| MEDLAR | Bletted and used for jelly or "cheese", a fruit related to the rose, apple, quince and hawthorn, typically found in farmers' markets or old gardens (6) |
| SPIREA | Shrub related to the rose |
| AGA | Which German automobile company's first car was the Typ A (1919) |
| MAGENTA | Typ of crocdile |
| ELDERBERRY | Fruit used for jelly or wine |
| QUINCE | Fruit used for jelly or marmalade (6) |
| PLUM | Old word for £100,000; nickname of P. G. Wodehouse; or, a fruit related to damson, sloe, greengage and mirabelle used to make a variety of membrillo (4) |
| APPLE | Bramley, Cox's orange pippin, russet ... a fruit related to roses, quinces, almonds and pears used for cider, vinegar, tarte tatin and Dorset cake (5) |
| CLOVE | Relative of a rose apple |
| POPLAR | See out rose apple and get another tree (6) |
| IDIOMS | Expressions with figurative or peculiar meanings - "piece of cake", "bed of roses", "apple of one's eye" to name a few (6) |
| APRICOT | National fruit of Armenia, belonging to the rose family (Rosaceae) (7) |
| BRANDEIS | University that's home to the Rose Art Museum |
| POME | From the Latin meaning "apple", a fruit such as the aforesaid or any one of its relatives including pear, quince and medlar; or, priest's handwarming silver ball of hot water (4) |
| DAMSONS | Abundant in late September and used for jam, gin, wine and cobbler, fruits related to gages, wild bullaces, plums (Dittisham and Victoria), sloes and mirabelles (7) |
| PEARS | With cultivars including Anjou, Doyenne du Comice, Conference, jargonelle and Williams, orchard fruits related to quinces and medlars (5) |
| GOURD | Large fruit related to the pumpkin and squash (5) |
| ACKEE | Tropical fruit related to the lychee that's part of Jamaica's national dish (5) |
| CHEDDAR | Situated near to the site of the UK's largest gorge and famous for cheese, a village in the Mendip Hills through which the Sustrans Strawberry Line passes (7) |
| BUTTER | From the Greek meaning "cow cheese", a block, pat or hand rolled portion of churned cream, used in cookery or as a spread for crumpets, teacakes or toast (6) |
