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The Clue

5½-point type (5 letter answer)

The Answer

AGATE

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Notes

The answer AGATE is seen frequently, appearing about once every 100 puzzles.

Related Clues

Chalcedony
Marble
Quartz
Banded gemstone
Banded stone
Character size
Child's marble
Colorful rock
June birthstone
Marble or type
Mocha stone
Playing marble
Precious stone
Prized marble
Quartz variety
Relative of onyx
Semiprecious stone
Small type
Steelie alternative
Striped quartz
Talismanic stone
Type face
Type size
Type of type
Variegated chalcedony
Variegated quartz
5 1/2-point
Cousin of a cat's-eye
Fine-grained chalcedony
Kind of cat's-eye
5 1/2-point type
"No bigger than an ___-stone . . . ": Shak.

Definition

AGATE as a noun:

1. an impure form of quartz consisting of banded chalcedony; used as a gemstone and for making mortars and pestles