| PISANO | Italian who created the south doors of the Florence Baptistery (6) |
| BRONZE | An alloy of copper and tin used by Lorenzo Ghiberti to make the doors of the Florence Baptistery and also by Andrea del Verrocchio and Donatello in notable equestrian sculptures (6) |
| IAN | Astbury of The Doors of the 21st Century |
| OCTAGONAL | Like Florence's baptistery or Ely Cathedral's central tower |
| BANGER | Someone noisily closing the door of the old car? (6) |
| RAPPED | Knocked on the door of the pop music world? (6) |
| GIOTTO | Designer of the Florence Cathedral bell tower |
| SESAME | Which term did Ali Baba use to open the door of the robber's den, open ... (6) |
| RELIEF | Ghiberti's baptistery doors in Florence are an example of ____ in sculpture |
| ALDOUS | 'The Doors of Perception' author Huxley |
| STOUPS | Holy water fonts near main doors of churches; or, a dialect word for beakers, buckets, flagons or posts (6) |
| TUSCAN | An Italian who can't be upset by American entry (6) |
| HANDLE | Manage one of those on the door of nightclub, for instance (6) |
| DIRECTIVE | At the door of the high court, the DW&S released two stern documents sent to BCM about the legal and operational state of the plant. These instructions are known officially as? Be direct. (9) |
| ALIBABA | Poor woodcutter in the Arabian Nights entertainments who discovers that the magic words 'open sesame' will open the doors of a cave containing the treasure of the Forty Thieves |
| PORTAL | Door of sports hall repeatedly out of bounds (6) |
| RATTAT | Sharp knock at the door of opium dens outside studio apartment (3-3) |
| OPENSESAME | Magical words used by Ali Baba in The Arabian Nights to open the door of the thieves' den (4,6) |
| BRUNELLESCHI | What architect invented machines expressly to aid in constructing the dome of the Florence Cathedral? (Last name only.) |
| LECCE | Historic city of Italy, sometimes called 'the Florence of the South' (5) |
