The Clue
Definite keeper (3 letter answer)
The Answer
GEM
Tags
Notes
The answer GEM is seen frequently, appearing about once every 130 puzzles.
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Beauty
Bijou
Jewel
Masterpiece
Muffin
Prize
Sparkler
Treasure
Absolute beauty
Cameo, e.g.
Columbia, in a song
Emerald, e.g.
Expensive stone
Jewel or muffin
Kind of muffin
Little beauty
Opal or onyx
Pearl or ruby
Perfect instance
Peridot, e.g.
Peridot or tigereye
Precious stone
Prized object
Real beauty
Ring insert
Ring rock
Ring thing
Ruby, e.g.
Sapphire. e.g.
Scarab or cameo
Shining example
Solitaire, e.g.
Tiara component
Tourmaline or peridot
Turquoise or topaz
Cat's-eye or sard
Its setting is a setting
Word for a good domestic
Columbia, vis-a-vis the ocean
Definition
GEM as a noun:
1. (gem, gemstone, stone) = a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry; "he had the gem set in a ring for his wife"; "she had jewels made of all the rarest stones"
2. (gem, treasure) = art highly prized for its beauty or perfection
3. (jewel, gem) = a person who is a brilliant and precious as a piece of jewelry
4. (muffin, gem) = a sweet quick bread baked in a cup-shaped pan
5. (jewel, gem, precious stone) = a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry