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Stone deepest of all, also in empty box (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

onyx

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'stone' is the definition.
(type of gemstone)

'deepest of all also in empty box' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'nyx' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for onyx that I've seen before include "Black variety of quartz" , "Semi-precious variety of agate" , "Chalcedony agate" , "Hard stone with coloured layers" , "Form of chalcedony" .)

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