The Clue
Nonpareil (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
Cameo
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Marvel
Masterpiece
Muffin
Peach
Prize
Solitaire
Sparkler
Sweetheart
Treasure
Aquamarine, e.g.
Cabochon, e.g.
Cameo, e.g.
Cat's-eye
Definite keeper
Emerald, e.g.
Expensive stone
Fine stone
Garnet or peridot
Opal or onyx
Precious stone
Prized asset
Ring rock
Ring stone
Ring thing
Ruby, e.g.
Sapphire. e.g.
Solitaire, e.g.
Special person
Tourmaline, e.g.
Turquoise or topaz
The Blue Carbuncle, to Holmes
Cat's-eye or sard
Its setting is a setting
Lapidarist's object of study
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