| FILAGREE | Delicate and intricate ornamentation (usually in gold or silver or other fine twisted wire). |
| FILIGREE | Delicate, intricate ornamentation, usually done in gold, silver or other fine twisted wire (8) |
| TESTS | Cupels for assaying gold or silver; or, shells of sea urchins (5) |
| LACEMAKER | An artisan, such as the young "kantwerkster" portrayed in Vermeer's La Dentelliere, distinguished by their skill in looping or tatting bobbinet, guipure or other fine open fabric (9) |
| THREAD | Cordonnet, cotton, crewel, embroidery silk, floss, purl, twist, yarn or other fine long strand of spun fibres; or, a continued idea or theme (6) |
| MANGANESE | Any one of the small, brilliantly coloured illustrations illuminated in gold or silver in a manuscript such as the Limbourg brothers' Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry (9) |
| PLATE | Household utensils in gold or silver collectively; a high-quality illustration inserted into a book; or, with "copper", a graceful style of calligraphic handwriting (5) |
| BROCADE | A rich fabric woven with a raised design, often in gold or silver (7) |
| ENAMELLER | An artisan who fuses glass by heat onto gold, silver or other metal as a colourful way to decorate jewellery, pillboxes or other ornate objects (9) |
| INGOT | A block of gold, silver or other metal, typically oblong in shape (5) |
| NIELLO | Black metallic alloy of copper, silver and lead, for filling engraved designs on silver or other metals (6) |
| GELT | Chocolate coins wrapped in gold or silver foil |
| JEWELLER | Artisan skilled in gold- or silver-smithery ... (8) |
| ORE | It may be rich in gold or silver |
| AURORAS | Illuminations in gold, or in radium and sulphur |
| GUILLOCHE | Precise and intricate patterns of interlaced lines, often used on bank notes and passports |
| FIREWALL | Twisted wire put in to trip computerised safety mechanism (8) |
| KICKOUT | Eject every other OK oil cake and yogurt maker (4,3) |
| GORDIAN | --- knot, a complicated and intricate fastening that Alexander the Great cut with a sword (7) |
| ARGYLL | A covered gravy holder of silver or other metal containing a detachable central vessel for hot water to keep the gravy warm (6) |
