| FABLES | "The Fox and the Grapes" and "The Tortoise |
| FABLE | "The Fox and the Grapes," e.g. |
| MIXONESDRINKS | Combine the grape and the grain with Mrs Knox, inside, ill-advisedly |
| AESOP | Ancient Greek who gave us the phrases sour grapes and the boy who cried wolf |
| ASPERGE | Sprinkle the grapes and point (7) |
| OVINE | That's nothing! I have to carry the grapes and look sheepish |
| OTTERPOP | Treat that comes in Alexander the Grape and Little Orphan Orange flavors |
| PINOT | Variety of grape and the wine made from it of which there are several produced by Mallorcan vineyards (5) |
| HARE | The ... and The Tortoise |
| ROSES | Fragrant flowers growing in the walled gardens of Mottisfont in 39 Ancient Greek philosopher who formulated paradoxes including that of Achilles and the tortoise (4) |
| ZENO | Philosopher known for his 'Achilles and the Tortoise' paradox |
| TWAIN | "Achilles and the Tortoise" author Mark |
| FORD | John ?, Best Director Oscar winner for The Quiet Man and The Grapes of Wrath |
| STEINBECK | Author of East of Eden and The Grapes of Wrath |
| VITICULTURE | The process of growing grapes and vines for the wine industry (11) |
| TOPBANANA | "But the fruit platter was the best of all. Choice grapes and a ___." |
| ARAK | Drink distilled from grapes and aniseed and popular in 11 (4) |
| NOBLEROT | Fungus which attacks ripe grapes and increases the sugar content (5,3) |
| OREGON | Mahonia aquifolium, the '___ Grape' - and US state of the hidden city (6) |
| EMPERORS | Word, found in the names of giant peacock moths, large penguins, marbles, red grapes and woodland-dwelling purple butterflies, for male rulers, such as Roman Caesars (8) |
