| NOTREDAME | Gothic cathedral in Paris whose 12th-century oak beams and timbers were destroyed by fire in 2019 (5-4) |
| JOSHUATREES | In 2020, more than one million were destroyed by fire in the Mojave National Preserve |
| KNEE | Angled piece of wood or metal giving support to beams and timbers of wooden vessel (4) |
| RESOLUTE | HMS ___, Royal Navy ship whose timbers were used to construct the Oval Office desk |
| ARGO | Mythical ship with a speaking oak beam |
| BOLSOVER | Derbyshire town whose 12th-century castle was rebuilt in the 17th century (8) |
| NOTRE | ___-Dame medieval cathedral that caught fire in 2019 |
| WATERS | Start to wonder at tigers: half were destroyed by floods |
| CHARTRES | The oldest parts of this Gothic cathedral in northwestern France are its crypt and the west portal, or Royal Portal, which are remnants of a Romanesque church that was mostly destroyed by fire in 1194 |
| ABBEY | Dublin theatre destroyed by fire in 1951 that was rebuilt and reopened in 1966 (5) |
| CARNBOOTH | What House and former hotel was destroyed by fire in August this year? (9) |
| THEGLOBE | Elizabethan theatre destroyed by fire in 1613 (3,5) |
| OILRIG | Offshore structure such as Piper Alpha, which was destroyed by fire in 1988 (3,3) |
| HINDENBURG | Zeppelin named after a German President which was destroyed by fire in 1937 (10) |
| ROUGE | Famous cabaret in Paris whose name is French for 'red mill' (6,5) |
| MOULIN | Famous cabaret in Paris whose name is French for 'red mill' (6,5) |
| QUAIDORSAY | Street in Paris whose name is used figuratively to refer to the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs (4,6) |
| DORSAY | Street in Paris whose name is used figuratively to refer to the French foreign office (6) |
| QUAI | Street in Paris whose name is used figuratively to refer to the French foreign office (4) |
| BIGBANGTHEORY | The ___ sitcom created by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady for CBS whose 12th season premiered on September 24 2018: 3 wds. |
