| Ready for picking, as a fruit |  |  | 
          
            | At fruition | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 13 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Ready for eating (of fruit, eg) | Puzzler Backwords | 13 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Ready to pick (4) | Puzzler | 12 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Ready to pick | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 12 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Ready for plucking |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to harvest | Newsday | 07 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Ready to be picked | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 06 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Ready to be picked | Universal | 20 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Ready to be picked | New York Times | 08 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Ready to be consumed, as a fruit |  |  | 
          
            | Ready for harvesting and eating (4) | Mirror Classic | 27 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | At fruition | Newsday | 22 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | Like a fruit ready to be picked |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to eat | New York Times | 10 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | Ready to eat | USA Today Quick | 08 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | Ready to pick | Commuter | 26 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Ready to eat selection of Kashmiri peppers |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to harvest | Newsday | 21 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Part of periperi is ready to eat (4) |  |  | 
          
            | It's right to make pie that's ready for eating (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Ready for harvesting and eating (4) | Mirror Classic | 23 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Like an orange papaya |  |  | 
          
            | Ready for picking, as a fruit |  |  | 
          
            | Ready for picking | Commuter | 20 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Like a yellow banana |  |  | 
          
            | Mature | New York Times | 07 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Ready for picking | USA Today | 05 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Ready to eat (fruit) (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Spending grand on beef can be excessive | The Times Sunday Cryptic | 25 May 2025 | 
          
            | Like a yellow banana | Universal | 17 May 2025 | 
          
            | Ready for eating (of fruit, eg) | Puzzler Backwords | 16 May 2025 | 
          
            | Ready for harvesting and eating | Mirror Classic | 16 May 2025 | 
          
            | Fully matured (4) | Puzzler | 13 May 2025 | 
          
            | Fit for use as brief epitaph on grave finally (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Opportune | Newsday | 09 May 2025 | 
          
            | Ready for picking | Commuter | 07 May 2025 | 
          
            | (Of food) mature | The Times Concise | 17 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | __ for the picking | LA Times Daily | 16 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Remove last fat from offal and it's ready to eat (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to be eaten, maybe |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to harvest | USA Today | 01 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Fully matured, - fruit |  |  | 
          
            | At the perfect age to rest in peace on the east (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Malodorous | LA Times Daily | 25 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Fully matured, ___ fruit |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to be picked and eaten |  |  | 
          
            | Like a pungent aroma | Wall Street Journal | 15 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Like plump peaches, typically | New York Times | 12 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Ready for picking or eating (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to harvest | Newsday | 26 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | Like a red lychee |  |  | 
          
            | Auspicious | Newsday | 22 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | Funky | New York Times | 22 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | Ready to harvest | The Telegraph Quick | 14 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | Ready to tear back from office | The Times Cryptic | 12 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | __ for the picking | Commuter | 08 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | Ready to eat | Commuter | 06 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | Mature but not saintly stripe (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to pluck | Commuter | 28 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Ready to be picked for the right pie to be made (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to eat, as fruit | New York Times Mini | 24 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Ready for plucking |  |  | 
          
            | Ready for harvest | LA Times Mini | 21 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Fragrant, in a bad way | LA Times Daily | 19 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Ready to eat, as fruit | New York Times | 13 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Perfect for a salad, say | New York Times | 05 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Like a fruit that's ready to be plucked |  |  | 
          
            | Fully mature | Premier Sunday | 29 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Ready to eat | Mirror Quick | 27 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Mature pier design | Mirror Cryptic | 27 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Like fruit that's ready for picking |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to be eaten, say | Universal | 17 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Ready to peel and eat |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to be consumed, as a fruit |  |  | 
          
            | Fully matured | Puzzler Backwords | 11 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Mature pier design | Mirror Cryptic | 10 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Ready to eat | Mirror Quick | 10 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Ready to harvest | The Sun Mini | 09 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Like yellow bananas | New York Times | 09 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Harvest-ready, as fruits |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to eat even grain pies (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Ready, mature | Puzzler Backwords | 22 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | Mature pier destroyed (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Like an edible avocado (for, like, five seconds) |  |  | 
          
            | Beef with starter ignored? It's ready for eating (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Chewy meat with time gone is ready to eat (4) | The Guardian Quiptic | 10 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | Ready to pick | Commuter | 06 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | Ready to pick | Puzzler Backwords | 05 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | When fruit is this picked |  |  | 
          
            | ___ for the picking, fall-related idiom for something that is readily available |  |  | 
          
            | Soon to be plucked from the plant, perhaps |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to eat tripe, but no starter (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to harvest | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 24 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Ready for picking, as a fruit |  |  | 
          
            | Mature pier design | Mirror Cryptic | 15 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Ready to eat | Mirror Quick | 15 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Like an avocado that's soft but not mushy | USA Today | 15 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Stinky | USA Today | 05 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Screaming "Pick me"? |  |  | 
          
            | Mature, not green |  |  | 
          
            | Ready for eating | Universal | 18 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | Ready for picking | New York Times Mini | 18 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | Exercise on theological teachings is ready |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to be consumed, as a fruit |  |  | 
          
            | Ready for harvest | Eugene Sheffer | 13 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | Ready to be tasted | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 04 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | Ready to harvest | Commuter | 04 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | Ready for picking | The Sun Mini | 02 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | Ready to eat | USA Today Quick | 31 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Ready to eat | Mirror Quick | 31 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Mature pier design | Mirror Cryptic | 31 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Ready for plucking |  |  | 
          
            | Sarah Rose Etter novel with a pomegranate on the cover |  |  | 
          
            | Mature | Wall Street Journal | 22 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Ready for harvest | Puzzler Backwords | 22 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Ready to eat | LA Times Daily | 19 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Ready to harvest | Commuter | 19 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Opportune | Newsday | 15 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Ready to eat | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 11 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Ready to pluck, as a fruit |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to pick | Newsday | 01 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Mature | The Telegraph Quick | 29 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | Like a yellow banana | Family Time | 29 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | Soft, as brie |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to eat | New York Times | 24 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | Mature | The Telegraph Mini | 16 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | Like peaches in summer | LA Times Daily | 16 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | Due for harvesting | Commuter | 15 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | Like yellow bananas | Commuter | 12 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | Ready to eat (of fruit) (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to eat | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 03 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | Pier collapses, because it's 'mature' (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to pick | USA Today | 27 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Ready to harvest | Newsday | 25 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Like a strong-smelling Stilton? | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 23 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | At fruition | The Telegraph Quick | 22 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Ready for picking, as a fruit |  |  | 
          
