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• ___ State (Idaho)

• Columbia, the ___ of the Ocean (old patriotic song)

• Perfect game

• A loupe might be used on it

• A real prize

• A sparkling defensive play

• A sparkling defensive play, e.g.

• Absolute beauty

• Amethyst

• Amethyst or tourmaline

• Amethyst, e.g.

• Any birthstone

• Aquamarine, e.g.

• Baguette

• Baguette, e.g.

• Baguette, for one

• Beaut

• Beautiful thing

• Beloved individual

• Beloved person

• Bijou

• Birth month symbol

• Birthstone

• Bit of finery

• Bit of treasure

• Bit of wisdom

• Blue carbuncle, e.g.

• Bon mot

• Brilliant

• Brilliant performance

• Brilliant play

• Brilliant, e.g.

• Briolette

• Cabochon or cameo

• Cabochon, e.g.

• Cameo, e.g.

• Carder offering

• Carnelian, e.g.

• Cat's-eye

• Cat's-eye, e.g.

• Clever bit of wisdom, in Ann Landers-speak

• Columbia of song

• Columbia, in a song

• Columbia, vis-a-vis the ocean

• Crown ornament

• Crown twinkler

• Diamond or emerald

• Diamond or ruby

• Diamond, for one

• Diamond, pearl or sapphire

• Emerald

• Emerald or pearl

• Emerald or ruby

• Emerald or sapphire

• Emerald, for one

• Emerald, ruby, or sapphire

• Expensive sparkler

• Faberg

• Fine stone

• Garnet or ruby

• Glittering valuable

• Great find

• Great pitching effort, as it were

• Great prize

• Heck of a person

• Highly prized item

• Highly valued person

• Honey of a game

• Idaho, the ___ State

• Inlaid item

• It goes in a setting

• It has facets

• It may be cut or paste

• It may be set

• It may be set in a ring

• It may be synthetic

• It might be examined with a loupe

• It's multifaceted

• It's often seen ringside

• It's placed in a setting

• Item in a setting

• Its place is in a setting

• Its setting is a setting

• Jade, e.g.

• Jewel

• Jewel Margaret returned

• Jeweler's item

• Jewelry stone

• Kind of muffin

• Kind of shoe

• Lapidarist's item

• Lapidarist's object of study

• Lapidarist's treasure

• Lapidary item

• Lapidary's concern

• Lapis lazuli e.g.

• Little beauty

• Little masterpiece

• Little masterwork

• Little treasure

• Marvel

• Masterpiece

• Metaphor for a no-hitter, e.g.

• Mini-masterpiece

• Mountain ___ (green hummingbird)

• Muffin

• Nonpareil

• One found in the ring

• One seen in a ring

• Onyx or opal

• Opal or onyx

• Ornamental stone

• Part of a pirate's loot

• Part of an Interior West nickname

• Part of Idaho's nickname

• Peach

• Peach of a person

• Perfect instance

• Peridot, e.g.

• Piece of a pirate's booty, maybe

• Pithy saying: sl.

• Precious item

• Precious object

• Precious person

• Precious stone

• Precious thing

• Priceless joke

• Priceless person

• Pricey rock

• Pricey sparkler

• Pricey stone

• Prize

• Prized item

• Prized object

• Prized person

• Prized possession

• Rare album

• Rare beauty

• Rare find

• Real beauty

• Real find

• Ring insert

• Ring item

• Ring part

• Ring rock

• Ring thing

• Ritzy rock

• Rock

• Rock on a ring

• Rock with a band

• Ruby or emerald

• Ruby or emerald, e.g.

• Ruby or garnet

• Ruby or opal

• Ruby or solitaire

• Ruby, e.g.

• Ruby, for one

• Scarab or cameo

• Setting fill

• Setting item

• Setting sight

• Setting stone

• Sherlock's Blue Carbuncle, for one

• Shining example

• Shiny keepsake

• Small marvel

• Small wonder

• Small, perfect example

• Solitaire

• Solitaire, e.g.

• Someone or something special

• Something of value

• Something prized

• Something sparkling

• Sort of stone

• Sparkeler

• Sparkler on a crown

• Sparkling stone

• Special person

• Stick pin adornment

• Stone

• Stone to own

• Stone with facets

• Sweetheart

• Tanzanite, e.g.

• Terrific person

• The ___ State (Idaho)

• The ___ State (Idaho's nickname)

• The Blue Carbuncle, to Holmes

• The Hope Diamond, for one

• The Star of India, e.g.

• There's one hidden in the answer to each starred clue

• Thing in a ring

• Thing of beauty

• Tiffany offering

• Tiffany treasure

• Topaz or amethyst

• Topaz or ruby

• Topaz or turquoise

• Topaz, e.g.

• Topaz, for one

• Tourmaline or amethyst

• Tourmaline or amethyst, e.g.

• Tourmaline or peridot

• Tourmaline, e.g.

• Treasure

• Treasured person

• Tsavorite, e.g.

• Turquoise or aquamarine, e.g.

• Turquoise or topaz

• Turquoise or topaz, e.g.

• Turquoise, e.g.

• Valuable find

• Valuable rock

• Valuable stone

• Valued person

• What carats measure

• Wonderful little thing

• Wonderful person

• A crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry

• Art highly prized for its beauty or perfection

• A person who is a brilliant and precious as a piece of jewelry

• A sweet quick bread baked in a cup-shaped pan

• A precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry

• Precious stone that used in one of Absolutist.com's game.