| SLOE | Bullace-like fruit of the blackthorn used for gin, said to be at peak ripeness after the first frost (4) |
| DISAPPEARING | Gin, said paper, was wrong to be fading out (12) |
| PARSNIP | Traditionally said to be best after the first frost, a root vegetable used for savoury rsti, game chips, sweet cakes or warm salads with puy lentils/walnuts (7) |
| CHERRY | Bean-like fruit of the coffee tree; or a fruit that can be glaceed, or used to flavour kirch/maraschino, clafoutis or Black Forest gateau (6) |
| DAHLIAS | Lift tubers of these garden favourites after the first frost (7) |
| FROZEN | The first frost, about zero before the end of autumn, will make it icy (6) |
| CHEESE | One of the wheel-like "fruits" of the marsh-mallow plant; Cheddar, Cheshire, Dorset Blue Vinny or other such pressed turophile's delight; a lemony conserve, also called curd; or, the proverbial antith |
| CHOCO | Cucumber-like fruit of the tropical vine Sechium edule, eaten as a vegetable in the West Indies and Australia (5) |
| PLANTAIN | The green-skinned banana-like fruit of the plant Musa paradisiaca, eaten as a staple food in many tropical regions |
| CITRON | A lemon-like fruit of a tree of the same name; said fruit's yellowy-green colour; or, its peel when candied (6) |
| NECTARINE | A non-fuzzy peach of the plum tree genus Prunus, with the aforesaid fruits plus the apricot, bullace, cherry, damson and others (9) |
| DAMSON | Bullace-like fruit (6) |
| MONKEYBREAD | The gourd-like fruit of the baobab tree (6,5) |
| POT | Container that's said to be at the end of a rainbow |
| RAINBOW | Pot of gold is said to be at the end (7) |
| DAMSONS | With varieties including Frogmore, Merryweather and Michaelmas, a cultivated variety of fruits known in their wild state as bullaces, used for gin, jam and spiced "cheese" (7) |
| OLD | Berry shady: Ever demanding, the elderberry told the other berries that he should be highly revered because he was ___ (even though he had only reached the age of ripeness just a few days ago) |
| WOVEN | Like fruit of the loom? |
| KERNEL | Military figure said to be at the centre (6) |
| PRINCIPLE | As a general rule, said to be at the top (9) |
