The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word PERIDOT
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result PERIDOT
- For each jerk I lost a stone!
- Gem that's very bad being put back in container
- Stone Age love dismissed by booksa green precious stone, birthstone for August.
- Saucy rings I make in yellowish- green stone
- For every one point in a gemstone
- Jeweller’s stone, unconcealed, I provide as inset
- Dior happy to wear favourite semiprecious stone
- Stone Age circle ignored by books
- One point given to each stone
- A one point stone
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The straight part
We know that "yellowish- green ston" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case yellowish- green ston = peridot.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.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.
What does PERIDOT mean?
PERIDOT noun- A transparent olive-green form of olivine, used as a gem.
- A yellow-green colour, like that of the peridot.