1 Father requiring pair of pears, oddly (4)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
Prize 28458 - 29 May 2021 - set by Paul for the Guardian
Across
7
Orange books in lift (7)
8
Everything flipping right in lemon fool (7)
9
Hybrid melon, one scooped out for party (4)
10
Maestro placing last bits of crab apple on the new cooker (9)
12
Extra strawberries finally cut (5)
13
Large ripe damson that man has picked (8)
15
Fruit in slippery gunk, initially wiped (4)
16
Japanese food: a little clementine marked 'From the East' (5)
17
Renaissance composer producing sound of kiwi, say? (4)
18
Cherry always cut by me for saviour (8)
20
Yet to consume each peach (5)
21
Confused flavour, lychee lacking pulp in conclusion (9)
22
Some of the durian rejected — like a raspberry? (4)
24
A jar containing mostly mellow fruit (7)
25
Sweet plum filled with cream, originally (4,3)
Down
1
Father requiring pair of pears, oddly (4)
2
Feast in fruit for large animal (5,3)
3
Sturdy bill prodding fruit, first of oils extracted (6)
4
US president with endless fruit: a good deal to eat, but no starter (8)
5
Nothing is fruit (6)
6
Country importing really amaz­ing nectarines, primarily (4)
11
Passing hard prune stone, with Pepe's bowels opening? (9)
12
Date boxes in European river (5)
14
David's subject picking up some fruit, a rambutan (5)
16
Staff pressing fruit for Bacchus, say? (5,3)
17
Event finding seed in pear, we hear? (4,4)
19
Involve last of fruit in a line, stewed (6)
20
Spiritual teacher with friend had nuts (6)
21
See inexpensive fruits, cheap and nasty, ultimately (4)
23
Dodge mandarin, for example (4)