| SEEDPEARL | Oyster gem less than 2mm in diameter |
| RUDACEOUS | Of conglomerate, breccia and similar rocks, composed of coarse grains with a width greater than 2mm (9) |
| SIZE | They range in ___ from 2mm - 22mm |
| MCINTOSH | Summer ........, Canadian swimmer; 2024 Olympics 200m butterfly, 2mm and 400m medley gold medallist (8) |
| PEARL | Member of a state in central Mexico that was conquered by Cortes in 1521, followed by an oyster gem - as in the cultivar of Choisya x dewitteana (5,5) |
| AZTEC | Member of a state in central Mexico that was conquered by Cortes in 1521, followed by an oyster gem - as in the cultivar of Choisya x dewitteana (5,5) |
| IMPERIL | Put in danger when I'm given the oyster's gem, we hear (7) |
| EARL | Nobleman cuts top off oyster gem (4) |
| DRIZZLE | Light precipitation consisting of droplets less than 0.5 mm (0.02 in) in diameter (7) |
| PEARLED | Dove for oyster gems, say |
| EARLS | Oyster gems are a nonstarter for noblemen (5) |
| PEARLS | Oyster gems (6) |
| IMPEARL | Adorn with "oyster gems" |
| ICE | Cool craft: Fill a balloon with 12D until it reaches 3" in diameter, add a few drops of food coloring and place it in the freezer for about 12 hours (or leave it out in the snow overnight). Peel off t |
| TAMARIND | Tree in river gaining in diameter |
| BAOBAB | Tree whose trunk may be more than 40 feet in diameter |
| PHOEBE | This moon was discovered by the American astronomer William Henry Pickering in 1899. Roughly spherical and about 210 km (130 miles) in diameter, this moon has a mean distance from Saturn of about 12,9 |
| EARTH | Ball c. 7,926 mi. in diameter |
| SATURN | It's 75,000 miles in diameter |
| SUNSPOT | One may be 50,000 miles in diameter |
