| STONEAGE | Gem and silver point to a long time ago (5,3) |
| AMETHYST | Violet gem and a traditional birthstone for February (8) |
| DARTFORD | A Kent borough linked to a long-tailed warbler (8) |
| ODYSSEAN | Relating to a long and eventful journey |
| IMISSYOU | Avowal to a long-distance lover |
| JEWELLER | Seller of gems and precious metals |
| DIAMONDS | Expensive gems and card suit (8) |
| YEARDOT | Garden has energy, returning to a long time ago (4,3) |
| FIDELSTICKS | "Rubbish!" to a long-time Cuban leader? |
| BANDAGE | Party leads to a long time dressing |
| ZIRCON | From "golden", a gem and a silicate of atomic no. 40, whose colours, ranging from clear to red, brown, blue, green, yellow and smoky, can be observed in its varieties hyacinth, jacinth, jargoon and sp |
| MINE | An excavation for the extraction of coal, gems and ores; the "gallery" of an insect in a leaf; or, historically, a passage under a besieged fortress to give secret ingress or to blow it up (4) |
| DARTAGNAN | Weapon with silver point taken by a knight, French hero ... (9) |
| LODGEMENT | During Lent, do take a gem and deposit it (9) |
| AGELONG | Silver point on pine for an extensive period (7) |
| PEARL | Gem and type of barley (5) |
| ROCK | To be exciting, gem & hard confection (4) |
| RUBY | Gem and variety of red corundum (4) |
| PETRIFIEDWOOD | Washington's state gem and Arizona's state fossil |
| LETTUCE | Little Gem and Romaine are varieties of this salad plant (7) |
