| CITRIC | - acid, substance found in many fruits used as a flavouring (6) |
| GELS | Substances found in many dishwashing pods |
| ACETIC | ___ acid (substance found in vinegar) |
| TOMATO | Name a widely cultivated fruit, used as a vegetable (6) |
| LOOFAH | Remains of a tropical fruit used as a bath sponge (6) |
| APPLES | Fruits used as some of the first decorations for Christmas trees (6) |
| THYMOL | White crystalline compound used as a flavouring and preservative (6) |
| TARTARIC | ? acid, substance found in grapes used in the food industry as an antioxidant |
| NITRIC | ___ acid (substance once known as aqua fortis) |
| BANANA | Curved, yellow fruit used as flavouring (6) |
| SORBITOL | Sweet-tasting crystalline compound found in many fruits and berries, used as a sugar substitute (8) |
| TANNIC | ___ acid (substance in red wine) |
| ALKALI | Any non-acid substance (6) |
| LEMONS | Symbols on many fruit-machine reels (6) |
| ESTERS | They give many fruits their scent |
| ZEST | Coloured part of the peel of citrus fruit, used as a flavouring (4) |
| CARAWAY | Described in The Forme of Cury written by the cooks of Richard II's medieval court, seed-like fruits used as a spice to flavour Tudor knot biscuits or jumbles and ryebread (7) |
| SUMAC | Plant of the genus Rhus with reddish cone-shaped fruits used as a spice (5) |
| VERJUICE | Often prepared by a vigneron, the tart green extract of unripe crab-apples, grapes or other fruit, used as a source of sourness in medieval kitchens and in cookery today (8) |
| TARTARICACID | Acid that occurs naturally in many fruits |
