It cracks gemstone finally burnished on edge (8)

Independent Cryptic #12269 | 16 Down | 2026-02-03
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Fifteensquared have:

IT in or ‘cracking’ AGATE (gemstone) + D (last or ‘final’ letter of burnished)

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