| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| ONYX | Black gem with bands |
| ONYX | Gem with parallel bands |
| ONYX | Gem with colored bands |
| ONYX | Chalcedony with black and white bands |
| suricates | A gregarious burrowing meerkat with dark bands on the back and a black-tipped tail, native to southern Africa |
| letterbox | technique for displaying a wide-screen film on a regular-format television screen by reducing its size until the entire image is visible, thus retaining the aspect ratio, with black bands filling the borders of the screen above and below the picture |
