| CASHEWNUT | Kidney-shaped kernel of a tropical American tree (6,3) |
| CASHEWS | Kidney-shaped kernels (7) |
| JACARANDA | Container loaded with a cycle and a tropical American tree (9) |
| PIP | Word for a single blossom; a lily of the valley rhizome; a chirp of a bird; a dot on a domino; or, from the name of an apple grown from seed, a tiny fruitlet or kernel of a Bramley, Cox, grape, strawb |
| ANNATTO | A yellowish-red dye obtained from the seeds of a tropical American tree, used for colouring food and fabrics (7) |
| BALSA | Some global samples of a Tropical American tree |
| GUAVA | Edible fruit of a tropical American tree (5) |
| IVORYNUT | Seed of a tropical American palm; a source of vegetable ivory (5,3) |
| CASHEW | A tropical American tree bearing kidney- shaped nuts (6) |
| PISTACHIO | Edible pale green fruit kernel of an Asian tree (9) |
| GUAVAS | The fruits of a tropical American myrtaceous tree (6) |
| LIGNUMVITAE | The wood of a tropical American genus of trees, Guaiacum (6,5) |
| LOSTCAUSE | Couldn't find a kernel of truth in the case - hopeless quest! (4,5) |
| SUCCOTASH | Stew consisting of kernels of corn, lima beans and tomatoes |
| SARSAPARILLA | Drink prepared from the aromatic roots of prickly climbing plants of a tropical American genus (12) |
| LIMA | Type of flattened, whitish edible bean, the seed of a tropical American plant (Phaseolus lunatus) (4) |
| SIMARUBA | Author's upset with hitch over a tropical American tree (8) |
| BALSAMOFPERU | Black viscid liquid from a tropical American tree (6,2,4) |
| SWEETPOTATO | Edible fleshy yellow root of a tropical American plant (5,6) |
| CACAO | Account sent back by commanding officer describing a tropical American tree (5) |
