| BURIED | Bearing some fruit, we hear, in the earth (6) |
| HOMESICK | Country person bearing some twisted longing for family again (8) |
| ANALOGUE | Thing bearing some correspondence to another |
| DEFRAYING | Bearing some costs |
| ARTIST | Constable in England or sergeant, we hear, in the US (6) |
| PLUMBS | Fixes a water system for the fruit, we hear (6) |
| QUINTS | Special delivery preserves fruit, we hear (6) |
| PAWPAW | Ailing parent from Alabama gets tropical fruit we hear (6) |
| TEACUP | Vessel made of wood, we hear, in the dock? |
| BURSTS | Fruits, we hear, protect nuts ! (6) |
| RUSSIA | One with no time to spare, we may hear, in the country (6) |
| EXPOSE | What a shocker you might hear in the media, to tell the truth? (6) |
| COPULA | Linking verb a policeman you hear in the French (6) |
| ASANAS | As there's no ban on fruit, we are to seek other positions (6) |
| FARCRY | Nowhere near what you might hear in the wilderness (3,3) |
| IRAQ | The Irish army line up, we hear, in the Middle East (4) |
| BROTH | The two of you are, we hear, in the soup (5) |
| PARES | Removes the skins from fruit, we hear (5) |
| CATSEYE | Tom's the first person we hear in the middle of road (3'1,3) |
| ALLOTMENT | A great deal intended, we hear, in the plot (9) |