| SILVERING | Becoming like a precious metal (9) |
| TOTEMIC | Raise I'm upset about, becoming like a ritual (7) |
| SILVERY | Having a clear ringing tone; like a precious metal |
| MERCURY | It flows like water and shines like a precious metal, which gives it its Latin name. What's its common name? (7) |
| GOLDE | Wellness brand that sounds like a precious metal |
| PYRAMIDAL | Am rapidly becoming like an ancient monument (9) |
| GOLDFEVER | Mania for seeking a precious metal (4-5) |
| RUTHENIUM | Drunken Hutu miner discovers a precious metal |
| FOOLSGOLD | Brassy mineral mistaken for a precious metal (5,4) |
| PALLADIUM | Tropical tree sheltering the French on an Indian island with a precious metal |
| BESTIAL | One in stable becoming like an animal |
| LORDLY | Lloyd Webber finally becoming like one leaping around now (6) |
| FRAMED | Mr Flintstone around morning possibly becoming like Roger Rabbit (6) |
| ORE | Rock from which a valuable metal or mineral, such as diamond or gold, can be extracted profitably; or, a poetic word for a precious metal (3) |
| PLATINUM | Excellent coating for a metal - a precious metal! |
| RIGHTHONOURABLE | Hang out with horrible characters, becoming like Boris, ironically (5,10) |
| GOLDDISC | Named after a precious metal, a framed replica record that is issued to a recording artist in recognition of 100,000 sales of an album (4,4) |
| GOLDLEAF | A precious metal beaten into a thin sheet used in decorating e.g. the letters on the front of a book (4,4) |
| SILVER | Used to make mirrors, candlesticks, jewellery, coins, cutlery, medals ... a precious metal gifted for a 25th wedding anniversary (6) |
| PLATED | With a precious metal surface a pelt might start to decay (6) |
