| MALIC | Substance present in unripe apples, mountain ash berries, etc. (5,4) |
| ACID | Substance present in unripe apples, mountain ash berries, etc. (5,4) |
| FUJI | Apple mountain (4) |
| ROWANTREE | Deciduous tree known as mountain ash, which has red berries (5,4) |
| 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 |
| TRACEELEMENT | Substance present in tiny amounts in the body |
| TUNICIN | Animal cellulose; a substance present in the mantle, or tunic, of the Tunicates (7) |
| NUCLEIC | ____ acid, a complex organic substance present in living cells (7) |
| THC | Psychoactive substance present in marijuana. |
| PROTEINS | Complex substances present in all living organisms that have great nutritional value (8) |
| CADUAC | Starts to collect a dozen unripe apples caught in windfall |
| TARTRATE | Salt of an organic acid found in unripe grapes (8) |
| WAFFLES | Lattice-shaped batter cakes cooked in a special iron, eaten with syrup, cream, fresh fruit, berries etc (7) |
| FORAGER | Collector of wild fungi, berries etc (7) |
| STRAW | Stalks of grain used for baskets, thatching, mulching summer berries etc (5) |
| PEA | It's small and green like some unripe apples |
| REAP | Bring in unripe fruit (4) |
| DIET | Nuts, berries, etc., for squirrels |
| TART | Tasting like unripe apples |
| SOUR | Like unripe apples |
