| SAPPER | Soldier responsible for building and repairing (6) |
| INCA | People responsible for building the citadel of Machu Picchu (4) |
| CARETAKER | Temporary post responsible for building |
| PERICLES | He is an Athenian statesman who, among other accomplishments, was responsible for building the Acropolis, begun in 447. One of Shakespeare's plays has his name in its title. |
| DOCKYARDS | Area for building and repairing ships (9) |
| DOCKYARD | Site for building and repairing ships (8) |
| DRYDOCK | Waterless harbour for building and repairing ships (7) |
| MARBLE | A hard, metamorphic rock used for building and sculpture (6) |
| BAMBOO | Tall fast-growing grass whose stem is used for building and furniture (6) |
| ROGERS | Architect noted for work on the Pompidou Centre in Paris and the Lloyd's building and Millennium Dome in London (6) |
| TIMBER | Wood prepared for use in building and carpentry (6) |
| SPIRIT | - level; instrument with a bubble used in building and carpentry trades (6) |
| REALTY | Land, building and some money, they will remain after he goes (6) |
| CAMPUS | University buildings and surrounding estate (6) |
| RELEGATE | Agree let for building and move to a worse place (8) |
| MARTIN | Bird of the swallow family which likes to build its mud nests in the eaves of buildings and is abundant in Mallorca, where it originally suspended its nests from the roofs of caves (6) |
| PLACE | Claimed for building and home; it could be beside the point (7,5) |
| DECIMAL | Claimed for building and home; it could be beside the point (7,5) |
| GRANITE | A very hard, crystalline rock used especially for building and monuments (7) |
| LOSETHEPLOT | Fail to keep ground for building and start to act abnormally? (4,3,4) |
