| PERL | Computer language that's a homophone for a precious stone |
| JAVA | Computer language that's also a slang word for "coffee" |
| COBOL | Computer language that's an acronym |
| JEWELLER | Term, linked to the Latin for "joy, jest" via a word for a precious stone or ornament, for a bijoutier, gemmologist, goldsmith or lapidary (8) |
| ESTER | Compound that's a homophone for a Purim heroine |
| RAE | Girl's name that's a homophone for a boy's name |
| YEW | Tree that's a homophone for a pronoun |
| ARE | Verb that's a homophone for a letter |
| ODE | Writing form that's a homophone for a word meaning "was short" |
| ARIAL | Font that's a homophone for a mermaid |
| FONDU | Ballet bend that's a homophone for a cheese dish |
| GREAVE | Shin armor that's a homophone for a synonym of "mourn" |
| BEZEL | Grooved setting for a precious stone (5) |
| EMERALD | Mike loses heart and quits Emmerdale anxiously hunting for a precious stone (7) |
| OPAL | Ring the mate for a precious stone |
| ROLL | A cylinder of parchment or paper, such as that upon which an actor's lines would have been written, hence a homophone for a thespian's part (4) |
| KALI | Hindu divinity whose name is a homophone for a herding dog |
| STARZ | Cable network that's a homophone for movie headliners |
| KOI | Fish that's a homophone for "love" in Japanese |
| ORE | Rock from which a valuable metal or mineral, such as diamond or gold, can be extracted profitably; or, a poetic word for a precious metal (3) |
