| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| CORED | Like a baked apple |
| TART | Like a crab apple |
| BAD | Like a rotten apple |
| WORMY | Like a bad apple |
| MEALY | Like a bad apple |
| OVERRIPE | Like a rotten apple |
| ROTTEN | Like a bad apple |
| SOUR | Like a crab apple |
| WORMRIDDEN | Like a bad apple |
| BAD | Like a bunch-spoiling apple |
| WORMY | Like a bad apple, perhaps |
| TART | Like a Granny Smith apple |
| OVATE | Shaped like a May apple |
| MEALIER | More like a disgusting gross apple |
| AMERICAN | Like apple pie, in a saying |
| POISONED | Like a certain fairy tale apple |
| SEEDIER | Like a strawberry compared to an apple |
| CRISP | Like autumn air or a fresh apple |
