| APPLES | The Hesperides were responsible for a tree that had this kind of fruit. |
| BACCA | Regularly taken from branch, crab apple isn't this kind of fruit |
| DUTCHELMDISEASE | A new strain of this fungus-triggered condition emerged in the 60s, devastating those trees that had survived the first outbreak in the 1920s (5,3,7) |
| RESET | Like trees that had been transplanted (5) |
| LEIGHTON | President of the Royal Academy from 1878-96 who painted Crenaia the Nymph of the Dargle, The Garden of the Hesperides andA Flaming June (8) |
| LADON | Serpent-like dragon in Greek mythology that guarded the golden apples in the Garden of the Hesperides |
| UNUSUAL | England's William and Mary were responsible for the first ruling against 'cruel and ... punishment' - it took a little longer for their nation to abolish capital punishment |
| ATALANTA | In Greek mythology, she is a swift-footed hunter, though she lost a footrace because of the Hesperides' apples. In As You Like It (act 3, scene 2), Jaques says, "You have a nimble wit. I think 'twas m |
| MADEASCENE | The men ceased a manoeuvre and were responsible for an emotional outburst (4,1,5) |
| APPLE | Tree in the Garden of the Hesperides |
| HERA | Recipient of the Apples of the Hesperides |
| APPOINTMENTS | Top men in past were responsible for the posts (12) |
| PASSION | A great liking for a certain kind of fruit (7) |
| FATES | Sisters in Greek mythology who were responsible for people's destinies |
| ILAN | Doubled, the start of a beautiful blessing from Ta'anit 5b "___, ___, bamah avarechecha?" It is a parable of one walking through the desert who finds a tree that gives him all he needs, and then says, |
| STUMP | The part of a tree that remains in the ground after the tree is cut (5) |
| NUTHATCH | Songbird named from its penchant for a kind of fruit (8) |
| PEAR | Kind of fruit tree mentioned in a Christmas song |
| BREAD | The kind of fruit that provides staple food (5) |
| CURLINGTONGS | They were responsible for heat waves |
