| STEM | Part of a cherry |
| PIT | Part of a cherry |
| STONE | Central part of a cherry |
| SLOE | Relative of a cherry plum |
| SPIT | Indelicately get rid of a cherry pit |
| RED | Color of a cherry |
| HOGWASH | Artist whose painting of the children of George II's apothecary, Daniel Graham, includes details of a cat, a cherry-bob, a goldfinch in a gilded cage and a silver basket of fruit (7) |
| HOGARTH | Artist whose painting of the children of George II's apothecary, Daniel Graham, includes details of a cat, a cherry-bob, a goldfinch in a gilded cage and a silver basket of fruit |
| HUFFKIN | A traditional kind of Kentish bread roll, bun, muffin or teacake with a distinctive dimple, originally for a cherry or a spoonful of cherry jam (7) |
| SUNDAE | With a name similar to that of the Christian Sabbath, a cherry-and-syrup-topped ice cream served in a tulip-shaped glass; or, a type of mixed nougat or other confection (6) |
| DRUPE | Botanical description of a fruit such as a cherry or a peach (5) |
| ATOP | Like a cherry, vis-a-vis a sundae |
| CERISE | Deep red colour with a tinge of pink or also name for a cherry in French |
| HAWFINCH | With a large beak powerful enough to crush a cherry or olive stone, a waxwing-like bird related to the evening grosbeak (8) |
| ONTOP | Where a cherry is placed, vis-a-vis a sundae |
| COP | Sedan with a cherry on top: Person who drives a vehicle with a red flashing light atop its roof |
| STICK | An implement for hockey; a twig; or, a miniature skewer for impaling a cherry, cocktail sausage, olive etc (5) |
| PLACEONTOP | Position, as a cherry on a sundae |
| GRABSTHERIM | Puts a cherry atop a jam? |
| OARED | Equipped as a galley with duck and a cherry (5) |
