21 September 2017
Crossword by Boffles
Mellow Fruitfulness
Across
1 Can be sour if you miss out (6)
3 Mediterranean staple (6)
6 Produce from a thorny plant sometimes made into 20ac (7)
8 Sounds like an amusing chap but foraged for in woods (5)
9 Body parts containing grain? (4)
10 The well-informed knows his (6)
12 Quiet 9ac (5)
16 Harvested from the sea (8)
18 Home of Muscat 1ac? (4)
20 The one of figs will get things moving (5)
21 Science of turning 1ac into wine (7)
22 Rough-skinned and brownish apple (6)
23 A matter of this whether you prefer claret or burgundy (5)
Down
1 Where it all happens (6)
2 Where they make apples into strudel (7)
4 Bearers of 1ac (5)
5 Vintage holy men such as Emilion and Estephe (6)
7 Sounds as if it comes from a fir tree but no (9)
8 Silly asses made from raspberries or gooseberries? (5)
11 Very wholesome when linked with Mom (5,3)
13 Mother and offspring for jammy plums (7)
14 3ac and 10ac have culinary …… (4)
15 Biological catalyst found in fruit (6)
17 The farmer wants to know what the yield from his will be (5)
19 10ac kind of vegetable (4)
