| 20 answers for: Sapphire, for example |
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| RANK | ANSWER | CLUE |
| BLUESTONE | Sapphire, for example |
| GEM | Sapphire, for example |
| BLUE | Sapphire, for instance |
| OXIDE | Sapphire, for one |
| PENNAME | Sapphire, for Ramona Lofton, e.g. |
| GIN | Bombay Sapphire, for one |
| ASTERIA | Star-sapphire, for instance, transformed set used in operatic performance (7) |
| BOULE | French word for something globular, such as a cobloaf, round piece of dough, metal orb for petanque or for the original shape of a Verneuil imitation ruby or sapphire (5) |
| GEMS | For starters garnet, emerald, malachite and sapphire |
| STYLUS | A needle tipped with diamond, sapphire, etc, for reproducing the sound of a gramophone record (6) |
| SEPTEMBER | The birthstone for this month is a sapphire |
| GEMSTONE | Typically formed within Earth's crust and cut and polished by a lapidarist, a general word for a mineral crystal such as sapphire, diamond, topaz or opal (8) |
| JEWEL | Gem such as a ruby or sapphire, or a piece of glass cut to resemble such for a stained glasswork (5) |
| PORTRAIT | Queen Elizabeth is wearing the Belgian Sapphire Tiara in her official one for Canada |
| NEEDLES | Bodkins; diamond- or sapphire tipped styli for playing records; etching tools; pine tree leaves; or, pointers on compasses or dials (7) |
| EMERY | Based on the Greek for "polishing powder", a variety of corundum other than ruby or sapphire (5) |
| HYACINTH | From an old word for a blue gem thought to be an aquamarine or a sapphire, a larkspur that sprang from the blood of a lover of Apollo; a pink, purple, violet or white liliaceous spring flower; or, cin |
| LUMLEY | Joanna, actress who played Sapphire in TV sci-fi/fantasy series Sapphire & Steel (6) |
| ANANIAS | Biblical character who. along with wife Sapphire, was struck dead for lying (7) |
| INBLUE | Wearing sapphire while at home, feeling sorry for oneself |
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