| MOONSTONE | Adularescent gem thought by the Romans to be created by lunar rays; or, the priceless yellow diamond described in a classic work of detective fiction by Wilkie Collins (9) |
| DRY | --- pot (side pot about to be created by the current bet that cannot be won by the player making the |
| HYACINTH | From an old word for a blue gem thought to be an aquamarine or a sapphire, a larkspur that sprang from the blood of a lover of Apollo; a pink, purple, violet or white liliaceous spring flower; or, cin |
| MOONBOW | Rare optical phenomenon of a faint arc of colours in the night sky, created by lunar light (7) |
| METRIC | It's time for 100 Romans to be given the right - that's the system! (6) |
| ORIFICE | Yellow diamonds provided boring opening (7) |
| OPAL | Adularescent stone |
| OPALS | Gems thought to prevent disease, to ancient Greeks |
| MOONBEAMS | Lunar rays |
| ESSEN | Old Roman to be at point in German city (5) |
| PEARLS | Believed by the Roman's to have been abundant in British rivers, hence one of the motives for their invasion, lustrous gems created within the shells of mussels and oysters (6) |
| CYRENE | Simon of ____ , man who was forced by the Romans to carry the cross of Jesus (6) |
| NORMAL | It's not unusual for a Roman to be about fifty (6) |
| MOONBEAM | Lunar ray |
| DELPHI | An important temple and oracle site, thought by the ancient Greeks to be the centre of the world (6) |
| CIRCE | Mythical sorceress whose name is referred to in the Latin epithet of enchanter's nightshade, for it was thought by botanists to be used by the aforesaid spellbinder to bewitch Odysseus's companions (5 |
| LOTUS | Shrub whose fruit was thought, by the ancient Greeks, to produce a state of dreamy forgetfulness (5) |
| QUARTZ | Thought by Theophrastus to be a form of permanent ice, a silicious piezoelectric mineral such as the purple amethyst, smoky-brown cairngorm or the yellow citrine (6) |
| AVERNUS | Italian lake, thought by Virgil to be the entrance to the Underworld (7) |
| SHIBBOLETHS | Beliefs, principles or practices commonly adhered to but thought by some to be inappropriate or out of date (11) |
