| PENNANT | Standard necklace has centrepiece of granite rather than diamonds |
| AUGUST | Regal gold dust good (rather than diamonds) (6) |
| ROSES | Emma Goldman remarked that she would rather have these flowers on her table than diamonds on her nec |
| PRESERVEYOURINTEGRITY | "___. It is more precious than diamonds or rubies" |
| HEARTS | When the contract is made, they're better than diamonds (6) |
| OPAL | Gem that's actually rarer than diamonds |
| GEMS | More precious than diamonds, rubies are among the many precious ___ that can give a tiara a special sparkle |
| GEM | Word, from "bud", hence a term for "budding", for a jewel; one regarded as a paragon or treasure; an emerald or other jewel-like hummingbird; or, old type, smaller than diamond (3) |
| PEBBLE | A smooth rock of granite, flint, schist, chert, lime/sandstone or of the green marble of a St Columba's Bay "mermaid's tear" (6) |
| RATING | Estimating the worth of unfinished variety of granite (6) |
| AGGREGATE | Time to enclose earliest of graves in large piece of granite perhaps (9) |
| CAKE | Couples on both sides of Cairo dyke centrepiece of celebration (4) |
| LOUD | Gaudy centrepiece of 4 in need of refurbishment (4) |
| HALLAL | Centrepiece of Islam, its god, backed suitable result of slaughter |
| PAINTER | One who has a brush with suffering, the centrepiece of investiture with Queen |
| EASE | Simplicity of the centrepiece of a teaset |
| USURER | Addict tours centrepiece of church, one attracting lots of interest |
| REGALE | Centrepiece of event, following return of alcoholic drink to entertain royally (6) |
| ULTRAVIOLET | Centrepiece of Louvre has it reduced: we can’t see it |
| CLAY | Fine-grained material comprised mainly of hydrated aluminium silicate, formed by the weathering of granite and other feldspar-rich rock (4) |
