| JEWELS | Diamonds, rubies and sapphires |
| GEMS | Diamonds, rubies and such |
| SRILANKA | Noted source of rubies and sapphires |
| ALUMINA | Oxide in rubies and sapphires |
| PRECOCIOUS | Like rubies and sapphires |
| EMERALDS | Green gems set in the Imperial State Crown with diamonds, rubies, sapphires and pearls (8) |
| CRUX | Southern Cross constellation whose Jewel Box star cluster was named by Sir John Herschel after its apparent likeness to rubies, diamonds and sapphires (4) |
| GEMSTONES | Emeralds and sapphires, etc (9) |
| RUTHREICHL | Restaurant critic who wrote the memoir "Garlic and Sapphires" |
| STONES | Rubies and diamonds |
| GALLICSTONES | Rouen rubies and Dijon diamonds? |
| RED | Color of rubies and garnets |
| ALAMAINIAN | WHAT RUBY, DIAMOND, EMERALD, AND CITRINE, AMETHYST AND SAPPHIRE BELONG TO |
| ORE | RUBY, DIAMOND, EMERALD, AND CITRINE, AMETHYST AND SAPPHIRE, IN RAW FORM |
| SEPTEMBER | Containing the autumn equinox and with symbols including aster, morning glory and sapphire, the ninth month, originally the seventh in the Roman year, hence its name (9) |
| BLUE | Color whose shades include cobalt and sapphire |
| HUES | Ruby and sapphire |
| CORUNDUM | Ruby and sapphire are forms of what mineral? (8) |
| SCHIST | Metamorphic rock that is often host to gemstones including emerald, garnet and sapphire (6) |
| TOPAZ | It's between quartz and sapphire on the Mohs scale of hardness |
