| NILEBLUE | Relative of turquoise |
| TEALBLUE | Relative of turquoise |
| TEAL | Relative of turquoise |
| SINAI | 'The Land of Turquoise' of Egypt |
| AQUA | Kin of turquoise |
| CYAN | Shade of turquoise (4) |
| GREENBLUE | Low-carbon suggestive of turquoise (5-4) |
| BLUES | Genre that lets a singer share his woes in song (or shades of turquoise, navy and indigo) |
| ANDESITE | Mountain range, one with outline of turquoise rock |
| SCARAB | Sacred coleopteran of the ancient Egyptians; or, a piece of amethyst, carnelian, lapis lazuli, turquoise or other mineral carved in the form of said chafer as an amulet, gem or seal (6) |
| TUREEN | A number of sides for turquoise-green dish of Gazpacho (6) |
| ADONIS | - blue; rare species of butterfly of south-facing herb-rich chalk grasslands; the male with turquoise or azure-coloured wings (6) |
| KILIM | Style of tapestry-woven Middle Eastern rug without a pile, often in faded tones of garnet red, blush pink, teal, turquoise and earthy browns (5) |
| DUNNOCK | A hedge sparrow, of which the hen lays turquoise-blue eggs and is sometimes the unwitting foster parent of a cuckoo chick (7) |
| GEM | From "bud, jewel", a precious stone, such as the tanzanite or turquoise symbolic of December; a highly-valued person, regarded as treasure; or, one of the miniature reference books by HarperCollins (3 |
| IVORY | A base of bone turquoise |
| RIOT | Wild display of red, indigo or turquoise, initially (4) |
| PALETTE | Range of colours - white, teal, turquoise and ecru, primarily |
| BLUE | Used by Thomas Gainsborough to create one of his notable portraits, a colour with shades including lapis lazuli, turquoise, peacock and indigo (4) |
| SETON | Author of historical novels including The Turquoise, Katherine, The Winthrop Woman and Green DarknessA (5) |
