| MALIC | Colourless crystalline acid occurring in unripe apples and other fruits, imparting a sour flavour (5) |
| JUNE | Month in which immature apples and other fruits drop from trees (4) |
| OAK | It bears a variety of apples and other fruit (3) |
| OLEIC | Unsaturated acid occurring in almost all natural fats, used in the manufacture of soap, ointments and cosmetics (5) |
| ACID | Substance present in unripe apples, mountain ash berries, etc. (5,4) |
| BORON | A very hard, almost colourless crystalline metalloid element that in impure form exists as a brown amorphous powder (5) |
| EDTA | Short Chemistry term for a colourless crystalline compound used as an antidote to metal poisoning (1-1-1-1) |
| IODITES | Salts of a crystalline acid with strong oxidising properties (7) |
| IODATES | Salts of a crystalline acid with strong oxidising properties (7) |
| UREA | Colourless crystalline compound (4) |
| PECTIN | From the Greek for "congealed", a substance present in citruses, crab-apples, currants, gooseberries, quinces, plums, unripe blackberries and other fruits, traditionally used for setting jams and jell |
| CAGE | Aviary or coop; a netted frame for protecting raspberry canes and other fruit bushes in the garden; or a structure on a bike for a bidon (4) |
| MALUM | From Latin for "apple" and Greek for "melon", name of an acid present in the aforesaid pome as well as many other fruits and cider/wine (5) |
| MINCEMEATS | Spiced mixtures of chopped raisins and apples and other ingredients, served in pastry (10) |
| MAST | Also known as pannage, fallen acorns, chestnuts and other fruits of the forest eaten by pigs feeding freely in woodland (4) |
| JUICERS | Machines or utensils for extracting the liquid part from oranges and other fruits (7) |
| SMOOTHIE | Milkshake-like drink blended with seasonal berries and other fruits (8) |
| AMYGDALIN | Bitter crystalline compound in almonds and other fruit (9) |
| VERJUICE | Often prepared by a vigneron, the tart green extract of unripe crab-apples, grapes or other fruit, used as a source of sourness in medieval kitchens and in cookery today (8) |
| PIP | Word for a single blossom; a lily of the valley rhizome; a chirp of a bird; a dot on a domino; or, from the name of an apple grown from seed, a tiny fruitlet or kernel of a Bramley, Cox, grape, strawb |
