| PIMMS | Quintessential British summer or garden party "o'clock" fruit cup (5) |
| EVENT | Generic term for an occasion such as a concert or garden party, or any of those forming the British social season (5) |
| HENRY | Writer of The Gift Of The Magi and The Guilty Party, O ... |
| BUNTING | A string of fabric flags to decorate a fete, boat or garden party; poet who wrote Briggflatts; or, a family of birds that includes the yellowhammer (7) |
| DEAN | Kiwi star of After The Party, ... O'Gorman |
| PUNCH | Device for making holes in leather or paper; or, type of fruit cup (5) |
| GOURD | Deity imbibing half of your fruit cup? (5) |
| MELON | Fruit that always seems to be the majority of a fruit CUP |
| APRIL | The first complete month of British Summer Time |
| ACORN | Article about my fruit cup |
| TANGO | The result of saying farewell to summer or from being last in Paris? (5) |
| DISCO | Genre of e.g. Donna Summer or Gloria Gaynor (5) |
| ERROR | Mistaken opinion back in summer, or recently (5) |
| IDEAL | Exemplary, flawless or quintessential (5) |
| AROMA | A warm presence in a welcoming kitchen: quintessential Tara (mother), full of love (5) |
| CAINE | Quintessential actor who played Alfie in 1996, Michael _(5) |
| SUGAR | Quintessential ingredient to borrow from a neighbor |
| DONNA | Maria Callas was opera's quintessential prima ... |
| ETHER | Once believed to be the fifth (quintessential) element |
| REBEL | James Dean was the quintessential one without a cause |
