| CRABAPPLE | Comtesse de Paris, Gorgeous or Sugar Tyme, a garden, orchard, or hedgerow tree in the genus Malus with pectin-rich fruits used to set jelly or crushed for verjuice (4-5) |
| LAMOTTE | Comtesse de ___ ___ was involved in the Affair of the Diamond Necklace, a scandal at the court of Louis XVI in 1785 (2,5) |
| DROPDEAD | Rude remark to gorgeous or 5 creature (4,4) |
| SLOE | Old English word related to the Latin "be blue" and the Croatian "plum" for the bullace-like fruit of the blackthorn, traditionally infused in gin or used for jam or hedgerow jelly (4) |
| HABITAT | Generic name for an environment such as rainforest, desert, river or hedgerow (7) |
| LANE | General word for a type of country road flanked by fields or hedgerows; or, a wooden alley for skittles or tenpin bowling (4) |
| CRABAPPLES | Sour fruits of a tree in the genus Malus, generally reserved to make a type of jelly to accompany ro |
| APPLE | Fruiting body of a tree in the genus Malus (5) |
| PEAR | Depicted in botanical art, breakfast pieces or still lifes, a pome grown in an orchard or in the espalier-style (4) |
| ELDERFLOWER | Blooms of a hedgerow tree or shrub in the genus Sambucus, used to make cordial or paired with ingred |
| HOLT | A riverbank burrow or den of an otter; or, an old or poetic word for a copse, orchard or wooded hill (4) |
| OAK | Sacred to Roman god Jupiter, a tree in the genus Quercus whose use in shipbuilding inspired David Garrick's line in a song used as the official march of the Royal Navy (3) |
| MULBERRY | With a national collection of 34 named varieties held by the Queen in the gardens of Buckingham Palace, a tree in the genus Morus and its fruit (8) |
| APPLETREE | Widely cultivated plant of the genus Malus |
| CHESTNUT | Conker-like fruit of a tree in the genus Castanea; an old joke; or, an auburn or reddish-brown-like colour of a horse's coat (8) |
| WALNUT | Tree in the genus Juglans whose timber was England's most-prized variety for furniture-making from the Restoration until the introduction of mahogany in the 18th century (6) |
| ALMONDS | Nut-like seeds of a tree in the genus Prunus that are often sugared for wedding favours or ground to make marzipan fruits or decorations for simnel cakes (7) |
| ACORN | Seed of a tree in the genus Quercus, used as a symbol of National Trails (5) |
| WALNUTS | Kernels of a tree in the genus Juglans, used for carrot and coffee cakes, brownies, goats cheese salads or traditionally pickled (7) |
| ELDER | Hedgerow tree with white flowers in late May and June used for presse, cordial, sparkling wine, fool with gooseberry or sorbet with lemon (5) |
