Fruit
Crossword Clue & Answers

3 December 2021
Last seen in: Evening Standard Quick Crossword

We found 80 answers for the crossword clue 'Fruit', the most recent of which was seen in the Evening Standard Quick Crossword.

This clue looks to be a standard clue as in it's a NON-CRYPTIC crossword based on the publications in which we have recently seen it.

We have given Fruit a popularity rating of 'Very Common' because it has featured in a numerous crossword publications and has multiple answers.

As well as being a clue we've also seen Fruit as an answer itself some 130 times.

Fruit is a single word clue made up of 5 letters.

We most recently saw this clue in 'Evening Standard Quick Crossword' on Wednesday, 08 December 2021 with the answer being NUT, but the most popular answer for this clue is MELON.

We've seen this clue in the following publications:

• Evening Standard Quick Crossword - 8 Dec 2021
• Irish Independent - Simple - 4 Dec 2021
• Evening Standard Easy Crossword - 29 Nov 2021
• Evening Standard Quick Crossword - 25 Nov 2021
• Evening Standard Easy Crossword - 12 Nov 2021
• Evening Standard Easy Crossword - 8 Nov 2021
• Evening Standard Quick Crossword - 8 Nov 2021
• Evening Standard Easy Crossword - 5 Nov 2021
• Evening Standard Quick Crossword - 3 Nov 2021
• Evening Standard Easy Crossword - 1 Nov 2021

Definitions and usage

Before we get to our crossword answers for 'Fruit', take a look at the definitions and example uses below, sometimes these help you think of different words or phrases that are common to 'Fruit' and give you a hint.

• An amount of a product
• The consequence of some effort or action; "he lived long enough to see the fruit of his policies"
• The ripened reproductive body of a seed plant
• Cause to bear fruit
• Bear fruit; "the trees fruited early this year"

Crossword Answers

2 Letters

TN
A state in east central United States

3 Letters

FIG
Fleshy sweet pear-shaped yellowish or purple multiple fruit eaten fresh or preserved or dried

HAW
The nictitating membrane of a horse

NUT
Egyptian goddess of the sky

4 Letters

DATE
Sweet edible fruit of the date palm with a single long woody seed

GAGE
A measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.

KIWI
Nocturnal flightless bird of New Zealand having a long neck and stout legs; only surviving representative of the order Apterygiformes

LIME
The green acidic fruit of any of various lime trees

PEAR
Sweet juicy gritty-textured fruit available in many varieties

PLUM
A highly desirable position or assignment; "a political plum"

POME
A fleshy fruit (apple or pear or related fruits) having seed chambers and an outer fleshy part

SLOE
Small sour dark purple fruit of especially the Allegheny plum bush

STAR
The topology of a network whose components are connected to a hub

UGLI
Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin

5 Letters

APPLE
Fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh

BERRY
Any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves

DATES

EATER
Any green goods that are good to eat; "these apples are good eaters"

GRAPE
A cluster of small projectiles fired together from a cannon to produce a hail of shot

GUAVA
Tropical fruit having yellow skin and pink pulp; eaten fresh or used for e.g. jellies

JAFFA
A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean; incorporated into Tel Aviv in 1950

LEEON

LEMON
A strong yellow color

LIMES

MANGO
Large oval tropical fruit having smooth skin, juicy aromatic pulp, and a large hairy seed

MELON
Any of numerous fruits of the gourd family having a hard rind and sweet juicy flesh

OLIVE
A yellow-green color of low brightness and saturation

PEACH
A shade of pink tinged with yellow

PEARS

PLUMS

YIELD
Production of a certain amount

6 Letters

ALMOND
Oval-shaped edible seed of the almond tree

APPLES

BANANA
Elongated crescent-shaped yellow fruit with soft sweet flesh

CHERRY
A red fruit with a single hard stone

CITRUS
Any of numerous fruits of the genus Citrus having thick rind and juicy pulp; grown in warm regions

DAMSON
Dark purple plum of the damson tree

GRAPES

LEMONS

LYCHEE
Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried

MEDLAR
A South African globular fruit with brown leathery skin and pithy flesh having a sweet-acid taste

ORANGE
Round yellow to orange fruit of any of several citrus trees

PAPAYA
Tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit

QUINCE
Aromatic acid-tasting pear-shaped fruit used in preserves

RAISIN
Dried grape

RESULT
A statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem; "they were trying to find a peaceful solution"; "the answers were in the back of the book"; "he computed the result to four decimal places"

TOMATO
Native to South America; widely cultivated in many varieties

7 Letters

APRICOT
A shade of pink tinged with yellow

AVOCADO
A pear-shaped tropical fruit with green or blackish skin and rich yellowish pulp enclosing a single large seed

BANANAS

DAMSONS

ORANGES

PEACHES

PRODUCT
An artifact that has been created by someone or some process; "they improve their product every year"; "they export most of their agricultural production"

PUMPKIN
Usually large pulpy deep-yellow round fruit of the squash family maturing in late summer or early autumn

RHUBARB
Long pinkish sour leafstalks usually eaten cooked and sweetened

SATSUMA
Medium-sized largely seedless mandarin orange with thin smooth skin

8 Letters

APRICOTS

MANDARIN
The dialect of Chinese spoken in Beijing and adopted as the official language for all of China

TAMARIND
Large tropical seed pod with very tangy pulp that is eaten fresh or cooked with rice and fish or preserved for curries and chutneys

TOMATOES

9 Letters

CRABAPPLE
Small sour apple; suitable for preserving; "crabapples make a tangy jelly"

GREENGAGE
Sweet green or greenish-yellow variety of plum

NECTARINE
Variety or mutation of the peach bearing fruit with smooth skin and (usually) yellow flesh

PERSIMMON
Orange fruit resembling a plum; edible when fully ripe

PINEAPPLE
Large sweet fleshy tropical fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated

RASPBERRY
A cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt

TANGERINE
A reddish to vivid orange color

10 Letters

BLACKBERRY
Bramble with sweet edible black or dark purple berries that usually do not separate from the receptacle

CLEMENTINE
A mandarin orange of a deep reddish orange color and few seeds

GOOSEBERRY
Currant-like berry used primarily in jams and jellies

REDCURRANT
Small red berries used primarily in jams and jellies

STRAWBERRY
A soft red birthmark

WATERMELON
Large oblong or roundish melon with a hard green rind and sweet watery red or occasionally yellowish pulp

11 Letters

POMEGRANATE
Shrub or small tree native to southwestern Asia having large red many-seeded fruit

RASPBERRIES

12 Letters

BLACKBERRIES

BLACKCURRANT
Small black berries used in jams and jellies

STRAWBERRIES

VICTORIAPLUM
A large red plum served as dessert