            | Like a fragrant melon | LA Times Daily | 10 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Ready to eat | USA Today Quick | 24 May 2024 | 
          
            | The epitaph on grave's end in mellow (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Ready for eating | The Times Concise | 17 May 2024 | 
          
            | Ready for picking | Newsday | 12 May 2024 | 
          
            | It is right to take pie out when it's ready for eating (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Rhubarb not initially ready to eat | The Sun Two Speed | 04 May 2024 | 
          
            | At fruition | The Sun Two Speed | 04 May 2024 | 
          
            | Like a yellow papaya | LA Times Daily | 02 May 2024 | 
          
            | Fully developed, as in a grove |  |  | 
          
            | Prime for eating |  |  | 
          
            | They lived to a ___ old age! (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to make complaint? Not good (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to be picked (4) | Puzzler | 18 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | Ready for eating (of fruit, eg) | Puzzler Backwords | 15 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | Ready for eating | Wall Street Journal | 13 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | Like a yellow banana | Universal | 11 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | Mature pier design | Mirror Cryptic | 05 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | Ready to eat | Mirror Quick | 05 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | Ready for picking | Mirror Tea Time | 01 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | Ready to pick | Commuter | 28 Mar 2024 | 
          
            | The epitaph on grave's end is mellow (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Fresh energy after indication of demise? | The Guardian Cryptic | 26 Mar 2024 | 
          
            | Fresh energy after indication of demise? (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Like dark green avocados | New York Times | 25 Mar 2024 | 
          
            | In stripes, no longer green (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to eat | Commuter | 22 Mar 2024 | 
          
            | Split last grape that's ready to eat (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Mature; fully developed (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Ready for picking | New York Times Mini | 10 Mar 2024 | 
          
            | Ready to pick | Thomas Joseph | 08 Mar 2024 | 
          
            | Mature, heading off complaint | The Times Quick Cryptic | 24 Feb 2024 | 
          
            | Right to take pie out when ready to eat (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Ready for picking, as fruit |  |  | 
          
            | Destroyed pier of timely fruit (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Developed fully, as in a fruit that it is ready for picking (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to pick | Thomas Joseph | 29 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | Mature, of fruit (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Mature pier design | Mirror Cryptic | 13 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | Ready to eat | Mirror Quick | 13 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | Ready for picking | Universal | 12 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | Ready for picking | Commuter | 09 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | Needing a shower, perhaps |  |  | 
          
            | Like a fruit that's ready to be plucked |  |  | 
          
            | Like a soft, juicy mango | Universal | 01 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | Ready, mature | Puzzler Backwords | 01 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | Of fruit or grain that is mature and ready to be eaten or used (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Ready, in a way | New York Times | 29 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Like a red Red Delicious | LA Times Daily | 25 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | "True love is the _ fruit of a lifetime" Alphonse de Lamartine (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to eat | Mirror Quick | 19 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Mature pier design | Mirror Cryptic | 19 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Ready to harvest | Newsday | 18 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Ready to eat | Mirror Classic | 17 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Ready, mature | Puzzler Backwords | 15 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Ready to be consumed, as a fruit |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to eat | The Telegraph Quick | 04 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Ready to eat | Mirror Quick | 01 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Harvest-ready, as fruits |  |  | 
          
            | Mature pier design | Mirror Cryptic | 01 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Mature, ready to eat | The Telegraph Quick | 25 Nov 2023 | 
          
            | Ready to pluck | Universal | 20 Nov 2023 | 
          
            | Ready to harvest | Newsday | 15 Nov 2023 | 
          
            | At fruition | The Sun Two Speed | 11 Nov 2023 | 
          
            | Ready for harvesting | Wall Street Journal | 11 Nov 2023 | 
          
            | Ready to moan, missing starter | The Sun Two Speed | 11 Nov 2023 | 
          
            | Ready to pluck, as fruit |  |  | 
          
            | Tender love's ending, tear seen earlier | The Telegraph Toughie | 05 Sep 2023 | 
          
            | Fully developed | Wall Street Journal | 26 Aug 2023 | 
          
            | Like yellow bananas | LA Times Daily | 20 Aug 2023 | 
          
            | Fruit that's ready to be picked, say |  |  | 
          
            | Like a yellow banana |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to harvest, as a tomato |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to harvest | Newsday | 18 Jun 2023 | 
          
            | Like a fruit that's ready to be eaten |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to harvest | Newsday | 29 May 2023 | 
          
            | Harvest-ready | LA Times Daily | 15 May 2023 | 
          
            | Like grapes ready to be picked | Family Time | 07 May 2023 | 
          
            | Ready for consumption, as a fruit |  |  | 
          
            | Ready for reaping | Newsday | 23 Apr 2023 | 
          
            | Like an avocado with a slight give | USA Today | 16 Apr 2023 | 
          
            | Like a ready-to-eat fruit |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to harvest | Universal | 06 Apr 2023 | 
          
            | Ready to be eaten, as fruit |  |  | 
          
            | Like a fruit ready to be eaten |  |  | 
          
            | Ready for plucking, as a fruit |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to pick | Universal | 15 Mar 2023 | 
          
