The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word DIAMONDS
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More clues leading to the result DIAMONDS
- Girl's best friend in a suit?
- Precious stones found in suit
- Suit: notedly a girl’s best friend?
- Backup help given to Scotsman DS Stones
- Cop given nuts spitting out large stones
- Ice pack only partially needed
- Suit for a girl’s best friend
- 6 or 24 for some American players, peripherally defined
- Gemstones in suit
- Rock singer’s first suit
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The straight part
We know that "Gemstones/suit" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case gemstones/suit = diamonds.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does DIAMONDS mean?
DIAMONDS noun- A glimmering glass-like mineral that is an allotrope of carbon in which each atom is surrounded by four others in the form of a tetrahedron.
- A gemstone made from this mineral.
- A ring containing a diamond.
- A very pale blue color/colour.
- Something that resembles a diamond.
- A rhombus, especially when oriented so that its longer axis is vertical.
- The polyiamond made up of two triangles.
- The entire field of play used in the game.
- The infield of a baseball field.
- A card of the diamonds suit.
- A size of type, standardised as 4 1/2 point.
- To adorn with or as if with diamonds
- One of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♦.