| DEHISCENT | (Of fruits) opening spontaneously to release seeds |
| ADLIBBED | Said spontaneously to a leading Democratic Party: 'Be democratic first' (2,6) |
| INDEHISCENT | Not opening to release seeds |
| EXTEMPORE | Unguardedly messages one back, opening spontaneously (9) |
| DEHISCE | Of fruits etc, burst open spontaneously (7) |
| EXOCARP | Outermost layer of the pericarp of fruits, eg. the skin of a peach or grape (7) |
| CITRUS | Genus, echoing the roots/aroma of "cedar, conifer", of a sweet or sour bunch of fruits including bergamot, clementine, lemon, lime and orange (6) |
| BERIBERI | Report of a couple of fruits producing disease (8) |
| DRUPES | Olives / peach / cherry are of this variety of fruits |
| PUREE | Pulp of fruits or vegetables reduced to a smooth, creamy substance |
| CARPOLOGY | The study of fruits and seeds (9) |
| EPICARP | Outer layer of the pericarp of fruits (7) |
| STUNT | Slow growth of fruits over on top of tree |
| MANGOTREE | Source of Hinduism's "king of fruits" |
| HUSKS | Thin coverings of fruits and seeds (5) |
| PIE | Baked dish of fruits, meat, custard usually with a top and base of pastry |
| AVOCADOPEARS | Town in Wicklow and Hull raising units of corn and a number of fruits? (7,5) |
| CYANIDE | Toxic chemical compound first isolated from Prussian blue in 1782 and present in high quantities in the stones and seeds of fruits such as apples, apricots and peaches (7) |
| MANGOSTEEN | Thick-rinded, sweet-fleshed 'Queen of Fruits' grown on a tropical tree of the genus Garcinia (10) |
| JUICE | From French for "broth", the extract of fruits or vegetables; vitality or vigour; an informal term for alcohol, electricity or fuel; or, the name of an ESA Jupiter mission (5) |
