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Gemstone and silver put away (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

agate

'gemstone' is the definition.
(agate is a kind of gemstone)

'silver put away' is the wordplay.
'silver' becomes 'ag' (Ag is the chemical symbol for silver).
'put away' becomes 'ate' (I've seen this in other clues).
'ag'+'ate'='AGATE'

'and' is the link.

(Other definitions for agate that I've seen before include "Precious stone" , "Hard stone with concentric bands of colour" , "marble" , "Impure form of quartz with banded chalcedony, used as a gemstone" , "Quartz gem" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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