| EPICARP | The skin of a peach or grape, for example |
| EXOCARP | Outermost layer of the pericarp of fruits, eg. the skin of a peach or grape (7) |
| ENDOCARP | The inner, usually woody, layer of the pericarp of a fruit, such as the stone of a peach or cherry (8) |
| PIT | The middle of a peach or plum (3) |
| STONE | Core of a peach or plum, eg |
| ALMOND | Blanched, candied, flaked, ground, sugared, reflected in the amygdala of the brain and often called a nut, a dry fruit or drupe of a peach-related rosaceous tree that often yields a seasonal glut (6) |
| BARK | A sharp cry of a seal or a dog; or, the skin of a birch tree trunk or any log (4) |
| ARIL | From the medieval Latin for "raisin" or "grape pip", the covering of a nutmeg or yew seed (4) |
| SULTANA | Dried grape for the wife of a Turkish ruler? |
| SCUTE | Thickened horny or bony exoskeletal plate, as on the shell of a turtle, the skin of a crocodile etc. (5) |
| PRESS | Apple or grape crusher; a utensil to mince garlic cloves; or, a clamped device used to preserve flowers and foliage (5) |
| BALLPIT | Recreation place whose first word is a synonym for "sphere" and whose second word is the hard center of a peach: 2 wds. |
| FUTZ | Synonym for tinker that becomes the fluffy exterior of a peach when its third letter is changed to a "Z" |
| STONYHEARTED | How is a very cruel type a bit of a peach? (5-7) |
| BLUBBER | Thick layer of fatty tissue below the skin of a whale which is used as a source of oil (7) |
| DRUPE | Fruit such as a peach or plum |
| PIPPIN | A peach - or an apple (6) |
| BIANCHETTA | ___ Trevigiana, white Italian wine grape variety that is a DOC-permitted blending grape for Prosecco |
| UVEA | An eye's choroid layer that takes its name from the Latin for "grape", for its resemblance to said berry (4) |
| FANTA | Brand of orange or grape soda |
