| CITRUS | Fruit such as a lemon, bergamot or orange (6) |
| EXOTIC | Description of a tropical fruit such as a guava, mango, pineapple or tamarillo (6) |
| HYBRID | Cross-pollinated fruit such as a boysenberry, clementine or yuzu (6) |
| ORANGE | Fruit such as a bigarade used to make marmalade or neroli (6) |
| ACINUS | Any of the small drupes that make up an aggregate fruit such as a blackberry or raspberry (6) |
| ZESTED | Scraped some of the peel off, as a lemon |
| BLET | Word, from French for "overripe pear", for a state of softness or decay in a fruit such as a medlar or quince (4) |
| 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 |
| DRUPE | Botanical description of a fruit such as a cherry or a peach (5) |
| BERRY | Fruit such as a blackcurrant; a cereal grain; or, a coffee bean (5) |
| SAMARA | Dry, one-seeded winged fruit, such as that of the ash or maple (6) |
| GRAPES | Fruit such as the Pinot Noir and Pinot Blanc, eg (6) |
| CITRIC | ____ acid, substance found in fruit such as oranges and lemons (6) |
| AVOCADO | Fruit, such as a Hass, used for guacamole, salad or toast; or, the dull- or light-green colour of its flesh (7) |
| APPLE | A crunchy fruit such as a Granny Smith, Delicious or Pink Lady (5) |
| MELON | A tasty fruit such as a honeydew or cantaloupe |
| PEPO | From Latin for "pumpkin", a fruit such as a gourd, melon or squash (4) |
| PEAR | A fruit, such as a Conference, to which a pyriform body is likened (4) |
| POME | Botanical word for an apple, thus for a related fruit, such as a haw, loquat, medlar, pear or quince (4) |
| SYCONIUM | Botanical name for a multiple fruit such as a fig (8) |
