| REENGAGE | Return to the fray for plum-like fruit without a starter (2-6) |
| ROADTEST | Into traditional main course, introduce fruit without a preliminary trial |
| ACRIOR | Being "more keen" he returns to the fray, Aen. 5.454 |
| IKEBANA | Decorative art is like fruit without sodium, but not initially (7) |
| BERRY | Small fruit without a stone (5) |
| RATIFY | Give validity to the fray it causes (6) |
| ELONGATE | Fruit without starter scoffed after good stretch |
| SEEDLESS | (Of fruit) without pips |
| GAGE | An old word for a pledge, such as a glove, flung down as a symbol of a challenge to combat; or, the Baronet of Hengrave credited with introducing a damson-, mirabelleor plum-like green fruit to Englan |
| PRUNUS | From the Latin for "plum tree", a genus of arbors grown for almond or cherry blossom in the spring or for fruits including the aforesaid or apricots, peaches or nectarines (6) |
| DAMSON | A small, plum-like fruit whose name derives from a city in Syria where it originated (6) |
| BULLACE | This small purple-black plum-like fruit can be used to make a Christmas liqueur similar to sloe gin (7) |
| PERSIMMON | Promise empty men to get some plum-like fruit |
| SLOE | Small, sour dark plum-like fruit of the blackthorn (4) |
| DAMSONS | The blue-black edible plum-like fruits of a small rosaceous tree (7) |
| LOQUAT | Eriobotrya japonica, cultivated for its small yellow plum-like fruits (6) |
| FRUMPS | Dowdy people take fruit without it to the pharmacist (6) |
| NOTTOWORRY | Serves up medicinal herb without a natural fibre? Without a starter it'll be fine! (3,2,5) |
| GAGES | Small, sweet, plum-like fruits, ideal for jams and jellies (5) |
| MIRO | Which yew-like New Zealand tree has red plum-like fruits? (4) |
