| COCONUTS | Fruits with a hard husky shell and a white fleshy interior (8) |
| COCONUT | Fruit that has a white fleshy inside and a husky shell (7) |
| GLEBA | Fleshy interior of certain fungi; bagel (anag.) (5) |
| UNIVALVE | A malacological term for an abalone, conch, garden snail, periwinkle, sea hare, whelk or other "unhinged" molluscan gastropod with a "single shell" and a rasping ribbon of a radula (8) |
| CHERRIES | Tasty, tiny fruits with a stem on top and a hard seed (also called a "pit") in the center |
| TOMATOES | Beta-carotene- and lycopene-rich berry-like nightshade fruits with a number of culinary uses including for bruschetta, gazpachio and passata (8) |
| AVOCADOS | Green fruits with a large seed and oily flesh (8) |
| BONTEBOK | Antelope of southern Africa with a deep reddish-brown coat and a white tail, blaze and rump patch (8) |
| QUADROON | An offspring of a mulatto and a white parent; a person who is onequarter black (8) |
| WHEATEAR | Small songbird with black wings and a white rump (8) |
| RAMBUTAN | A red, plum-size tropical fruit with a hairy shell and slightly acidic taste (8) |
| TORTOISE | Reptile with a heavy dome-shaped shell and clawed limbs (8) (8) |
| LUNAMOTH | An insect with lime-green wings and a white body (4,4) |
| COXSWAIN | The person in charge of steering a rowing shell and coordinating the rhythm of the crew; or, helmsman/ woman or skipper of a lifeboat (8) |
| STILLLIFE | Jan Jansz. Treck's vanitas of a skull arranged with a black lacquer box, overturned hourglass, scarf, shell and a straw for blowing soap bubbles, among other things; or, a painting of an array of inan |
| SCARLETT | Ghost in the Shell and Rough Night actress, ___ Johansson (8) |
| DIAMONDS | Princess gets nuts after removing last bit of shell and stones, perhaps (8) |
| NUTS | Fruits composed of an inedible hard shell and a seed (4) |
| NUT | Any fruit composed of a hard shell and a seed (3) |
| ESCARGOT | Key to criminals' language - one comes out of one's shell and is taken in |
