| PLUMS | While these juicy summer fruits are mostly thought of as purple, some (like the Santa Rosa and the Simca) are red |
| MICROORGANISM | That's right! I'm coming, Rosa and the little one is with me (5,8) |
| PEARS | Watch out for signs of rust on the leaves of these juicy fruits (5) |
| STELIAS | Mountain range between S.E. Alaska and the S.W. Yukon (2,5) |
| PUN | Title like "The Santa Clause" or "Knight and Day" |
| SPATTER | Splash and the s-sound of raindrops (7) |
| APPLES | Pick late-season varieties of these juicy fruits this month (6) |
| ROUGHINGIT | 1872 semi-autobiographical work by Mark Twain describing his travels in Nevada, California and the S |
| BEACHSIDE | like the Santa Monica Pier |
| HABITATS | Different species live in different ___. Some like the trees, others the ocean and some the desert. |
| ETHEREAL | Heavenly - some like the real thing, though (8) |
| SATRAP | Some, like the governor, returned (6) |
| ASTERS | From the Latin for "stars", blooms such as purple daisy-like starworts florescent around Michaelmas that herald the approach of autumn (6) |
| MABLETON | Another name for the McDonald Mansion in Santa Rosa, California, used in the filming of Walt Disney's Pollyanna |
| CETUS | Which constellation is represented in Greek mythology as a beast of the sea, often thought of as a w |
| AUTEUR | Film director thought of as the creator of a particular genre and showing his unique personal style (6) |
| URAL | Which mountains are usually thought of as the dividing line between Europe and Asia? (4) |
| ONION | Vegetable belonging to the Allium genus with shallots, leeks, chives, garlic and perennial flowers such as "Purple Sensation" or "Globemaster" (5) |
| RAIL | Today thought of as a short length of metal, this is actually an archaic unit of length equivalent to 1/16th of a yard (2.25in) (4) |
| ELVES | Related to the German for "nightmare", beings originally thought of as more dwarfish and frightening than the fairylike mischievous sprites typically depicted today (5) |