            | Mature | Eugene Sheffer | 08 Mar 2023 | 
          
            | Ready for picking | Universal | 10 Feb 2023 | 
          
            | Like a fruit that's ready for picking |  |  | 
          
            | Mature | Eugene Sheffer | 02 Feb 2023 | 
          
            | Mellowed | Canadiana | 30 Jan 2023 | 
          
            | Like a banana you can eat right now | Family Time | 05 Dec 2022 | 
          
            | Ready for harvesting | Newsday | 29 Nov 2022 | 
          
            | Ready to be harvested | Newsday | 28 Nov 2022 | 
          
            | No longer green, as a fruit |  |  | 
          
            | Ready for picking | The Times Concise | 05 Nov 2022 | 
          
            | Mature | The Telegraph Quick | 27 Oct 2022 | 
          
            | Red, maybe | New York Times | 21 Oct 2022 | 
          
            | Ready to eat | LA Times Daily | 17 Oct 2022 | 
          
            | Like a juicy, aromatic mango | USA Today | 07 Oct 2022 | 
          
            | Like a yellow banana with spots | USA Today | 01 Oct 2022 | 
          
            | Ready to be picked | USA Today | 30 Sep 2022 | 
          
            | Ready for harvest | Eugene Sheffer | 17 Sep 2022 | 
          
            | Ready for picking | LA Times Daily | 14 Sep 2022 | 
          
            | Quite stinky | New York Times | 09 Sep 2022 | 
          
            | Ready to eat, in a way | Newsday | 04 Sep 2022 | 
          
            | Mature split with sweetheart | The Telegraph Cryptic | 01 Sep 2022 | 
          
            | Ready, as a banana | Family Time | 28 Aug 2022 | 
          
            | Fully developed | The Telegraph Quick | 22 Aug 2022 | 
          
            | Ready to harvest | Newsday | 08 Aug 2022 | 
          
            | Fully grown, as a banana | Family Time | 02 Aug 2022 | 
          
            | Malodorous | Wall Street Journal | 28 Jul 2022 | 
          
            | Ready to harvest | Wall Street Journal | 25 Jul 2022 | 
          
            | Ready | LA Times Daily | 23 Jul 2022 | 
          
            | Badly in need of a wash | Newsday | 23 Jul 2022 | 
          
            | Fully matured | Wall Street Journal | 18 Jul 2022 | 
          
            | Like a golden-yellow pineapple | USA Today | 29 Jun 2022 | 
          
            | Ready for harvesting | Wall Street Journal | 29 Jun 2022 | 
          
            | Ready for picking | USA Today | 28 Jun 2022 | 
          
            | Rent note ready | The Guardian Cryptic | 13 Jun 2022 | 
          
            | Ready to complain? Not good | The Telegraph Cryptic | 13 Jun 2022 | 
          
            | Ready to pluck | Newsday | 08 Jun 2022 | 
          
            | Mature | Eugene Sheffer | 28 May 2022 | 
          
            | Ready to be picked? |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to complain if there's no starter | The Telegraph Cryptic | 09 May 2022 | 
          
            | Red outside, maybe | The Washington Post | 05 May 2022 | 
          
            | Red outside, maybe | LA Times Daily | 05 May 2022 | 
          
            | Like delicious grapes on a vine | Family Time | 01 May 2022 | 
          
            | Ready to harvest | Newsday | 01 May 2022 | 
          
            | Like a soft mango | USA Today | 24 Apr 2022 | 
          
            | Like a delicious grape | Family Time | 14 Feb 2022 | 
          
            | Like ready-to-eat fruit | USA Today | 05 Feb 2022 | 
          
            | Ready for harvest | Eugene Sheffer | 02 Feb 2022 | 
          
            | Ready | The Washington Post | 30 Jan 2022 | 
          
            | Ready | LA Times Daily | 30 Jan 2022 | 
          
            | Ready to complain, losing head | The Times Cryptic | 17 Jan 2022 | 
          
            | Opportune | The Telegraph Quick | 04 Dec 2021 | 
          
            | Religious education brings in very little money, or 'ready' | The Telegraph Cryptic | 19 Nov 2021 | 
          
            | Ready to eat, as a banana |  |  | 
          
            | Fit for harvesting | LA Times Daily | 09 Nov 2021 | 
          
            | Ready for picking | Wall Street Journal | 08 Nov 2021 | 
          
            | __ old age | LA Times Daily | 07 Nov 2021 | 
          
            | Like a black blackberry | Universal | 04 Nov 2021 | 
          
            | Mature | Eugene Sheffer | 03 Nov 2021 | 
          
            | Ready to eat ... or throw out | Universal | 02 Nov 2021 | 
          
            | Unlike a green tomato | Universal | 01 Nov 2021 | 
          
            | Ready for picking | LA Times Daily | 01 Nov 2021 | 
          
            | Like yellow bananas | LA Times Daily | 26 Sep 2021 | 
          
            | Like yellow bananas | The Washington Post | 26 Sep 2021 | 
          
            | Ready to be eaten | USA Today | 25 Sep 2021 | 
          
            | Like a yellow banana | USA Today | 10 Sep 2021 | 
          
            | Yellow, as a banana | New York Times | 08 Sep 2021 | 
          
            | Ready to pluck, as a fruit |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to harvest | Newsday | 25 Aug 2021 | 
          
            | Ready to harvest | LA Times Daily | 10 Aug 2021 | 
          
            | Ready to harvest | The Washington Post | 10 Aug 2021 | 
          
            | Ready for picking | USA Today | 07 Aug 2021 | 
          
            | Harvest-ready | Newsday | 03 Aug 2021 | 
          
            | Juicy, maybe | Universal | 01 Aug 2021 | 
          
            | Like a red strawberry | Universal | 28 Jul 2021 | 
          
            | Ready | New York Times | 24 Jul 2021 | 
          
            | Like a fruit that's good to be had |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to be picked | Universal | 19 Jul 2021 | 
          
            | Ready to harvest | Newsday | 13 Jul 2021 | 
          
            | Harvest-ready |  |  | 
          
            | Ready for harvest | Eugene Sheffer | 08 Jul 2021 | 
          
            | Ready to harvest | Newsday | 25 May 2021 | 
          
            | Fully grown, as a banana | Family Time | 09 May 2021 | 
          
            | Ready (for) | Newsday | 07 May 2021 | 
          
            | After grave message, enemy's beginning to be mature |  |  | 
          
            | Like a yellow lemon | Universal | 13 Apr 2021 | 
          
            | Fully grown, as a grape | Family Time | 11 Apr 2021 | 
          
            | Mature | The Telegraph Quick | 10 Apr 2021 | 
          
            | Ready for picking | USA Today | 11 Mar 2021 | 
          
            | What comes before old age? | New York Times | 27 Feb 2021 | 
          
            | Ready for a fruit salad | Universal | 18 Feb 2021 | 
          
            | ___ old age |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to pluck | The Washington Post | 28 Jan 2021 | 
          
