Southern fruit not used for flavouring (9) Crossword Clue

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Here is the answer for the crossword clue Southern fruit not used for flavouring (9) last seen in Guardian Cryptic 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 9 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is SPEARMINT.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% SPEARMINT Southern fruit not used for flavouring (9) (9) The Guardian Cryptic Nov 20, 2025
10% SLOE Fruit used to flavour gin (4) The Telegraph Mini Oct 9, 2026
8% DIXIE The southern states of the US (5) The Telegraph Plusword Sep 18, 2026
7% ALMOND Marzipan flavour (6) (6) Mirror Quick Nov 3, 2026
7% YALL Southern pronoun (4) Eugene Sheffer Oct 31, 2026
7% TANG Distinctive flavour (4) Puzzler Backwords Oct 26, 2026
7% VANILLA Bean used to flavour ice cream (7) Puzzler Backwords Oct 17, 2026
7% GEORGIAN From a southern US state or a former Soviet republic (8) The Times Concise Oct 15, 2026
7% SLOES Fruits used in 46-Down (5) Universal Oct 14, 2026
7% HERB Food flavourer (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Oct 10, 2026

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Southern fruit not used for flavouring (9) Crossword Clue
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