| 20 answers for: From Old French for "beautiful", decorative or cur... |
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| RANK | ANSWER | CLUE |
| BIBELOTS | From Old French for "beautiful", decorative or curious bijous, charms, jewels, knick-knacks, ornaments, trinkets or examples of the objects described in 36 Across; or, elegantly decorated miniature bo |
| SEALS | Ornamen-tal stamps |
| BELLE | "Beauty and the Beast" beauty whose name is French for "beautiful" |
| STONES | Bijous |
| GEMS | Bijous |
| BAUBLES | Bijous |
| JEWELRIES | Bijous |
| JEWELS | Bijous |
| CINEMAS | Bijous |
| SHEEN | Word, from the Old English for "beautiful" and related to the Old Norse for "white horse", for lustre; or, glistening or splendid attire (5) |
| ORNAMENTAL | A flower grown for being decorative or fancy, for example a begonia, chrysanthemum, dahlia or pansy (10) |
| ODDITY | Word for the state of being peculiar or singular; strangeness; a quirky quality or curious characteristic; or, an eccentric person or weird thing (6) |
| PECULIAR | From "private property", a word for own; or, curious, odd or strange (8) |
| QUAINT | Old French "clever, wise", today's charmingly old-fashioned or curious (6) |
| IRONWARE | Decorative or domestic articles or wares wrought from Fe, "ferrum" (8) |
| BIBELOT | Small decorative or ornamental object, typically of low value; from French (7) |
| BRICABRAC | From an obsolete French phrase meaning "at random", a word for fancy goods, knick-knacks, miscellaneous old curios and other treasured odds and ends of ornamental value (4-1-4) |
| SWEET | One of a number of confections or "sugarplums" sometimes stored in a decorative or elaborately styled box or bonbonniere (5) |
| COLLE | Paired with "papier", hence "glued paper", a French art term for a type of montage of decorative or printed scraps, pasted to form a composition of usually abstract design (5) |
| BELVEDERE | From Italian for "beautiful sight", a gazebo, mirador, summerhouse or turret sited on a rooftop or vantage point so as to command a fine view (9) |
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