            | Ready to pluck | LA Times Daily | 28 Jan 2021 | 
          
            | Like a fruit that's ready to be picked |  |  | 
          
            | Fit for picking | Wall Street Journal | 16 Jan 2021 | 
          
            | Ready to be eaten | Irish Times Simplex | 15 Jan 2021 | 
          
            | Ready to eat | The Telegraph Quick | 12 Jan 2021 | 
          
            | Ready to eat | Newsday | 08 Jan 2021 | 
          
            | Ready for picking | New York Times | 28 Dec 2020 | 
          
            | At fruition | The Sun Two Speed | 20 Nov 2020 | 
          
            | Ready to complain having missed starter | The Sun Two Speed | 20 Nov 2020 | 
          
            | Opportune |  |  | 
          
            | Unlike a green banana | Universal | 31 Oct 2020 | 
          
            | Ready to eat, in a way | Newsday | 29 Oct 2020 | 
          
            | Opportune | Wall Street Journal | 06 Oct 2020 | 
          
            | Ready to eat? Tear back from office |  |  | 
          
            | Like a golden yellow mango | USA Today | 23 Sep 2020 | 
          
            | Fully grown, as a pineapple | Family Time | 13 Sep 2020 | 
          
            | Like a coconut that falls from its tree | USA Today | 06 Sep 2020 | 
          
            | Pickable, perhaps | Wall Street Journal | 05 Sep 2020 | 
          
            | Ready to pluck and eat | USA Today | 22 Aug 2020 | 
          
            | Like a fruit ready to be picked |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to pick | Universal | 12 Aug 2020 | 
          
            | Auspicious | Wall Street Journal | 30 Jul 2020 | 
          
            | Ready to pick | Thomas Joseph | 23 Jul 2020 | 
          
            | Like avocados ready for guacamole |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to harvest | USA Today | 24 Jun 2020 | 
          
            | Mature (fruit) | The Telegraph Quick | 23 Jun 2020 | 
          
            | Ready to moan, missing starter | The Sun Two Speed | 31 May 2020 | 
          
            | Like berries that are ready for plucking |  |  | 
          
            | Completely ready | New York Times | 16 May 2020 | 
          
            | Fully developed | The Washington Post | 09 May 2020 | 
          
            | Fully developed | LA Times Daily | 09 May 2020 | 
          
            | Ready to bite into | Newsday | 29 Apr 2020 | 
          
            | At fruition | The Telegraph Quick | 18 Apr 2020 | 
          
            | Yielding slightly to a gentle squeeze, as a peach | USA Today | 15 Apr 2020 | 
          
            | Like avocados ready for guacamole | The Washington Post | 10 Mar 2020 | 
          
            | Like avocados ready for guacamole | LA Times Daily | 10 Mar 2020 | 
          
            | Humming part of hornpipe pirates recalled | The Telegraph Toughie | 06 Mar 2020 | 
          
            | As good as it's going to get? |  |  | 
          
            | As good as it's going to get? | New York Times | 13 Feb 2020 | 
          
            | Harvest-ready |  |  | 
          
            | Ready for plucking |  |  | 
          
            | Ready for picking | Wall Street Journal | 03 Feb 2020 | 
          
            | Fully matured | USA Today | 31 Dec 2019 | 
          
            | Harvestable | Premier Sunday | 29 Dec 2019 | 
          
            | In season | Premier Sunday | 24 Nov 2019 | 
          
            | Ready in the field | LA Times Daily | 17 Nov 2019 | 
          
            | Ready in the field | The Washington Post | 17 Nov 2019 | 
          
            | Ready to get picked | USA Today | 16 Nov 2019 | 
          
            | Ready for plucking |  |  | 
          
            | Ready for plucking | USA Today | 09 Nov 2019 | 
          
            | Prime for picking | USA Today | 07 Nov 2019 | 
          
            | Mature | Eugene Sheffer | 01 Nov 2019 | 
          
            | Ready for picking |  |  | 
          
            | No longer green, say | New York Times | 06 Oct 2019 | 
          
            | No longer green, say |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to be consumed, as a fruit |  |  | 
          
            | Mature fruit |  |  | 
          
            | Ready for picking | Universal | 22 Aug 2019 | 
          
            | Ready, remove first from trash |  |  | 
          
            | Fully developed | Thomas Joseph | 09 Aug 2019 | 
          
            | Like fruit that's ready to be picked | Family Time | 15 Jul 2019 | 
          
            | Due for harvesting | Wall Street Journal | 01 Jun 2019 | 
          
            | Ready for reaping | Newsday | 24 May 2019 | 
          
            | Like a yellow banana | Universal | 18 May 2019 | 
          
            | Ready to eat | Jonesin | 14 May 2019 | 
          
            | Ready for harvesting | Newsday | 05 May 2019 | 
          
            | Like yellow bananas | The Washington Post | 18 Apr 2019 | 
          
            | Like yellow bananas | LA Times Daily | 18 Apr 2019 | 
          
            | Fully developed | The Washington Post Sunday | 07 Apr 2019 | 
          
            | Included by retrograde software pirates - the mature variety | Irish Times Crosaire | 05 Apr 2019 | 
          
