| PYRUS | A member of the rose family, this is the pear genus (5) |
| ROWAN | Argue over a name for member of the rose family |
| SLOE | Member of the rose family |
| SPIREA | Member of the rose family |
| ARALIA | A member of the ivy family, this genus includes the Japanese angelica tree (6) |
| EXCLUSION | When men go to the cities to find work, and women are left to fend for the family. This we call economic ...? (9) |
| APPLE | Small tree of the rose family such as the European - bearing sour fruit (4,5) |
| VICAR | Clergyman, as in the pear '___ of Winkfield' (5) |
| AVENS | A perennial of the rose family (5) |
| PEACH | Deciduous fruit tree of the rose family thought to have originated in China; Prunus persica ( 5) |
| SPARE | Be merciful to one who picks the pears |
| OPUNTIA | Plant of the prickly-pear genus of the cactus family (7) |
| SLOES | Shrubs in the rose family |
| APPLEPIE | Baked dish made with fruits of a tree of the rose family (5,3) |
| PRESSCONFERENCE | A meeting with the papers to tell if the pear's ready for eating (5,10) |
| CRABAPPLE | Small tree of the rose family such as the European ? bearing sour fruit (4,5) |
| CRAB | Small tree of the rose family such as the European ? bearing sour fruit (4,5) |
| POTENTILLA | A genus of the rose family, including silverweed (10) |
| APPLES | Pomaceous fruits of the rose family associated with the Isle of Avalon (6) |
| SPIRAEA | A shrub of the rose family with clusters of small white or pink flowers (7) |
