| BUREAUCRAT | Mandarin peel from corridor and apricot behind chest of drawers |
| RITEOFPASSAGE | Told direction from corridor for landmark event (4,2,7) |
| ANGINA | Severe pain behind chest bone |
| NOYAU | French liqueur made from brandy flavoured with almonds and apricot kernels |
| ICING | Christmas cake topping traditionally applied over a layer of marzipan and apricot jam (5) |
| BAST | Skin from last of carob, banana, beans & apricot (4) |
| ZESTERS | Bread-bakers', cake-makers' or cocktail-shakers' utensils for removing fine shreds or twists of peel from lemons, limes, oranges and other citrus fruits (7) |
| SACHER | Franz who created a chocolate-and-apricot torte |
| GAVOTTE | Verb rhymed with "yacht" and "apricot" in Carly Simon's "You're So Vain" |
| AMYGDALIN | Compound occurring in bitter almonds and apricot/peach stones (9) |
| SUNSWEET | California Prune and Apricot Growers, today |
| ALMOND | Tree related to the peach and apricot (6) |
| COLOURS | Orange and apricot, for example (7) |
| PERSICO | A cordial flavoured with the kernels of peaches and apricots (7) |
| PARES | Cuts (the peel from fruit) (5) |
| CURACAO | A liqueur flavoured with bitter orange peel from a Dutch Caribbean island (7) |
| PINEAPPLE | Long drink containing peel from plump fruit |
| ZESTER | A fine grater used to scrape the peel from citrus fruits (6) |
| HIGHBOY | A high or double chest of drawers that are known technically as a chest-on-stand and a chest-on-chest, respectively |
| TOMATO | Berry-like fruit with heritage varieties including the yellow "Sungold", cherry red "Gardener's Delight" and apricot-orange "Jaune Flame" (6) |
