| PUTINTOPRACTICE | Apply tint in mixture of apricot and puce (3,4,8) |
| PITS | Hard parts of apricots and nectarines |
| REDUCE | Make it smaller, using crimson and puce, except for the top bit |
| REDS | Cerise and puce |
| HIPPOCRATICOATH | Thai apricot and chop recipe, doctors swear by it (11,4) |
| ASTORMINATEACUP | Apple peel, apricot and nuts -- Ma prepared too much for a trifle (1,5,2,1,6) |
| PRUNED | Genus of plum, apricot and others (6) |
| LEPRECHAUN | Spirit about to be put in mixture of ale and punch (10) |
| IGNORED | Brushed off duck marinated in mixture of gin and wine (7) |
| FUNGUS | Toadstool in mixture of fug and sun (6) |
| 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) |
| RIOJA | Orange drink in mixture of gases coming up red? (5) |
| SHOOT | Oxygen used in mixture of ethanol is gas (5,1,4) |
| ALINE | Oxygen used in mixture of ethanol is gas (5,1,4) |
| POLYESTER | Synthetic material's positive reaction in mixture of petrol (9) |
| TOPAZES | Extreme characters in mixture of pesto find gems! (7) |
| ESURIENT | Piggy in mixture of suet, nothing for Napoleon to eat? (8) |
| ALLSPICE | Lemon primarily used in mixture of special food flavouring (8) |
| SHOOTALINE | Oxygen used in mixture of ethanol is gas (5,1,4) |
| PRUNUS | Genus of trees and shrubs that includes plums, cherries, peaches, apricots and almonds |
