| INLAID | In pietra dura work, stone like marble is ____ with semi-precious stones |
| AGATE | Variety of chalcedony used in the lapidary marquetry inlay technique known in Italian as pietra dura with other hard stones including jade and jasper (5) |
| INLAYS | Patterns in marquetry, boulle and pietra dura made from pieces of marble, wood, mother-of-pearl, pewter etc and formerly ivory (6) |
| CABINET | Small private room; a piece of furniture with antique examples decorated with pietra dura, ormolu or boulle; or, a government's senior ministers collectively (7) |
| MINERAL | Naturally occurring inorganic matter in the form of gems, chalk, semi-precious stones, marble, some elements, crystals and quartz (7) |
| OPALINE | Stone-like, old, old man is with band (7) |
| ONLY | "It is ___ with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye." -The Little Prince |
| QUARRY | Deep pit from which stone, slate or marble is extracted (6) |
| GEMS | Precious or semi-precious stones (4) |
| MONOLITH | Large column of stone, like in the movie "2001: A Space Odyssey" |
| MASONS | Workers in stone like Mother and her boys (6) |
| AGATES | Semi-precious stones and silver corroded by sulphur (6) |
| SNAKESANDLADDERS | "A key to the understanding of all religion is that a god's idea of amusement is ____with greased rungs" (Terry Pratchett) |
| AMILL | "Here is ___ with the humming of thunder": R.L. Stevenson |
| JEALOUSY | "Moral indignation is ___ with a halo": H.G. Wells (8) |
| STONECOLD | Sharon unemotional about cost. Led on like marble (5-4) |
| FAUXFINISH | Paint job made to look like marble, wood, etc. |
| POTPOURRI | Cup to serve tea, perhaps with semi-rich assortment |
| CARBURETTOR | Engine part for limo needs brute adjustment with semi-torque (11) |
| DISEMBOWELMENT | Be upset with semi-meltdown a€“ it means someone's gutted (14) |
