| CAUSEWAYS | Raised paths or roads crossing water, defined by Thomas Fuller in The History of the Worthies of England as "bridges over dirt" (9) |
| FULLER | Author whose The Worthies of England describes the counties and their native commodities including the silver of Devon, cherries of Kent and the pearls of Cumberland (6) |
| SPENCER | Octavia, U.S. actress who played Zelda Fuller in the 2017 romantic fantasy film The Shape of Water (7) |
| WAX | Become fuller, in a way |
| CAUSEWAY | Raised path or road across a marsh or water (8) |
| FLYOVER | Upper one of two roads crossing on different levels (7) |
| STS | Roads crossing aves. |
| AVENUES | Word, possibly introduced by John Evelyn, for tree-lined paths or roads, such as those constituting the 72 miles worth laid out by the 1st Duke of Montagu at Boughton (7) |
| TURNS | Bends in rivers or roads; reversals of the tide; short excursions, rides, skits or walks; or, vicissitudes (5) |
| GRAVEL | Mixture for paths or roads (6) |
| DEADENDS | Unfruitful paths ... or a description of both words in the answers to the seven starred clues? |
| MANTLE | Lady's -; often placed in herbaceous borders, gravel paths or in posies with garden roses, peonies, clove-scented pinks, lemon thyme or lavender, the flower Alchemilla (6) |
| WALL | Berlin demolished its, China has a great one and there are bits of Hadrian's across the north of Eng |
| ENGINEER | Originally a builder of fortifications, siege artillery and mechanical weapons such as trebuchets, later a designer/maker of machinery or structures such as bridges or roads (8) |
| WIT | "___ and wisdom are like the seven stars, seldom seen together": Thomas Fuller |
| CORRESPONDENT | Reporter right in centre posted crossing water (13) |
| EPIS | One with roots in the Church of Eng. |
| ANGL | Of the Church of Eng. |
| NETWORK | A nexus of things such as broadcasting stations, business contacts, computer systems, friends, railway lines or roads |
| PONTOONBRIDGE | Floating structure for crossing water |
