| GOURDS | Fruits such as squashes and pumpkins (6) |
| RETINOL | Found in salmon, butter, apricots, mangoes, butternut squashes and other yellow/orange fruits and vegetables, a nutrient also called vitamin A (7) |
| CUCURBIT | A member of a family of creeping flowering plants that includes the pumpkin, cucumber, squashes and gourds (8) |
| CITRUS | Fruits such as lemons and limes (6) |
| LEMONS | With aromatic peel used to make twists or spirals for garnishing drinks, citrus fruits such as the Sfusato variety growing on the Amalfi Coast (6) |
| GRAPES | Fruits such as those cultivated in the appellation d'origine controlee wine regions of Provence (6) |
| SQUASH | Gourd related to cucumbers, melons, courgettes, marrows and pumpkins (6) |
| SHAPES | Surfaces of spoiled herbs and pumpkins exhibited sign of moulds (6) |
| CYANIDE | Toxic chemical compound first isolated from Prussian blue in 1782 and present in high quantities in the stones and seeds of fruits such as apples, apricots and peaches (7) |
| PAUNCH | Hit squashes a big stomach (6) |
| SCARAB | Second vehicle squashes a black beetle (6) |
| PSEUDOCARPS | Fruits such as strawberries or apples, also called false fruits or accessory fruits (11) |
| CRUMBLE | Mixture of plain flour, butter and sugar as a topping for baked seasonal fruits such as Bramley apples, blackberries or rhubarb (7) |
| MAST | Fallen forest fruits such as acorns, and chestnuts as forage for wild animals (4) |
| APPLEDAY | Annual 21 October celebration of fruits such as Bramleys and Discovery (5,3) |
| THINOUT | ___ heavy sets of fruits such as peaches (4,3) |
| STILLS | Squashes |
| BREAKS | Squashes |
| SHAMES | Squashes |
| QUELLS | Squashes |
