| MALIC | Sour-tasting crystalline acid occurring in unripe apples and other fruit (5) |
| OAK | It bears a variety of apples and other fruit (3) |
| OLEIC | Unsaturated acid occurring in almost all natural fats, used in the manufacture of soap, ointments and cosmetics (5) |
| JUNE | Month in which immature apples and other fruits drop from trees (4) |
| ACID | Substance present in unripe apples, mountain ash berries, etc. (5,4) |
| SORBITOL | Sweet-tasting crystalline compound found in many fruits and berries, used as a sugar substitute (8) |
| IODITES | Salts of a crystalline acid with strong oxidising properties (7) |
| IODATES | Salts of a crystalline acid with strong oxidising properties (7) |
| GRAPE | Greek starter with chopped pear and other fruit (5) |
| PARES | Prunes and other fruit delivered |
| LDOPA | Amino acid occurring naturally in the body used to treat Parkinson's disease |
| MALUM | From Latin for "apple" and Greek for "melon", name of an acid present in the aforesaid pome as well as many other fruits and cider/wine (5) |
| SHRUB | Mixed drink of lemon, spices, sugar and rum that shares its name with a bushy type of plant such as the Christmas box; or, a fruit cordial or syrup of raspberry or other fruit with added vinegar, for |
| MELON | Swap this lemon for some other fruit (5) |
| LEMON | Melon, bananas, other fruit (5) |
| GROVE | A small pleasant woodland; an orchard of lemon, olive or other fruit trees; or, druids collectively (5) |
| APPLE | Something strangely substituted by other fruits in this puzzle |
| 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 |
| AMYGDALIN | Bitter crystalline compound in almonds and other fruit (9) |
| CAGE | Netted structure for protecting ribes, rubus and other fruit canes and bushes in the garden; dialect for a squirrel's nest; or, a coop or aviary (4) |