            | Red, perhaps | Thomas Joseph | 14 Mar 2019 | 
          
            | Ready for picking |  |  | 
          
            | Ready for harvesting | The Washington Post | 19 Feb 2019 | 
          
            | Ready for harvesting | LA Times Daily | 19 Feb 2019 | 
          
            | Ready to pick | USA Today | 08 Feb 2019 | 
          
            | Ready for plucking |  |  | 
          
            | Begging to be picked | LA Times Daily | 26 Jan 2019 | 
          
            | Begging to be picked | The Washington Post | 26 Jan 2019 | 
          
            | Bright and evenly colored, for dragon fruit | Jonesin | 15 Jan 2019 | 
          
            | Smelly | New York Times | 13 Jan 2019 | 
          
            | Ready to harvest |  |  | 
          
            | Ready for picking |  |  | 
          
            | Prime for picking |  |  | 
          
            | Due for harvesting |  |  | 
          
            | Ready for picking |  |  | 
          
            | Ready for harvesting |  |  | 
          
            | Like a yellow banana |  |  | 
          
            | Like yellow bananas |  |  | 
          
            | Smelly |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to pick |  |  | 
          
            | Begging to be picked |  |  | 
          
            | Red, perhaps | New York Times | 26 Dec 2018 | 
          
            | Like thumped watermelons making a deep sound | New York Times | 17 Dec 2018 | 
          
            | Fruit fit for picking |  |  | 
          
            | Like ready fruit | Universal | 09 Dec 2018 | 
          
            | Ready for the picking | USA Today | 02 Nov 2018 | 
          
            | Ready to drop off the vine | Family Time | 29 Oct 2018 | 
          
            | Like full-grown Empires | The Washington Post Sunday | 21 Oct 2018 | 
          
            | Like a fruit that's ready to be eaten |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to eat | Wall Street Journal | 29 Sep 2018 | 
          
            | Grave message close to charcuterie: 'Ready to eat' | The Telegraph Cryptic | 29 Sep 2018 | 
          
            | Smelly | LA Times Daily | 23 Sep 2018 | 
          
            | Smelly | The Washington Post | 23 Sep 2018 | 
          
            | Harvestable | Universal | 23 Sep 2018 | 
          
            | Fit for harvesting | The Washington Post | 15 Sep 2018 | 
          
            | Fit for harvesting | LA Times Daily | 15 Sep 2018 | 
          
            | Stomach lining not initially ready for eating | The Sun Two Speed | 14 Sep 2018 | 
          
            | Ready to complain if starter's not included | The Telegraph Cryptic | 11 Sep 2018 | 
          
            | As good as it gets | Newsday | 25 Aug 2018 | 
          
            | Opportune | New York Times | 27 Jul 2018 | 
          
            | Like a yellow banana | USA Today | 26 Jul 2018 | 
          
            | Mature | New York Times | 22 Jul 2018 | 
          
            | Ready to pick | The Washington Post | 08 Jul 2018 | 
          
            | Ready to pick | LA Times Daily | 08 Jul 2018 | 
          
            | Like a black blackberry | The New Yorker | 02 Jul 2018 | 
          
            | Like a soft persimmon | USA Today | 22 Jun 2018 | 
          
            | Ready for plucking |  |  | 
          
            | Now suitable for eating | Newsday | 17 May 2018 | 
          
            | Fruits that are ready for plucking |  |  | 
          
            | Harvest-ready | Wall Street Journal | 01 May 2018 | 
          
            | Mature | The New Yorker | 30 Apr 2018 | 
          
            | Ready on the vine | LA Times Daily | 30 Apr 2018 | 
          
            | Ready on the vine | The Washington Post | 30 Apr 2018 | 
          
            | Advanced, as old age | The Washington Post | 15 Apr 2018 | 
          
            | Advanced, as old age | LA Times Daily | 15 Apr 2018 | 
          
            | Ready ... or red, maybe | New York Times | 25 Mar 2018 | 
          
            | Ready to complain having missed starter | The Telegraph Toughie | 21 Mar 2018 | 
          
            | 5 across is partly ready |  |  | 
          
            | Ready for picking | The Times Concise | 16 Mar 2018 | 
          
            | . Message for those who're late — Everything's starting to get finished! |  |  | 
          
            | Unlike a green banana | USA Today | 01 Mar 2018 | 
          
            | Completely red, as a raspberry | Family Time | 19 Feb 2018 | 
          
            | Having a foul 11-Down | USA Today | 05 Feb 2018 | 
          
            | No longer needing the vine | Universal | 27 Jan 2018 | 
          
            | Harvest-ready | The Washington Post | 26 Jan 2018 | 
          
            | Harvest-ready | LA Times Daily | 26 Jan 2018 | 
          
            | Ready for harvest | The Telegraph Quick | 16 Jan 2018 | 
          
            | Beef not good that's finished | The Telegraph Toughie | 16 Jan 2018 | 
          
            | Mature, in a way | The Washington Post Sunday | 14 Jan 2018 | 
          
            | Stinky | Wall Street Journal | 10 Jan 2018 | 
          
            | Like ready fruit |  |  | 
          
            | Harvest-ready |  |  | 
          
            | Like a yellow banana |  |  | 
          
            | Harvest-ready |  |  | 
          
            | Fit for harvesting |  |  | 
          
            | Advanced, as old age |  |  | 
          
            | Like a soft persimmon |  |  | 
          
            | Ready for the picking |  |  | 
          
            | Having a foul 11-Down |  |  | 
          
            | Unlike a green banana |  |  | 
          
            | Red, perhaps |  |  | 
          
            | Harvestable |  |  | 
          
            | Ready on the vine |  |  | 
          
            | Like thumped watermelons making a deep sound |  |  | 
          
            | Mature |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to pick |  |  | 
          
            | No longer needing the vine |  |  | 
          
            | Opportune |  |  | 
          
            | Smelly |  |  | 
          
            | Ready ... or red, maybe |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to eat |  |  | 
          
            | Opportune |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to harvest | Universal | 30 Dec 2017 | 
          
            | Ready for harvesting | USA Today | 29 Dec 2017 | 
          
            | Ready for harvest | Eugene Sheffer | 26 Dec 2017 | 
          
            | Having sat in the locker room way too long | New York Times | 21 Dec 2017 | 
          
            | . Seasoned beef not good |  |  | 
          
            | Opportune | Newsday | 14 Oct 2017 | 
          
            | Ready (for) | New York Times | 13 Oct 2017 | 
          
            | Like orange or red persimmons | The Washington Post | 04 Oct 2017 | 
          
            | Like orange or red persimmons | LA Times Daily | 04 Oct 2017 | 
          
            | Ready for picking | Newsday | 01 Oct 2017 | 
          
            | Ready for picking | The Washington Post | 26 Sep 2017 | 
          
            | Ready for picking | LA Times Daily | 26 Sep 2017 | 
          
            | Yellow, as a banana |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to pick off the vine | Family Time | 11 Jun 2017 | 
          
