| GOLDDUST | Something rare and precious and very difficult to obtain (4,4) |
| DEVILISH | To act as a drudge is hot and very difficult(8) |
| DUST | Gold -; auric particles found in placer mining; something rare and valuable or difficult to obtain; or, the plant Alyssum saxatile (4) |
| GARNET | Fancy agent hiding rare and precious stone (6) |
| PEARL | Something rare and beautiful |
| NARD | Himalayan plant "muskroot", prized for its aromatic oil, once so rare and precious it could buy a labourer's entire year's toil (4) |
| AIRTIGHT | Firmly sealed composition that's difficult to obtain |
| SIGHTING | Sensing the occasion on which something rare is seen (8) |
| MARYWEBB | Shropshire writer of Gone to Earth and Precious Bane (4,4) |
| JEWELLER | Seller of gems and precious metals |
| ADORABLE | Describes a beautiful and precious baby |
| PEGGYSUE | Buddy Holly hit with the lyric "With a love so rare and true" |
| AYRSHIRE | Moving around island, rare and shy farm animal (8) |
| CREATURE | Rare and cute wild animal (8) |
| CHESSSET | Made in 2005, the Jewel Royale, with playing pieces made from gold, platinum and precious stones, is the world's most expensive what? (5,3) |
| SNAGS | Manages to get a difficult-to-obtain item |
| PLAYHARDTOGET | Dramatic work difficult to obtain by one pretending to lack any interest (4,4,2,3) |
| RAWEST | The least trained got the most difficult to obtain wicket for a run (6) |
| HANSARD | Difficult to obtain answer from record of parliamentary debates (7) |
| ROCKETSCIENCE | Something very difficult to understand (involving gravity?) (6,7) |
