Clues for the word "FRUIT"
We've had 96 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 114 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Your Life Choices crossword on September 27, 2026.
Definition of fruit
- v. t. - Whatever is produced for the nourishment or enjoyment of man or animals by the processes of vegetable growth, as corn, grass, cotton, flax, etc.; -- commonly used in the plural.
- v. t. - The pulpy, edible seed vessels of certain plants, especially those grown on branches above ground, as apples, oranges, grapes, melons, berries, etc. See 3.
- v. t. - The ripened ovary of a flowering plant, with its contents and whatever parts are consolidated with it.
- v. t. - The spore cases or conceptacles of flowerless plants, as of ferns, mosses, algae, etc., with the spores contained in them.
- v. t. - The produce of animals; offspring; young; as, the fruit of the womb, of the loins, of the body.
- v. t. - That which is produced; the effect or consequence of any action; advantageous or desirable product or result; disadvantageous or evil consequence or effect; as, the fruits of labor, of self-denial, of intemperance.
- v. i. - To bear fruit.
Referring Clues
- Part of a balanced diet
- Apples, but not IBM's
- Theme of this puzzle
- Some produce
- Compote ingredient
- Lemon, for one
- Some salad ingredients
- Pome or pomegranate
- Apples and oranges
- Peach, plum, or pear
- Pie filling, often
- It's sometimes forbidden
- Still life subject, perhaps
- Pear, e.g.
- A different one is hidden in each of this puzzle's seven longest answers
- One is hidden in each of this puzzle's four longest answers
- An assortment of it is hidden in 17- and 58-Across and 10- and 34-Down
- Lunchbox item
- Pie contents, often
- Tomato, technically
- It may be forbidden
- ___ basket
- Common dessert ingredient
- Kumquats and uglis
- ______ fly
- Kumquats, uglis and such
- Slot machine symbols, often
- Part of a well-balanced diet
- Still-life subject
- Frequent slot-machine display
- Cherry or lime
- Smoothie ingredient
- Cocktail ingredients?
- Still-life subject, often
- Mango and guava
- Common still-life subject
- Natures desert
- Type of salad
- Avocado or tomato, botanically speaking
- Most of the symbols on a traditional slot machine
- Type of cocktail
- "___ on bottom"
- " ___ on bottom"
- Fruit, in Falaise
- Produce section
- Product, as of labor
- Kiwi, e.g.
- A couple of dates, say
- See 9
- Edible outcome
- Kiwi, mandarin etc
- Natural product; you can make "fur" with it
- It has to be borne
- It has matted fur and is commonly edible
- Such a cake is known to be nutty
- With a peculiar fur on, it may not be edible
- It may be a squash
- Apples, pears etc
- Apple, say
- Smoothie ingredients
- Costermonger offering
- Result - food
- Grape or passion follower
- Lemon or apple
- Apples & pears
- See 19
- See 7
- Effect takes time following what anyone can see in the next
- Compote component
- Avocado, say
- Melon, say
- It can also be eaten on bread
- Grove product
- Material for a cobbler
- When eaten, somewhat furtively chewed?
- Mango, e.g.
- When mouldy, could there be fur on it?
- Apple, for example
- ___ Roll-Ups
- Lemon, for example
- It's vegetable, but may have fur on it
- Kumquat, e.g.
- Apple or orange
- Gift basket option
- Type of food whose outsides are suggested by the outsides of 17-, 29-, 43- and 55-Across
- Product
- Cute rhyme for 'banana,' say
- Apple
- Often eaten, it may have fur on
- Peach or persimmon
- Carnivorous : meat :: carpophagous : ___
- Is vegetable, but there may be fur on it
- Rambutan or guava
- Strawberry or cherry
- Good source of vitamin C
- Results of one's labors, so to speak
Last Seen In
- Your Life Choices - September 27, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - July 22, 2026
- New York Times - July 18, 2026
- New York Times - July 15, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 13, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - April 15, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 02, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - November 11, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - September 01, 2025
- Your Life Choices - December 01, 2024
- Family Time - December 01, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - October 30, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - August 07, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - July 06, 2024
- LA Times - June 09, 2024
- USA Today - May 22, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - April 11, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - April 04, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - October 16, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - September 21, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - July 13, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 30, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 14, 2023
- Your Life Choices - January 29, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 21, 2022
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 28, 2022
- New York Times - June 23, 2022
- New York Times - June 21, 2022
- Evening Standard Easy - January 30, 2018
- Guardian Weekend - January 20, 2018
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