| SHRAPNEL | Bomb, mine, or shell fragments |
| HULL | Word for the small green calyx of a raspberry, strawberry or similar soft fruit; the husk of a grain; the pod or shell of beans or peas; the main body or frame of a flying-boat, ship or tank; or, the |
| HEADING | Title of a chapter, page or paragraph; horizontal passage or drift into a mine; or, a curtain top (7) |
| FLAK | Exploding shell fragments (4) |
| REEF | Gold- or quartz-bearing vein in the earth; the non-diamondiferous rock of a diamond mine; or, a ridge of coral (4) |
| ADIT | Almost horizontal passa e driven into a mine or access or drainage (4) |
| MOUSE | Long-tailed rodent known collectively as a mischief; old word for a match for firing a cannon or blasting a mine; or, a weight used when replacing a sash cord (5) |
| PIT | A cherry-stone; or, a mine or other sizable hole in the ground from which stone is quarried (3) |
| STRIP | Kind of mine or mall |
| MERINO | Such fine wool is mine - or could be (6) |
| SHAFT | Vertical passageway into a mine; or, an arrow (5) |
| GOLCONDA | Rich mine or other source of great wealth |
| THIRDPERSON | Perspective that isn't mine or yours? |
| GERONIMO | Mine or go out to the famous Apache chief |
| FACE | Exposed surface of a cliff, mine or quarry (4) |
| FLASK | Around Spithead the shell fragments may have been a vacuum (5) |
| CHALK | Soft white rock composed of fine-grained calcium carbonate, chiefly formed from shell fragments of marine fossils (5) |
| BEADS | Decorative glass or shell objects used to make maasai jewellery and belts or to embellish evening or bridal gowns (5) |
| SHOT | Collective pellets or charge in a cartridge or shell; colour-changing silk fabric; or, the casting of a net (4) |
| DUD | Bomb or shell that fails to explode / worthless person |
