| PUMPKINS | Rounded fruit traditionally used to make jack-o'-lanterns at Halloween (8) |
| CARVE | Make jack-o'-lanterns |
| STRAWBERRIES | Fruit traditionally used in Eton mess (12) |
| RELIT | Like lanterns at the start of evening |
| PLUMS | Damson- and greengage-like fruits, traditionally used to make clafoutis (5) |
| ASLANT | Some taverna's lantern at an angle (6) |
| QUINCE | With four planted in the grounds of the Tower of London by Edward I, a heritage tree with fragrant fruits traditionally used to make marmalade and grown in kitchen gardens (6) |
| APPLES | Fruits traditionally used to decorate Christmas/paradise trees so as to represent the tree of knowledge in the Garden of Eden (6) |
| PILCHARD | Fish traditionally used to make the Cornish dish stargazey pie (8) |
| PLUMPEST | Most well-rounded fruit fly, e.g. (8) |
| STAGHORN | A male deer's antlers, traditionally used to make the handles of thumb sticks designed for the field (8) |
| WHIPCORD | Ribbed cloth traditionally used to make riding breeches or jodhpurs; twisted string for lashes; or, kelp with fronds reminiscent of the latter (8) |
| PUNKINFOLKS | Jack-o-lanterns, in a manner o' speakin'? |
| HANDCARVE | Whittle-away at the Jack-o'-lantern's design |
| ROT | What jack-o'-lanterns do after several days |
| HALLOWEEN | Spooky smiles: It's a great night for jack-o-lanterns |
| OCTOBER | Month in which many jack-o'-lanterns are displayed |
| ORANGES | Juicy fruit traditionally given to players at half-time in sports matches (7) |
| PECTIN | From the Greek for "congealed", a substance present in citruses, crab-apples, currants, gooseberries, quinces, plums, unripe blackberries and other fruits, traditionally used for setting jams and jell |
| LIT | Like some jack-o'-lanterns |
