| GOLCONDA | Criminal drilling precious metal, a source of wealth |
| 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) |
| GOLD | With the symbol Au, one of the main precious metals, a traditional gift for a 50th wedding anniversary (4) |
| ENIGMA | A source of wealth turning up, with penning of good puzzle |
| BONANZA | Good French article on New Zealand area ? a source of wealth (7) |
| TREASURECHEST | Astute research mistaken in dismissing a source of wealth |
| GOLDMINE | A source of wealth (8) |
| OILWELL | Lubricate a source of wealth (3,4) |
| REEXAMINE | King keeping English a source of wealth? Check again |
| ERMINE | Fur regularly dear, a source of wealth (6) |
| WIRE | A strand of metal; a snare made from this; filigree work; a piano string; or, an old word for a telephone (4) |
| PLATINUM | Excellent coating for a metal - a precious metal! |
| ACHING | Part of jaw encased in costly metal, a sign of a dental problem perhaps (6) |
| POST | Upright length of wood or metal a permanent military establishment (4) |
| IRON | Kind of metal a press (4) |
| THRASH | Kind of metal a party (6) |
| HOHUM | Dull metal a philosopher cut (2-3) |
| SILVER | Metal, a thin piece with lithium twisted inside (6) |
| PALLADIUM | Metal a duke concealed in cloak |
| BRITANNIA | ___ metal, a tin-based alloy that is similar to pewter (9) |
