| BURIES | Conceals collection of rubies (6) |
| BRUISE | Damage the surface of rubies |
| RED | Color of rubies and garnets |
| SRILANKA | Noted source of rubies and sapphires |
| CARAT | 200 milligrams of rubies |
| STONES | Precious -; diamonds, sapphires, emeralds, rubies ... general description of minerals studied in gemology, used for jewellery and signifying birth months (6) |
| REDDER | More like rubies, either way (6) |
| BUSIER | More occupied sorting rubies (6) |
| RABIES | Rubies you exchange for a canine ailment (6) |
| BOULES | Petanque-like game; cob loaves; or, tear drop-shaped imitation emeralds, rubies or sapphires (6) |
| JEWELS | Diamonds and rubies, for example |
| SILK | Textile used for QCs' gowns; lustre in rubies; spider's gossamer; or, the tufts of an ear or com/maize (4) |
| PROVERBS | Book of sayings such as "Wisdom is better than rubies" (8) |
| ION | Any one of the electrically charged atoms whose existence in emeralds, garnets, rubies, sapphires etc is central to said gems' colouration (3) |
| VERMILION | Chinese-red or scarlet colour of cinnabar, "fire-headed" flycatchers, garnets, holly berries, jewel-like pomegranate arils, poinsettia bracts, robins' breasts, rubies, St Nicholas's bishop's robes or |
| ROSES | Rubies |
| BLUSHES | Rubies |
| EIGHTIETH | Two rubies derived from oak for the anniversary (9) |
| ABOVE | A Price ___ Rubies |
| GEMS | Diamonds, rubies, opals, etc. (4) |
