| STALAGMITES | Cylinders of calcium carbonate projecting upward from a cave floor (11) |
| STALAGMITE | Mass of calcium carbonate projecting upwards from the floor of a limestone cave (10) |
| ACROPETAL | Of leaves and flowers, developing upwards from a plant's base to its apex (9) |
| CELLO | Bass instrument of the violin group, with four strings, pitched C-G-D-A upward from two octaves below middle C. (5) |
| PLNTNTRNTS | Xylem conducts them upward from roots |
| STALACTITES | Icicle-like objects hanging from a cave roof (11) |
| SPRINGROLLS | In Chinese cookery, savoury cylinders of vegetables and meat (6,5) |
| STALACTITE | A cylindrical mass of calcium carbonate hanging from the roof of a limestone cave |
| ROLLS | Buns; furled cylinders of cake, carpet, cloth, newspaper, parchment etc; strips of material with pockets for paintbrushes, pencils or tools; lists of names; trills; or, throws of dice (5) |
| LIMESTONE | Sedimentary rock of calcium carbonate, much of Mallorca is made up of it and is the reason for the island's many cave systems (9) |
| ROLL | A cylinder of gift-wrap or other paper; a strip of cloth or leather with pockets for paintbrushes, pencils, sewing kits or tools; or, a type of brass gilding wheel used in bookbinding (4) |
| MUFF | A person who is awkward at sport, thus a word for a botch, dropped/failed catch, mess-up, mishit or muddle; a bungler or duffer generally; or, a cylinder of fur for warming both hands (4) |
| PIPES | Hollow cylinders of metal, or plastic, used for the conveyance of water. (5) |
| ECLAIRS | Patisserie items consisting of cylinders of choux pastry filled with cream (7) |
| YPRES | Germans released thousands of cylinders of chlorine gas in which April 1915 battle? (5) |
| BMW | Company whose headquarters resembles the cylinders of a four-cylinder engine |
| CANDLES | Cylinders of wax that have a central wick (7) |
| SPINES | Sea stars have a tough covering on their upper side, which is made up of plates of calcium carbonate with tiny ___ on their surface |
| TUFA | Rock consisting of calcium carbonate deposited from lime-rich springs (4) |
| GROTESQUE | Loanword that means 'from a cave' in Italian |
