| EMERALDS | Gems associated with the heraldic meaning of the "Green" movement in Arthur Bliss' A Colour Symphony with hope, joy, spring, victory and youth (8) |
| BASILISK | From the Greek meaning "little king", a mythical reptile synonymous with the heraldic cockatrice (8) |
| MOONSTONE | Pearly, opalescent gem associated with the goddess Hecate |
| PUTT | The green movement? |
| BLISS | Composer of A Colour Symphony taught by Ralph Vaughan Williams and Gustav Holst who was Master of the Queen's Music from 1953-75 (5) |
| BIRTHSTONES | Precious or semiprecious gems associated with particular months |
| OLYMPIANS | 'The 1949 opera by Sir Arthur Bliss (9) |
| CHECKMATE | Ballet written by the 20th-century English composer Arthur Bliss (9) |
| BAND | A stripe such as the heraldic bar-sinister; a lace or linen cavalier collar; a range of frequencies or wavelengths in a spectrum; a rock group; or, a gang of gorillas, men, outlaws or thieves (4) |
| ROSE | Floral emblem of England that forms part of the heraldic badge of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon with a pomegranate (4) |
| BIRTHSTONE | Foolishly bet shirt on gem associated with a month of the year (10) |
| ICHDIEN | (German) motto on the heraldic badge of the Prince of Wales (3,4) |
| AZURE | Blue colour of lapis lazuli; or, one of the heraldic tinctures (5) |
| ARMS | Coat of ---, the heraldic bearings of a person, family or corporation (4) |
| LIGHT | 'Journey's end a€¦ night of drifting into bliss', a poetic death (5,2,3,5) |
| DYINGOFTHE | 'Journey's end a€¦ night of drifting into bliss', a poetic death (5,2,3,5) |
| DARTMOOR | Area of wild Devonshire upland recalled in Arthur Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles (8) |
| COATOFARMS | The heraldic bearings of a person, family or organisation (4,2,4) |
| TINCTURE | Any colour of the heraldic palette such as argent, azure, sable or vert (8) |
| JADE | Gem associated with good luck in Chinese culture |
