A very old blighter, round for fruit Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% AVOCADO A very old blighter, round for fruit (7) The Times Cryptic Dec 6, 2021
6% METHUSELAH Very old patriarch (10) The Telegraph Quick Nov 22, 2025
6% LIVE Fruit, not round as it happens (4) The Telegraph Cryptic Nov 21, 2025
6% ANCIENT Very old (7) The Telegraph Quick Nov 11, 2025
6% OLIVE Fruit that's round, as it happens (5) (5) Mirror Cryptic Nov 1, 2025
6% ARCHAIC Very old (7) LA Times Daily Sep 10, 2025
5% PREACH Evangelise when fruit found round river (6) (6) Puzzler Cryptic Nov 28, 2025
5% FLY Fruit pest (3)
5% TANGELOS Hybrid fruits (8) Eugene Sheffer Nov 21, 2025
5% ULTRA Very, very (5) New York Times Nov 20, 2025

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