| POMEGRANATES | Australians say British developed a strange fruit (12) |
| DESIGNERBABY | New arrival carefully selected - 'doubtful breeding', say British involved (8,4) |
| GASBAG | Talkative person making joke about, say, British |
| LAKE | Superior, say, British poet needing no introduction (4) |
| ABERRANT | Strange Fruit, mainly penned by suggestion of Adam Ant |
| TANGERINES | Transcribed essential part of Nina Simone's ultimate Strange Fruit |
| HONEYDEW | and 22 Darling models new strange fruit (8,6) |
| MELONS | Darling models new strange fruit (8,6) |
| BILLIEHOLIDAY | Singer whose hits include Strange Fruit and Stormy Weather (6,7) |
| LILLIAN | "Strange Fruit" author Smith |
| ORANGES | So anger bears strange fruit |
| PEAR | Reap the strange fruit |
| LADYDAY | "Strange Fruit" singer, casually |
| ACHILLESHEEL | Ill in Chelsea, he developed a fatal weakness |
| PLANETESIMAL | Plainest male developed a heavenly body? |
| GRAVEDIGGERS | Serious Australians, perhaps, those preparing resting place |
| LEONARDTEALE | David Mackay in Homicide and Captain Woolcot in Seven Little Australians (7,5) |
| AMILEAMINUTE | Friend at Le Mans endlessly shining Australian's vehicle with racing talk |
| KOALAS | A knockout, sad to say, for native Australians (6) |
| PERTH | Home to more than a million Australians |
