Italian model enthralled by semiprecious stones and rocks (8)
I believe the answer is:
agitates
'rocks' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with motion as well as being verbs in their -s form.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'italian model enthralled by semiprecious stones' is the wordplay.
'italian' becomes 'i'.
'model' becomes 't' (Ford Model T car).
'enthralled by' means one lot of letters goes inside another ('enthral' can mean 'capture').
'semiprecious stones' becomes 'agates' (I've seen this before. I am not sure about the 'semiprecious' bit.).
'i'+'t'='it'
'it' going within 'agates' is 'AGITATES'.
'and' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for agitates that I've seen before include "Upsets" , "Disturbs or stirs up political trouble" , "Tries to stir up public opinion" , "Disturbs, often politically" .)