| BERRIES | General name for soft fruits used for Eton mess, summer pudding, jam, tartlets, cheesecakes and smoothies (7) |
| STRAWBERRIES | Fruits served in Eton mess, summer pudding and Pimm's No. 1 Cup (12) |
| MERINGUE | Mixture of whipped egg whites and sugar baked until crisp, used for Eton mess, pavlova and queen of puddings (8) |
| GRAUPEL | Originally German name for "soft hail" (rimed snow crystals) |
| BERRY | General word for a soft fruit used to make Eton mess or summer pudding (5) |
| IRON | Smoo*h, as clo*hes |
| DURNESS | Location of Smoo Cave (7) |
| WHITE | - chocolate; vanilla-flavoured confection used for some types of truffles, cheesecakes and iced berries (5) |
| TAYBERRY | Thanks to Mary - she of the 9s - embracing yen for soft fruit |
| APRICOT | Juicy, soft fruit used in Christmas cakes or stuffing (7) |
| RYLAN | Ubiquitous TV host fronting Hot Mess Summer, _ Clark (5) |
| MINIS | Small versions of cheesecake and Oreos |
| RASPBERRIES | Cane fruits seasonal between May and November, used for pavlova, summer puddings or the jam for Bakewell tarts and coconut sponge cakes (11) |
| VINE | Depicted in scroll, rinceau or vignette ornamentation, general name for a plant cultivated in viticulture for its fruits used for wine, currants, raisins and sultanas (4) |
| STRAW | Dried grain stalks as organic mulch for the berries served with cream as traditional Wimbledon fare or used to make fraise, frose, summer puddings or Eton mess (5) |
| EGGWHITE | Used in recipes including pavlova, lemon meringue pie, Eton mess and souffle, another name for albumen (3,5) |
| RASPBERRY | Cane fruit used for jam, summer pudding, cranachan or either of the two beverages called framboise (9) |
| JELLY | Pudding traditionally set in a cooking mould or used for recipes including English trifle, some types of Charlotte royale, jaffa cakes and fruit tartlets (5) |
| REDCURRANT | One of the summer pudding fruits used to make a jelly-like sauce served with roast lamb, venison, ch |
| APPLES | Depicted in paintings by Ceazanne, pomaceous orchard fruits used for tarte tatin, pies, crumbles and strudel or pressed for cider/juice (6) |
