| BERRY | Fruit such as a blackcurrant; a cereal grain; or, a coffee bean (5) |
| CASSIS | French word for a blackcurrant; a rather syrupy cordial or liqueur made from said berry; or, a wine note/flavour suggestive of this (6) |
| NABOB | Wealthy fellow, or a coffee brand |
| BEARN | A coffee bean; a lobster or crayfish's egg; a soft fruit such as an aubergine, avocado, banana or to |
| MINIM | From "smallest", a least part; a half-note; a short downstroke of a pen; an apothecaries' measure/weight equal to one drop of water or one grain; or, a small bronze Roman coin (5) |
| BACCA | Botanical Latin word for a berry, thus used to refer to a blackcurrant, cranberry, goosegog, grape, tomato or other such simple indehiscent fruit (5) |
| DRUPE | Botanical description of a fruit such as a cherry or a peach (5) |
| ACORN | A grain or a fruit (5) |
| BLOOM | A bluebell, daisy, pansy, pink, sweet pea or other inflorescence; the state of flowering; a rosy glow; a time of greatest beauty, freshness, prosperity or vigour; or, powderiness on chocolate or a fru |
| APPLE | A crunchy fruit such as a Granny Smith, Delicious or Pink Lady (5) |
| GOURD | Fruit such as a pumpkin, courgette or squash (5) |
| MELON | A tasty fruit such as a honeydew or cantaloupe |
| WHEAT | A cereal grain (5) |
| OLIVE | Fruit such as a gordal or kalamata (5) |
| ACINI | Small individual drupes that make up an aggregate fruit such as a blackberry, raspberry etc. (5) |
| OATEN | Made of a cereal grain |
| KERNEL | From "corn", a word for a grain or a seed; the edible part of a nut; a core or essential part; or, a nucleus (6) |
| STRICKLE | Name, rhyming with a word for a drip or a type of chutney, for a rod for levelling a heaped measure of grain; or, a tool for whetting a scythe (8) |
| MOCHA | Fine quality coffee bean (5) |
| MEAL | Ground oats or other grain; or, a repast such as lunch or supper (4) |
