| BULLION | Gold or silver bars |
| PURL | Warmed spiced wormwood ale; a knitting stitch; a cord of twisted gold or silver wire; an ornamental loop or picot on the edge of a ribbon; an eddy or ripple; or, the babble, bubble, burble, gurgle or |
| WREATH | Circlet of flowers or foliage used as a decoration or a victor's chaplet; a carved representation of such; or, a ring of twisted gold or silver (6) |
| CUPS | Two-handled gold or silver trophies awarded as prizes; or, the holes on golf courses and their metal casings or linings (4) |
| LOCKETS | Gold or silver pendants suspended from necklaces or charm bracelets that are opened to reveal miniature portraits or mementos (7) |
| PLATE | A metal sheet; a piece of armour; a flat dish or the food it holds; gold or silver household utensils collectively; a book illustration; or, an ex-libris (5) |
| BESETS | Precious stones incorporated into gold or silver adornments of the same name; ornamental bosses for stained glasswork; ruby bearings in watches; or, highly valued people or things (6) |
| TISSUE | Word for a rich cloth of gold or silver threads first, later cellular matter of an animal or a vegetable; or, a hankie (6) |
| FILAGREE | Delicate and intricate ornamentation (usually in gold or silver or other fine twisted wire). |
| BASEMETAL | Substance such as copper, tin or zinc as opposed to gold or silver (4,5) |
| INGOT | Go for tin - or perhaps, gold or silver (5) |
| ORRIS | Root of a species of iris used in perfumery; or, a form of gold or silver lace used as an edging (5) |
| TALENT | An ancient unit of weight or money of gold or silver (6) |
| BROCADE | One of the textiles woven on a Jacquard loom other than damask or matelasse, often with gold or silver threads (7) |
| DAMASCENE | To ornament metal by etching or inlaying, usually with gold or silver (9) |
| ZARI | Gold or silver thread used for Indian embroidery or brocade (4) |
| VELVET | An originally imported silk fabric, sometimes with gold or silver threads; or, one of the nicknames of the artist Jan Brueghel the Elder (6) |
| TESTS | Cupels for assaying gold or silver; or, shells of sea urchins (5) |
| TEST | Cupel in which to refine gold or silver; a sea urchin's shell; or, a trial (4) |
| DUCAT | Any of various former European gold or silver coins, especially those of Italy or the Netherlands (5) |