            | Ready for picking | Thomas Joseph | 31 May 2017 | 
          
            | Ready for the reaper | USA Today | 10 Apr 2017 | 
          
            | Ready to complain once head of government's left |  |  | 
          
            | Prime for picking | The Washington Post | 28 Mar 2017 | 
          
            | Prime for picking | LA Times Daily | 28 Mar 2017 | 
          
            | Like yellow bananas | USA Today | 27 Mar 2017 | 
          
            | Really smelly | Wall Street Journal | 25 Mar 2017 | 
          
            | Ready to be picked | USA Today | 22 Mar 2017 | 
          
            | Well positioned (for) | New York Times | 22 Mar 2017 | 
          
            | Stinky | New York Times | 05 Mar 2017 | 
          
            | Ready to pluck | USA Today | 23 Jan 2017 | 
          
            | Mature | Canadiana | 16 Jan 2017 | 
          
            | Fully mature | Premier Sunday | 08 Jan 2017 | 
          
            | Opportune | The Washington Post | 05 Jan 2017 | 
          
            | Ready for picking |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to be picked |  |  | 
          
            | Like orange or red persimmons |  |  | 
          
            | Ready for harvesting |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to harvest |  |  | 
          
            | Having sat in the locker room way too long |  |  | 
          
            | Ready (for) |  |  | 
          
            | Stinky |  |  | 
          
            | Well positioned (for) |  |  | 
          
            | Prime for picking |  |  | 
          
            | Ready for the reaper |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to get picked | Universal | 06 Dec 2016 | 
          
            | Unlike green tomatoes | LA Times Daily | 05 Dec 2016 | 
          
            | Propitious | Newsday | 25 Nov 2016 | 
          
            | Like yellow 17-Acrosses | New York Times | 16 Nov 2016 | 
          
            | Fully matured | Newsday | 10 Nov 2016 | 
          
            | Ready for harvest | USA Today | 23 Oct 2016 | 
          
            | Fit for picking | Universal | 31 Aug 2016 | 
          
            | With a bit of raspberry, pie can be made ready to eat |  |  | 
          
            | Ready | New York Times | 30 Jul 2016 | 
          
            | Fit for pickin' | Universal | 07 Jul 2016 | 
          
            | Yellow, as a banana | Jonesin | 07 Jun 2016 | 
          
            | Ready to pluck | Universal | 09 May 2016 | 
          
            | Mature to split with sweetheart? | The Telegraph Cryptic | 17 Mar 2016 | 
          
            | Ready to be picked | Universal | 14 Feb 2016 | 
          
            | Ready to be eaten | The Telegraph Quick | 14 Jan 2016 | 
          
            | With 26 Down, tapenade ingredient | Newsday | 09 Jan 2016 | 
          
            | Ready to pick |  |  | 
          
            | Ready |  |  | 
          
            | Like yellow 17-Acrosses |  |  | 
          
            | Fit for pickin' |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to be picked |  |  | 
          
            | Ready for plucking |  |  | 
          
            | Ready for harvest |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to get picked |  |  | 
          
            | Fully grown | Jonesin | 29 Dec 2015 | 
          
            | Perfect for picking | Universal | 10 Dec 2015 | 
          
            | Fully matured | The Sun Two Speed | 21 Nov 2015 | 
          
            | Ready to complain if there's no starter | The Sun Two Speed | 21 Nov 2015 | 
          
            | Ready for harvest | Universal | 09 Nov 2015 | 
          
            | Seasoned beef not the starter |  |  | 
          
            | Sticker word on an avocado, maybe | Jonesin | 20 Oct 2015 | 
          
            | Ready for harvesting | The Times Concise | 05 Oct 2015 | 
          
            | Ready to eat | LA Times Daily | 27 Sep 2015 | 
          
            | At the fitting stage | Newsday | 08 Aug 2015 | 
          
            | Ready for harvesting | The Chronicle of Higher Education | 07 Aug 2015 | 
          
            | Preceder of old age? | LA Times Daily | 02 Apr 2015 | 
          
            | Ready for the picking | Eugene Sheffer | 24 Mar 2015 | 
          
            | Ready for picking | Family Time | 23 Feb 2015 | 
          
            | Auspicious | Newsday | 24 Jan 2015 | 
          
            | Old age preceder? | Universal | 21 Jan 2015 | 
          
            | Preceder of old age? |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to eat |  |  | 
          
            | Ready for harvesting |  |  | 
          
            | Ready for picking |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to pick |  |  | 
          
            | Preceder of old age? |  |  | 
          
            | Auspicious |  |  | 
          
            | Ready for harvest |  |  | 
          
            | Ready for picking |  |  | 
          
            | At the fitting stage |  |  | 
          
            | Pluck-worthy |  |  | 
          
            | Ready for harvest |  |  | 
          
            | Perfect for plucking |  |  | 
          
            | Rocker ready for the big time |  |  | 
          
            | Old age preceder? |  |  | 
          
            | Perfect for picking |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to harvest |  |  | 
          
            | Ready for farewell at the end |  |  | 
          
            | Right before pie is cut up and ready for consumption |  |  | 
          
            | Rhubarb not initially ready for eating |  |  | 
          
            | Opportune |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to be harvested |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to be harvested |  |  | 
          
            | Prime for picking |  |  | 
          
            | Opportune |  |  | 
          
            | Like old age? |  |  | 
          
            | Offensive-smelling |  |  | 
          
            | Pickable |  |  | 
          
            | Like a red tomato |  |  | 
          
            | Ready |  |  | 
          
            | Like some bananas |  |  | 
          
            | Fit for picking |  |  | 
          
            | Ready for harvesting |  |  | 
          
            | No longer green, perhaps |  |  | 
          
            | Like a red tomato |  |  | 
          
            | No longer green |  |  | 
          
            | Fully prepared |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to be harvested |  |  | 
          
