| PORTLANDSTONE | Form of sedimentary rock quarried in Dorset that has been used for buildings including St Paul's Cathedral and Buckingham Palace (8,5) |
| PURBECKMARBLE | A freshwater shelly limestone quarried in Dorset (7,6) |
| ADOBE | Sun-dried brick used for buildings |
| EPISTLE | Point to heap including St Paul's work |
| WEYMOUTH | Seaside town in Dorset that is the birthplace of presenter and comedian Alan Carr (8) |
| CLOUDSHILL | T. E. Lawrence's rural retreat on the Moreton Estate in Dorset that was gifted to the National Trust by his brother (6,4) |
| STOUR | A river in Dorset that shares its name with four others (5) |
| THEWEDDINGFEAST | Name that has been used for both of two consecutive parables in Luke 14 |
| WIND | ____ power in the form of windmills has been used for centuries for such tasks as grinding grain and pumping water (4) |
| OSMIUM | A hard alloy of this metal and iridium has been used for tips of fountain pens and phonograph needles. English chemist Smithson Tennant discovered the element together with iridium in the residues of |
| MARBLE | Quarried in Carrara since Roman times, rock much used in sculpture, favoured in the Renaissance, especially by Michelangelo (6) |
| ALIBATESFLINT | ___ Quarries U.S. National Monument in Texas authorized in 1965 that is rich in a type of sedimentary rock: 2 wds. |
| ASWAN | The stones used to build the pharaoh's pyramids were quarried in this town in Egypt that is now the site of two dams |
| SILL | In geology, a tabular sheet intrusion of igneous rock between older layers of sedimentary rock (4) |
| BED | A geological layer or stratum of sedimentary rock; bottom of a river or sea; or, a plot for roses (3) |
| CYANOGEN | Poisonous gas with an almondlike odour that has been used in chemical warfare (8) |
| JEWELCASE | Container that has been used since the compact disc was first released in 1982 |
| DOGEARED | A book that has been used so much the corners of the pages are turned down or torn (3,5) |
| AGES | How sage has been used for a long time (4) |
| ROSEWOOD | What has been used for furniture came up near the forest (8) |
