular stepped tower, sometimes surmounted by a temple, found in Mesopotamia (8)
GABLESometimes surmounted by a finial, a triangular part of a wall closing the end of a pitched roof (5)
SHAOLINMONASTERYBuddhist temple found in Dengfeng, China (2015 album by the Wu-Tang Clan)
AAATower, sometimes
PRIEDIEUA piece of furniture consisting of a low surface for kneeling upon and a narrow front surmounted by a rest, for use when praying (4-4)
PILASTERIn classical architecture, a rectangular support that resembles a flat column (8)
CARRIAGE____ clock, portable one usually in a rectangular case with a handle on top (8)
CHALDAEAAncient empire based around Babylon in Mesopotamia (8)
ASSYRIANRelating to an ancient civilisation in Mesopotamia (8)
TRAYBAKEBrownie- or flapjack-type cake cooked in a rectangular tin before being cut into squares (8)
MATTRESSA rectangular pad for sleeping on that forms part of a bed (8)
MOTTEIn Norman England, a hillock surmounted by a lord's wooden keep and surrounded by a walled bailey (5)
SURVIVEDVirus spreading at England borders, surmounted vaccine primarily and endured (8)
SCREENAn ornamental partition separating a church's choir from its nave and surmounted by a rood; a sheltering row of pleached trees; or, a large riddle or sieve (6)
CROSIERStaff surmounted by a crook or cross carried by bishops as a symbol of pastoral office. (7)
ORBGlobe (globus) surmounted by a cross (cruciger), used as a symbol of royal power and adopted by Harris Tweed as its certification mark (3)
ROODSCREENChurch partition surmounted by a crucifix, many of which were destroyed in the Reformation
JUMPEDUPSurmounted
ENDURINGSurmounted
DEFEATEDSurmounted