| SWEETSOP | A custard/sugar apple; or, the tropical tree on which it grows (8) |
| ESPALIER | A shrub or tree trained to grow flat against a wall, or the trellis on which it grows (8) |
| PIP | Small hard seed of an apple or the mark showing the suit and numbers on a playing card |
| CORE | Part of an apple or the earth |
| CRABBER | A fisher who catches sidestepping crustaceans which share their name with sour apples; or, the boat used (7) |
| TRACTION | The grip of a wheel or tyre on the surface on which it moves (8) |
| COLOSSUS | Statue of the Greek sun-god Helios named for the island on which it was built (8,2,6) |
| GRIDIRON | American football to those outside the US - domestically this word describes the field on which it i |
| AMBROSIA | The nectar of the gods - or a custard from Devon? (8) |
| MULBERRY | Tree on which silkworms feed (8) |
| CLEARWAY | Section of road on which it is illegal to stop for any reason other than a breakdown (8) |
| CHESSPIE | Southern dessert with a custard-y filling |
| AXIL | What is the upper angle between a branch or leafstalk and the stem from which it grows? (4) |
| KUWAIT | Persian Gulf city that shares its name with the country of which it is the capital and the bay on which it is located (6) |
| CACAO | Raw ingredient used to make chocolate and the short name of the tropical tree from which it is deriv |
| ANDES | Which emotion is said to be "an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured"? (5) |
| AXLETREES | Pins and rods on the nave of a wheel on which it turns (4-5) |
| ADOBELILY | Californian flowering plant with pink petals, named after the clay in which it grows (5, 4) |
| HONESTY | Integrity with which it grows in the garden (7) |
| LAURELS | Leaves of the bay tree, on which one should never rest? (7) |
