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MARMALADEFrom the Portuguese meaning "quince jam" and the Greek "honey, apple", a preserve originally made from the first mentioned pome, later lemons, limes or Seville oranges (9)
DODOFrom the Portuguese meaning "simpleton", a flightless bird hunted to extinction, so named for its apparent lack of fear of human beings (4)
QUIESCENTStill set quince jam (9)
WELLERSolo singer, once a member of The Jam and The Style Council, Paul _ (6)
SAOMIGUEL(GKN) Largest and most populous island of the Azores, named from the Portuguese for "Saint Michael" (3,6)
PAULEnglish singer-songwriter ___ Weller, whose bands include The Jam and The Style Council (4)
WHEELSCircular frames revolving on axles that gave rise to words including the Sanskrit "chakra", the Latin "circus" and the Greek "cycle" (6)
TEMUKAThe Maori and the Greek character start to knock about initially in Canterbury (6)
POMEFrom 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)
TOMA familiar abbreviation of a man's given name that is used to describe various things including a large chime, a long gun, a love apple, a male moggy or a turkey cock/gobbler (3)
CRABA claw/scratch by a hawk; a small sour wild apple; a grouch; a winch; a sidestepping shellfish with the zodiacal symbol; or, its flesh as food (4)
PAULWELLERSinger/songwriter with The Jam and The Style Council (4,6)
VINDALOOHot curry of Goan origin likely named from the Portuguese for 'wine and garlic sauce' (8)
NOVALively Brazilian dance similar to the samba; often translated from the Portuguese as 'new trend' (5,4)
BOSSALively Brazilian dance similar to the samba; often translated from the Portuguese as 'new trend' (5,4)
WAYS'How do I love thee? Let me count the ___' (Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Sonnets from the Portuguese (1850)
ISLESThe British and the Greek, e.g.
ORANGECitrus fruit with blossom used in bridal bouquets or perfumery and zest baked in hot cross buns, simnel cakes and the Greek Easter bread tsoureki (6)
LATHEThe French and the Greek river in Hades (5)
TURNIPGo round and the Greek will return with a swede? (6)