sir lancelot

[suba]

14d, from planet next to ours (8) v?n?????
22a, items of precious metal (10) ??l?e?u?r?
26a, declares firmly (5) ??e?s

[ulysses100]

Venusian
avers

[Iolanthe]

Venusian

Haven't done the next one

Avers

[suba]

Thank you Iolanthe

[suba]

Sorry Ulysses, I forgot to thank you.
Suba

[dancecaller]

does 22 start with gold/

[johnalex]

Silverware ?

[suba]

Thank you Johnalex, silverware is right, my 21d was wrong but have now finished.

[Clarissa9]

Iolanthe ans suba I have Venetian for 14d. 22a is something like Tellurwork. Thereis a wod tellurum in the OED relating to precious metals but I could be wrong.

[johnalex]

Hi Clarissa - planet next to Earth is Venus, leading to 'Venusian'. ('Venetian' is from Venice). ja

[Clarissa9]

Clarissa9 Hi Johnalex. I take your point about Venusians, but nobody is saying what they have got for 22a if it starts with an S

[Clarissa9]

Clarissa9 again. Apologies Johnalex. The penny has dropped. 22a is silverwork. Eureka

[johnalex]

Thanks Clarissa. I'm not actually doing this puzzle but prefer Silverware to Silverwork, eg 'Police recovered a haul of stolen silverware'. ja