| EMERALDS | Precious gemstones whose name means "flash" or "sparkle" (8) |
| SCINTILLATION | Flash or sparkle of light (13) |
| EMERALD | Green gemstone whose name derives from the ancient Hebrew meaning "flash" or "sparkle" (7) |
| BLINKERS | Word for horses' eye screens; or, indicator lights that flash or nictate (8) |
| DIAMONDS | Precious gemstones (8) |
| SAPPHIRE | One of the four precious gemstones; a traditional gift for a 45th wedding anniversary (8) |
| AMETHYST | Precious gemstone (8) |
| BOWENITE | Dense, compact variety of green serpentine; a semi-precious gemstone akin to jade (8) |
| RUBY | Gemstone whose name comes from the Latin for "red" |
| AQUAMARINE | Gemstone whose name comes from the Latin for "seawater" |
| ONYX | Gemstone whose name comes from the Greek for "claw" |
| TWINKLE | A dance step; a glitter; a blink or a wink; the scintillation or sparkle of a light or a celestial star; or, a former comic for girls (7) |
| GLIM | Thought to be a contracted style of "shimmer" or "sparkle", an old word for a candle, lantern or light; an eye; a pair of spectacles; or, a quick peep (4) |
| SCINTILLA | A flash, or perhaps a Roman girl's name |
| BEZELS | Settings for precious gemstones in jewellery; or, grooved rings for holding clock/watch glasses in position (6) |
| GLITTER | Effect also known as silver thaw; brilliance, glamour, glitz or sparkle; or, tiny pieces of scintillating foil for decoration (7) |
| JEWELS | Valuable and precious gemstones (6) |
| MINERS | Excavators who dig for precious gemstones and minerals (6) |
| EMICATE | Obsolete word meaning to spring up or sparkle (7) |
| GLINT | Word for a sudden slip, slide or oblique movement first, later a bright gleam, brief indication, momentary flash or a twinkle in the eye (5) |
