The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word SAPPHIRE
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More clues leading to the result SAPPHIRE
- Precious stone perhaps I ordered
- A Parish Priest in county setting – a jewel!
- Greek poet with passion for old jewel
- Undermine engagement taking pressure for stone
- County’s housing application, in stone
- A gem may be gleaned from his paper
- Hard mineral perhaps unexpectedly cracked open by one
- Perhaps I carved jewel
- Mobile accessory in county is precious item
- Perhaps I damaged precious stone
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "stone" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case stone = sapphire.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 SAPPHIRE mean?
SAPPHIRE noun- A clear deep blue variety of corundum, valued as a precious stone.
- A white, yellow, or purple variety of corundum, either clear or translucent.
- A deep blue colour.
- Any hummingbird in the genera Hylocharis and Chlorestes, as well as the rufous-throated sapphire, which is now in the genus Amazilia.
- Any of the butterflies in the southern Asian lycaenid genus Heliophorus.
- Of a deep blue colour.
- Pertaining to a 45th year