| DUST | Fine-powdered earth or other matter |
| ESSENCE | An extract obtained from a plant or other matter and used for flavouring or scent (7) |
| PROBE | A thorough investigation into a crime or other matter (5) |
| THETERMINATOR | Arrange other matter in Arnie's vehicle (3,10) |
| GROUND | Powdered earth (6) |
| TARTAR | A deposit of calcium phosphate and other matter on the teeth |
| INTERALIA | Among other matters |
| ETCETERA | Start off letter about church area and other matters (2,6) |
| AESTHETICS | Branch of philosophy concerned with the study of beauty and other matters of taste, especially in relation to the nature of art (10) |
| EMBANKMENTS | Man-made ridges of earth or stone carrying roads or railways, or confining waterways (11) |
| CORE | Centre of Earth or of an apple, pear or quince; magnetic memory of a computer; or, the positively charged nucleus of an atom (4) |
| VOLCANO | Its origins in English can be traced to Italian (or Spanish but ultimately Latin). It describes, as Britannica defines it, a "vent in the crust of Earth or another planet or satellite, from which issu |
| POLAR | From one end of the Earth or the other (5) |
| ELEMENT | Part of fire (or air, earth or water?) (7) |
| ELF | Being from Middle-earth or Northern Earth |
| VESTA | Named after the Roman goddess of the hearth and home, the brightest asteroid visible from Earth; or, a short wooden or wax match (5) |
| OILWELL | A deep hole or shaft into the earth or seabed for the extraction of petroleum (3,4) |
| GLOBE | Terrestrial or celestial, a spherical representation of Earth or its stars (5) |
| LAGOON | An area of water separated from the sea by coral reefs or earth or sand banks (6) |
| CLAMP | Type of vice for a workbench; device for immobilising a vehicle; or, a heap of root vegetables stored under a layer of earth or straw (5) |