            | Mature |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to eat |  |  | 
          
            | Finished growing on the vine |  |  | 
          
            | Fully grown |  |  | 
          
            | Harvest-ready |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to pluck |  |  | 
          
            | Strong-smelling, say |  |  | 
          
            | Pickable Ben Lee song? |  |  | 
          
            | Like yellow bananas |  |  | 
          
            | Mature |  |  | 
          
            | Very pluckable |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to eat, say |  |  | 
          
            | No longer green? |  |  | 
          
            | Stinking |  |  | 
          
            | Odoriferous, say |  |  | 
          
            | Mature |  |  | 
          
            | Mature on the vine |  |  | 
          
            | Mature, as fruit |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to eat |  |  | 
          
            | After starter's put away, beef's |  |  | 
          
            | Ready for the picking |  |  | 
          
            | Matured |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to pick |  |  | 
          
            | Ready |  |  | 
          
            | Like old age? |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to eat, as fruit |  |  | 
          
            | Finally edible |  |  | 
          
            | Fit for picking |  |  | 
          
            | Prime for picking |  |  | 
          
            | Like a golden papaya |  |  | 
          
            | Red, as an apple |  |  | 
          
            | Like old age? |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to pluck |  |  | 
          
            | Like a soft avocado |  |  | 
          
            | Somewhat smelly |  |  | 
          
            | With 120- and 86-Down, what centenarians live to |  |  | 
          
            | Yellow, as a banana | New York Times | 31 Oct 2011 | 
          
            | Auspicious |  |  | 
          
            | Green's opposite |  |  | 
          
            | Harvest-ready |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to be picked |  |  | 
          
            | Sufficiently aged |  |  | 
          
            | Ready for the picking |  |  | 
          
            | Red, perhaps |  |  | 
          
            | Ready now |  |  | 
          
            | Red, perhaps |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to eat |  |  | 
          
            | Yellow, as a banana |  |  | 
          
            | Very pluckable |  |  | 
          
            | At fruition |  |  | 
          
            | Mellow |  |  | 
          
            | Band ready for the big time |  |  | 
          
            | Ready for the picking |  |  | 
          
            | Ready for picking |  |  | 
          
            | Good and juicy |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to pluck |  |  | 
          
            | Fully red, as a raspberry |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to pick |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to pluck |  |  | 
          
            | Perfect for plucking |  |  | 
          
            | Ready enough |  |  | 
          
            | Really smelly |  |  | 
          
            | Full-fledged |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to eat, as fruit |  |  | 
          
            | Really smelly |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to eat |  |  | 
          
            | Finished growing on the vine |  |  | 
          
            | Like yellow bananas |  |  | 
          
            | Mature |  |  | 
          
            | Like yellow bananas |  |  | 
          
            | Smelly, as post-workout clothes |  |  | 
          
            | Like many old gym socks |  |  | 
          
            | Like a black olive |  |  | 
          
            | Like unwashed gym clothes |  |  | 
          
            | Old age preceder? |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to be plucked |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to reap |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to be harvested |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to eat |  |  | 
          
            | Between green and black, maybe |  |  | 
          
            | Ready for harvest |  |  | 
          
            | Between green and black, say |  |  | 
          
            | About to be picked |  |  | 
          
            | At fruition |  |  | 
          
            | Entirely edible |  |  | 
          
            | Like black olives |  |  | 
          
            | Good and juicy |  |  | 
          
            | Harvest-ready |  |  | 
          
            | Ready |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to eat |  |  | 
          
            | Stinking |  |  | 
          
            | Rather smelly |  |  | 
          
            | Stinky, as gym clothes |  |  | 
          
            | Opportune |  |  | 
          
            | Ready for picking |  |  | 
          
            | Ready for picking |  |  | 
          
            | Between green and black, maybe |  |  | 
          
            | Fully ready |  |  | 
          
            | Opportune |  |  | 
          
            | Stinky |  |  | 
          
            | Like a black blackberry |  |  | 
          
            | Good enough to eat |  |  | 
          
            | Pluckable |  |  | 
          
            | Mature |  |  | 
          
            | Stinky |  |  | 
          
            | Like a black olive |  |  | 
          
            | Juicy, perhaps |  |  | 
          
            | Fully developed |  |  | 
          
            | Stinking |  |  | 
          
            | Fully grown |  |  | 
          
            | Opportune |  |  | 
          
            | Fully grown |  |  | 
          
            | Suitable for picking |  |  | 
          
            | Like edible fruit |  |  | 
          
            | It may precede old age |  |  | 
          
            | Properly aged |  |  | 
          
            | Red, in many cases |  |  | 
          
            | Opportune |  |  | 
          
            | Fit for picking |  |  | 
          
            | Fully mature |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to pluck |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to eat |  |  | 
          
            | Mature |  |  | 
          
            | Mature enough to harvest |  |  | 
          
            | Ready for plucking |  |  | 
          
            | Fully developed |  |  | 
          
            | Ready on the vine |  |  | 
          
            | Ready for the pickin' |  |  | 
          
            | Fully matured |  |  | 
          
            | Red, maybe |  |  | 
          
            | Suitable |  |  | 
          
            | Mellow |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to retrieve |  |  | 
          
            | Red, in many cases |  |  | 
          
            | Opportune |  |  | 
          
            | Fit for picking |  |  | 
          
            | Properly aged |  |  | 
          
            | Ready for picking |  |  | 
          
            | Pickable |  |  | 
          
            | Auspicious, as time |  |  | 
          
            | Fit for picking |  |  | 
          
            | No longer green |  |  | 
          
            | Fully aged |  |  | 
          
            | No longer green |  |  | 
          
            | Perfect for picking |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to be plucked |  |  | 
          
            | Ready for plucking |  |  | 
          
            | Pickable |  |  | 
          
            | "Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ___" (Joel) |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to be picked |  |  | 
          
            | Like old age? |  |  | 
          
            | Harvest-ready |  |  | 
          
            | Smelly |  |  | 
          
            | Good enough to eat, in a way |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to be eaten |  |  | 
          
