| MOUNT | Backing or setting for a gem or a painting; a slide used in microscopy; a philatelic stamp hinge; or, a hack as opposed to a draught horse (5) |
| SETTING | A mounting for a gem or a jewel; a backdrop; a table service for one person; or, adaptation to music (7) |
| BROTHER | Arrange berth or setting for sibling (7) |
| INTAGLIO | Italian word for a gem or stone with an incised design (opposite to cameo); or, a printmaking technique (8) |
| GELATIN | Slide used in lighting |
| SLIDES | Runners for the wheels of movable seats in some rowing boats; parts of trombones; clasps for hair; or, glass plates used in microscopy (6) |
| EOSIN | Dye used in microscopy |
| SAPPHIRE | Second, happier, setting for a gem (8) |
| STILLLIFE | A painting, a photograph and a biography (5,4) |
| BEZEL | Setting for a gem |
| CANVAS | A painting a boat can win by (6) |
| REFRAME | Give a painting a new surround (7) |
| HINGE | A cardinal direction - north, south, east or west; a device upon which a door or gate swings; the joint of a bivalve mollusc's shell; or, a philatelic mount for a postage stamp (5) |
| CROWN | Another name for a diadem; the upper part of a hat, cut gem or a tree; a clasping metal cap for a bottle; or, a stag's surroyals collectively (5) |
| TORSO | Word for a core, plant stalk or stump first, later the trunk of the human body; a nude statue of said corporal bole; or, a painting or a musical piece left short, truncated or unfinished (5) |
| AMBER | Form of fossilised tree resin used as a gem; or, a traffic light colour (5) |
| PASTE | Glass or strass used for making imitation gems; or, a mixture used in the production of ceramics or porcelain (5) |
| STONE | Seed of a date, cherry, peach or plum; a gem; or, any one of the counters used in the game "go" (5) |
| JET | Black lignite used as a gem; or, a type of spray-emitting nozzle (3) |
| WORK | In physics, the force causing the movement or displacement of an object; or, a creative composition such as a book or a painting (4) |
