| STELE | An upright stone slab or pillar engraved with an inscription or design and used as a monument, grave marker |
| STELA | Upright stone slab or pillar with a commemorative inscription, traditionally used in prehistoric times as a gravestone (5) |
| STELENE | Relating to an upright stone slab or tablet (7) |
| OBELISK | A stone pillar with sides that taper towards a pyramidal top, often used as a monument in ancient Egypt |
| CAIRN | Mound of stones used as a monument |
| FLAG | An oblong, square or triangle of bunting as a vexillary emblem, ensign, signal or standard; a yellow iris; a bushy tail; or, from the Old Norse for "slice of turf", a flat slab or paving-stone (4) |
| TABLE | Slab for/with an inscription; one of the two halves of a backgammon board; or, a company of people seated for supper or a game (5) |
| EPIGRAPH | An inscription; or, a motto/quote at the beginning of a chapter or work (8) |
| LEDGER | A book or collection of financial accounts; a horizontal scaffolding pole; a slab; or, a sinker for fishing (6) |
| TITLE | Old English word originally denoting an inscription or descriptive placard giving information about an object, later the distinctive name of a book or other composition (5) |
| STELAE | Upright stone slabs or tablets (6) |
| MAHJONGG | Game of Chinese origin, played with tiles, or pais, that are similar in physical description to those used in dominoes but engraved with Chinese symbols and characters and divided into suits and honou |
| COLUMN | Word meaning a pillar as a monument and a vertical division of text (6) |
| TABLET | A flat slab or surface, especially one bearing or intended to bear an inscription. (6) |
| ETCHED | To have engraved with an acid or the like is to have done what (6) |
| MONOLITH | A large single upright block of stone, especially one serving as a monument (8) |
| PLINTH | A rectangular slab or block forming the lowest part of the base of a column or statue (6) |
| OBELESK | Tapering stone pillar as a monument or landmark (7) |
| POST | Timber stake or pillar; mail; or, a message on an internet forum (4) |
| SIGNETRING | Item of jewellery, often engraved with an initial (6,4) |