            | Opportune |  |  | 
          
            | No longer green |  |  | 
          
            | Ready for the farm stand |  |  | 
          
            | Pickable |  |  | 
          
            | "Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ___" (Job 13:13) |  |  | 
          
            | Good to taste, or bad to smell |  |  | 
          
            | Like a yellow banana |  |  | 
          
            | Stinky |  |  | 
          
            | Finally good enough to eat |  |  | 
          
            | It may precede old age |  |  | 
          
            | Seasoned |  |  | 
          
            | Ready for plucking |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to eat |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to eat |  |  | 
          
            | Ready |  |  | 
          
            | Good enough to eat |  |  | 
          
            | Auspicious |  |  | 
          
            | Not green |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to eat |  |  | 
          
            | Ready for plucking |  |  | 
          
            | All set to eat |  |  | 
          
            | Foul-smelling |  |  | 
          
            | Ready for reaping |  |  | 
          
            | Mellow |  |  | 
          
            | Auspicious |  |  | 
          
            | Fully grown |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to eat |  |  | 
          
            | Ready-to-eat |  |  | 
          
            | Ready for reaping |  |  | 
          
            | Mature |  |  | 
          
            | Red, as an apple |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to reap |  |  | 
          
            | Ready for the harvest |  |  | 
          
            | At its best |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to pluck |  |  | 
          
            | Red, maybe |  |  | 
          
            | It may precede old age |  |  | 
          
            | Fully prepared (for) |  |  | 
          
            | Ready for reaping |  |  | 
          
            | Mature |  |  | 
          
            | Mature |  |  | 
          
            | At its peak |  |  | 
          
            | Fully developed |  |  | 
          
            | Mellow, as cheese |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to reap |  |  | 
          
            | Ready for the harvest |  |  | 
          
            | Ready for plucking |  |  | 
          
            | Pluckable |  |  | 
          
            | Fully developed |  |  | 
          
            | Like overused gym clothes |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to pluck |  |  | 
          
            | Fully developed |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to eat |  |  | 
          
            | Foul-smelling |  |  | 
          
            | In one's prime |  |  | 
          
            | Experienced |  |  | 
          
            | Very pluckable |  |  | 
          
            | About to be picked |  |  | 
          
            | Like a yellow banana |  |  | 
          
            | Ready for plucking |  |  | 
          
            | Ready for plucking |  |  | 
          
            | Perfect for picking |  |  | 
          
            | Ready for collection |  |  | 
          
            | Ready |  |  | 
          
            | Ready |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to pluck |  |  | 
          
            | Pickable |  |  | 
          
            | Mellow |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to be picked |  |  | 
          
            | At fruition |  |  | 
          
            | Ready for plucking |  |  | 
          
            | Full-fledged |  |  | 
          
            | Ready for harvest |  |  | 
          
            | Far enough along |  |  | 
          
            | Mature |  |  | 
          
            | Mellow |  |  | 
          
            | Fully matured |  |  | 
          
            | Harvest ready |  |  | 
          
            | Pluckable |  |  | 
          
            | Plump and juicy |  |  | 
          
            | Pluckable |  |  | 
          
            | Ready for use |  |  | 
          
            | Matured |  |  | 
          
            | Ready for the cotton picker |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to pick |  |  | 
          
            | Properly aged |  |  | 
          
            | Ready for harvest |  |  | 
          
            | Ready for the pickin' |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to pluck |  |  | 
          
            | In one's prime |  |  | 
          
            | Ready for harvest |  |  | 
          
            | Good enough to eat |  |  | 
          
            | Quite ready |  |  | 
          
            | Auspicious |  |  | 
          
            | "Cherry ___," Herrick poem |  |  | 
          
            | Mellow |  |  | 
          
            | Timely |  |  | 
          
            | Herrick's "Cherry ___" |  |  | 
          
            | "Cherry-___," Herrick poem |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to be plucked |  |  | 
          
            | An adjective for old age |  |  | 
          
            | What the time is, at times |  |  | 
          
            | Herrick's "Cherry-___" |  |  | 
          
            | Ready for use |  |  | 
          
            | No longer green |  |  | 
          
            | Fully prepared |  |  | 
          
            | Not green |  |  | 
          
            | Ready for reaping |  |  | 
          
            | Ready for the reaper |  |  | 
          
            | Ready for harvesting |  |  | 
          
            | Ready for the harvest |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to be eaten |  |  | 
          
            | Fully grown |  |  | 
          
            | "Cherry ___," poem by Herrick |  |  | 
          
            | Suitable for plucking |  |  | 
          
            | Full-blown |  |  | 
          
            | Developed |  |  | 
          
            | In season |  |  | 
          
            | Consummate |  |  | 
          
            | Ready for action |  |  | 
          
            | Stinky |  |  | 
          
            | In season. |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to be eaten |  |  | 
          
            | Nubile, in a way |  |  | 
          
            | Fully prepared. |  |  | 
          
            | Perfected. |  |  | 
          
            | Ready. |  |  | 
          
            | ___ olives. |  |  | 
          
            | Ready |  |  | 
          
            | ___ for picking. |  |  | 
          
            | Ready for action. |  |  | 
          
            | Ready for use. |  |  | 
          
            | Ready for plucking. |  |  | 
          
            | Ready for reaping. |  |  | 
          
            | Ready for picking. |  |  | 
          
            | Advanced in years. |  |  | 
          
            | Kind of old age. |  |  | 
          
            | A kind of old age. |  |  | 
          
            | Edible. |  |  | 
          
            | Certain olives |  |  | 
          
            | Consummate. |  |  | 
          
            | Ready for eating. |  |  | 
          
            | Ready for gathering. |  |  | 
          
            | Opportune. |  |  | 
          
            | Ready for harvest. |  |  | 
          
            | Ready to eat. |  |  | 
          
            | Sufficiently advanced. |  |  | 
          
            | Full-blown. |  |  | 
          
            | Mature. |  |  | 
          
            | Herrick's "Cherry ___." |  |  | 
          
            | Full-grown. |  |  | 
          
            | Mellow. |  |  | 
          
            | Suitable for picking |  |  |