| 20 answers for: Chartreuse-coloured damson-, mirabelle- or plum-li... |
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| RANK | ANSWER | CLUE |
| GREENGAGES | Chartreuse-coloured damson-, mirabelle- or plum-like fruits (10) |
| GREENGAGE | Damson-, mirabelle- or plum-like fruit embodying the entire arc of Rumer Godden's charming summer-based 1958 story and used for dishes ranging from compote, crumble filling and jam to spiced chutney, |
| GAGE | A mirabelle- or plum-like fruit, but green; a pledge; or, a glove, thrown down as a challenge to combat (4) |
| STONEFRUIT | Rockmelon, perhaps, or peach or plum (5,5) |
| MIRO | Which yew-like New Zealand tree has red plum-like fruits? (4) |
| DRUPE | From the Greek meaning "olive", a botanical word for a stone fruit such as the aforementioned or the almond, apricot, cherry, damson, greengage, mirabelle or sloe (5) |
| GAGES | Evaluates, we hear, sweet plum-like fruits (5) |
| DAMSONS | The blue-black edible plum-like fruits of a small rosaceous tree (7) |
| LOQUAT | Eriobotrya japonica, cultivated for its small yellow plum-like fruits (6) |
| SLOES | Plum like fruits |
| LIQUEUR | Kirsch, mirabelle, noyau, prunelle etc, flavoured or perfumed with fruits, herbs or other botanicals; or, a small barrel- or bottle-shaped chocolate filled with any such alcoholic cordial (7) |
| SLOE | A plum-like fruit (4) |
| PERSIMMON | Promise empty men to get some plum-like fruit |
| REENGAGE | Return to the fray for plum-like fruit without a starter (2-6) |
| DAMSON | Small purple plum-like fruit (6) |
| BULLACE | This small purple-black plum-like fruit can be used to make a Christmas liqueur similar to sloe gin (7) |
| BER | Tropical plum-like fruit |
| 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) |
| EAUDEVIE | Apple-jack, Calvados, framboise, kirsch, mirabelle, Poire Williams, slivovitz or other clear digestif brandy or "water of life" capturing the aromatic essence of fruit in a bottle (3,2,3) |
| BLOSSOM | A flower or mass of flowers preceding the fruit of a rosaceous tree, such as the almond, apple, cherry, peach or plum; or, the state or season of such efflorescence (7) |
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