| KILOGRAMME | Memorial King George originally built for unit (10) |
| MADRAS | Fort St George (originally), Chennai (officially) (6) |
| PULLMANCAR | Well-appointed railway saloon originally built in Illinois |
| TRIANON | Petit -; chateau in Versailles originally built for Madame de Pompadour (7) |
| HAMPTON | --- Court Palace, residence originally built for Cardinal Wolsey |
| HAMPTONCOURT | --- --- Palace, Royal residence in Richmond, originally built for Cardinal Wolsey (7,5) |
| BOULDER | City in Nevada, US, originally built for those working on the construction of the Hoover Dam (7,4) |
| PALACE | Royal residence on the River Thames originally built for Cardinal Wolsey (7,5,6) |
| WINDSOR | Market town in Berkshire, home to a castle originally built for William the Conqueror (7) |
| HOUGHTON | - Hall; Palladian house in Norfolk originally built for Sir Robert Walpole whose piano nobile state rooms decorated by William Kent include a huge scallop-shell-crowned bed (8) |
| ATOMIUM | Landmark building in Brussels that was originally built for the 1958 World Fair (7) |
| CITY | City in Nevada, US, originally built for those working on the construction of the Hoover Dam (4) |
| FRUITION | Maturity of a project for unit I ordered (8) |
| THERM | Hard to penetrate word for unit of heat (5) |
| UNCOMMON | Rare company getting millions for unit in merger |
| TROOP | Trade initially gets poor return for unit (5) |
| LAMBERT | One delivering sheep on time for unit (7) |
| BOOKSHELF | Reserve flesh-creeping for unit in the library (9) |
| CENTAVO | Marshal can vote for unit in Brazil (7) |
| LEU | Left half a euro for unit in Bucharest (3) |