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High costs in Europe for diamond, say (8,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

precious stone

'diamond say' is the definition.
(diamond is a kind of precious stone)

'high costs in europe' is the wordplay.
'high' indicates anagramming the letters (like drunk).
'costs'+'in'+'europe'='costsineurope'
'costsineurope' with letters rearranged gives 'PRECIOUS STONE'.

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for precious stone that I've seen before include "Diamond, perhaps" , "rock" , "Gem or jewel" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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