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Rank | Letters | Answer | Clue | |
1 | 99% | 7 | Exact Match! | |
2 | 24% | 5 | Fruit whose name precedes "fruit" in the name of another fruit | |
3 | 21% | 8 | Biscuit dough-topped baked fruit puddings, thought by some to be named for being thrown together; shoemakers, snabs, snobs or sutors; iced sherry cocktails; or, nonsense | |
Fruit Nonsense Crossword Clue
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We think the answer is "RHUBARB" which means:
- noun
- • Long pinkish sour leafstalks usually eaten cooked and sweetened
- • Plants having long green or reddish acidic leafstalks growing in basal clumps; stems (and only the stems) are edible when cooked; leaves are poisonous verb
- • Of fighter aircraft: to fire at a target opportunistically.
- • (originally theater) of an actor in a film, stage play, etc.: to repeat the word rhubarb to create the sound of indistinct conversation; hence, to converse indistinctly, to mumble.
- • To articulate indistinctly or mumble (words or phrases); to say inconsequential or vague things because one does not know what to say, or to stall for time. adjective
- • Of the colour of rhubarb: either brownish-yellow (the colour of rhubarb rhizomes and roots used for medicinal purposes), or pale red (often the colour of the leafstalks of common rhubarb).
An example sentence would be:
- • "I made a delicious rhubarb pie for dessert."
- • "She grows rhubarb in her garden every summer."
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Clue | Source | |
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1 | Biscuit dough-topped baked fruit puddings, thought by some to be named for being thrown together; shoemakers, snabs, snobs or sutors; iced sherry cocktails; or, nonsense
Telegraph Giant General Knowledge -
30 Sep 2023 | Telegraph Giant General Knowledge / 30 Sep 2023 |
2 | Can be made with fruit cocktail, canned fruit, or fresh fruit | |
3 | Fruit salad ingredient? That's not technically a fruit etc etc
The Guardian Everyman -
02 Aug 2020 | The Guardian Everyman / 02 Aug 2020 |
4 | Fruit whose name precedes "fruit" in the name of another fruit
New York Times -
21 Mar 2023 | New York Times / 21 Mar 2023 |
5 | Nonsense | |
6 | Nonsense to me, lines describing fruit dish
Telegraph Cryptic -
01 Apr 2024 | Telegraph Cryptic / 01 Apr 2024 |
7 | Second fruit minus second fruit
The Guardian Cryptic -
04 Oct 2011 | The Guardian Cryptic / 04 Oct 2011 |