Chinese fruit with a soft but inedible covering (shortest of various spellings) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Chinese fruit with a soft but inedible covering (shortest of various spellings) last seen in Times Specialist Sunday puzzle. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 5 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is LICHI.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% LICHI Chinese fruit with a soft but inedible covering (shortest of various spellings) (5) The Times Specialist Sunday Apr 19, 2020
5% PEACH Soft fruit (5) The Telegraph Plusword Jun 26, 2026
4% EMU Flightless bird that is covered in soft feathers (3)
4% APPLE Drink containing very soft fruit (5) (5) Puzzler Cryptic Aug 18, 2026
4% FLUFF Soft down (5) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Aug 16, 2026
4% ACAI Fruit whose name can be spelled with a cedilla (4) The Atlantic Aug 14, 2026
4% MIST Soft drizzle (4) Commuter Aug 13, 2026
4% SLUMP Dry spell (5) USA Today Aug 12, 2026
4% NECTARINE Fruit (9) The Telegraph Quick Aug 10, 2026
4% EFFETE Soft and weak (6) Eugene Sheffer Aug 10, 2026

Last appeared together with the following clues in Times Specialist Sunday puzzle

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