| More mellow |
Premier Sunday |
26 Apr 2026 |
| Readier to eat, as fruit |
Commuter |
23 Apr 2026 |
| More mature one training at school between runs |
The Times Cryptic |
11 Mar 2026 |
| Not as green, maybe |
Thomas Joseph |
21 Jan 2026 |
| Leaving less of a bad taste, maybe |
LA Times Daily |
09 Jan 2026 |
| More edible, perhaps |
LA Times Daily |
10 Dec 2025 |
| More mature |
The Telegraph Mini |
27 Nov 2025 |
| More mature Druid poetry regularly ignored (5) |
The Guardian Quick Cryptic |
04 Oct 2025 |
| More mature |
Eugene Sheffer |
15 Aug 2025 |
| Being more mature in a career, I persevere (5) |
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| Closer to being picked |
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| More mature epitaph for US TV show? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
18 Jun 2025 |
| More mature (5) |
The Guardian Quick |
17 Jun 2025 |
| Nearer to harvest-ready (5) |
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| Queen, after split, was more mature (5) |
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| More mature |
New York Times |
13 Apr 2025 |
| More mellow, as a fruit |
Premier Sunday |
05 Jan 2025 |
| Less green, as bananas |
Newsday |
29 Dec 2024 |
| Perhaps smellier, for a cheese |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
26 Nov 2024 |
| More mature, more mellow (5) |
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| Pier put out right where it's more mature (5) |
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| Nearer ready for eating (5) |
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| Less green, as bananas |
Newsday |
20 Oct 2024 |
| More mature, fruit |
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| More mature redhead seen on rotten pier (5) |
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| Rent about to go up is more suitable for consumer? |
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| Closer to picking-time |
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| Further matured (5) |
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| More ready to harvest |
Newsday |
05 Aug 2024 |
| Closer to being ready |
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| More fit for harvesting |
Newsday |
26 Mar 2024 |
| More suitable for picking |
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| More fully developed |
Commuter |
02 Feb 2024 |
| More mature message mourning late monarch |
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| More perfect for picking, perhaps |
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| Less green (fruit) |
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| ___ years (old age) |
New York Times |
12 Nov 2023 |
| Like a yellow banana vis-à-vis a green one |
New York Times |
28 Aug 2023 |
| Less green, as a banana |
New York Times |
16 Aug 2023 |
| More mature |
Newsday |
13 Aug 2023 |
| More mature |
New York Times |
14 Jun 2023 |
| Readier for picking |
USA Today |
01 May 2023 |
| Closer to being ready to pick |
USA Today |
05 Apr 2023 |
| Less green, maybe |
Wall Street Journal |
06 Aug 2022 |
| Closer to being edible |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Mar 2022 |
| More mature |
The Guardian Quick |
31 Jan 2022 |
| More fully developed |
The Guardian Quick |
20 Dec 2021 |
| Closer to maturity |
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| Closer to maturity |
LA Times Daily |
09 Aug 2021 |
| Redder, perhaps |
LA Times Daily |
28 Feb 2021 |
| Redder, perhaps |
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| More harvest-ready |
USA Today |
11 Jan 2021 |
| More ready to eat |
USA Today |
02 Oct 2020 |
| More fit for harvesting |
Newsday |
14 Sep 2020 |
| More yellow, but not yet brown, say |
New York Times |
19 Apr 2020 |
| Less green, say |
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| Not as green |
LA Times Daily |
19 Jan 2020 |
| Not as green |
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| More mature |
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| Tear wrapping from éclair that's readier to eat |
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| Grave message supported by queen that's more mature |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
01 Oct 2019 |
| Tenderer, maybe |
New York Times |
21 Sep 2019 |
| More mature half-hearted serial killer |
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| Less green, perhaps |
New York Times |
19 Jun 2019 |
| Closer to being harvested |
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| Closer to being harvested |
LA Times Daily |
02 Apr 2019 |
| More harvestable |
The Telegraph Quick |
16 Mar 2019 |
| Complainer not good, readier to pick |
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| Less green, perhaps |
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| Tenderer, maybe |
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| Closer to being harvested |
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| Nearer to maturity |
USA Today |
22 Oct 2018 |
| More pickable |
Universal |
26 Jul 2018 |
| More ready to pick |
The Times Concise |
06 Jul 2018 |
| More mature |
Eugene Sheffer |
27 Apr 2018 |
| Readier for harvesting |
USA Today |
20 Jan 2018 |
| Closer to pluck-worthy |
Universal |
14 Jan 2018 |
| Readier for harvesting |
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| Closer to pluck-worthy |
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| More pickable |
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| Nearer to maturity |
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| Closer to its prime |
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| Not so green |
USA Today |
06 Sep 2017 |
| Juicier, as a pear |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Apr 2017 |
| Repairmen name-dropping - no chance it's Green is it? |
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| Readier for eating |
Thomas Joseph |
30 Jan 2017 |
| Closer to its prime |
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| Not so green |
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| More ready, in a way |
LA Times Daily |
05 Nov 2016 |
| Closer to fruition |
Newsday |
22 Sep 2016 |
| More ready to be picked |
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| Readier to pick |
USA Today |
02 Aug 2016 |
| Readier to pick |
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| More mature Government will avoid complaint, right? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
16 Apr 2015 |
| Closer to fruition |
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| Not so green |
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| More apt to be picked |
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| Redder, as a tomato |
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| Relatively ready |
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| Not as green |
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| More red, as a tomato |
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| Less green, perhaps |
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| More suitable for eating, perhaps |
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| Softer, as a banana |
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| Yellower, as a banana |
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| More mature |
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| More red, as a tomato |
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| Not as immature |
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| More fleshy, perhaps |
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| More fleshy, perhaps |
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| Closer to fruition |
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| More mature |
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| Not as green, perhaps |
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| More apt to be picked |
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| Not as green |
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| Not as green |
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| More red, maybe |
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| More mature |
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| More mature |
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| Closer to maturity |
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| Like red peppers, vis-à-vis green ones |
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| Like red peppers, vis- -vis green ones |
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| More aged |
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| More advanced, in a way |
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| More advanced, in a way |
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| More mature |
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| More auspicious |
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| Not as green |
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| Not so green |
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| Less green, perhaps |
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| Not so green |
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| More mellow |
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| Less green |
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| Redder, as a tomato |
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| Closer to its prime |
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| More mature |
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| More aged |
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| Less green, as fruit |
|
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| More developed |
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| More ready to pick |
|
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| More mature |
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| More mature |
|
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| Not so green |
|
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| More mellow |
|
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| More edible, as a fruit |
|
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| More suitable |
|
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| More ready to pick |
|
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| More mature |
|
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| More fully developed |
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| Less firm, maybe |
|
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| More developed |
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| More ready |
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| Not so green |
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| More mellow |
|
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| More fully developed |
|
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| Less green |
|
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| More mellowed |
|
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| More aged, as cheese |
|
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| More mature |
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| More mellow |
|
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| More developed |
|
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| Closer to maturity |
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| Less green |
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| Redder, perhaps |
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| More auspicious |
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| Not so callow |
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| More developed |
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| Mellower. |
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| More mature. |
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| Almost ready for plucking. |
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| More full blown. |
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| Redder. |
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| Approaching maturity. |
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| Fuller, richer. |
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| More mellow. |
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