Possible Clues:

• Like some raisins
• Like some shriveled tomatoes
• The Paper perished over writing that's typical of Adobe
• Start to dig the salt of the earth, among other things, as possible building material
• Dehydrated, as tomatoes
• Desiccated by exposure to the heat of the day
• Aspect of Adobe uncovered in 12 across perhaps
• Fancy diner in South of France may use such tomatoes
• Penny put on endless small items, like raisins?
• Like adobe