| Split partially |
| Suffixes for followers, natives and minerals |
| Annoying obligations / "No need to check" [split] |
| Mineral used to make plaster of Paris |
| Easily-manipulated type |
| Layered minerals |
| Able to speak easily, as a language |
| Aluminous mineral |
| A poem like this / Of 17 syllables / Split 5-7-5 |
| Aluminum silicate minerals |
| Bounds along easily |
| Split |
| Easily passes |
| Defeats easily |
| Splits violently |
| A splitting, as of atoms |
| Mineral residues |
| Weak-___ (easily intimidated) |
| Split ___ (tonsorial woe, and a hint to this puzzle's theme) |
| Easily offended |
| Agnostic (anag) — moving easily |
| Abrasive mineral |
| A prig splits them |
| New Wave band Split ___ |
| Word with split or tail |
| Banded mineral |
| One who's easily duped |
| Abrasive minerals |
| Combustible mineral |
| Easily torn bands of tissue |