| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| RIPER | Redder, as a tomato |
| RIPEN | Turn red, as a tomato |
| RIPER | More red, as a tomato |
| STAKED | Supported, as a tomato plant |
| suckers | A side shoot from an axillary bud, as in tomato plants |
| aspics | similar jelly made with spiced tomato juice and gelatin, served as a salad |
| aspic | similar jelly made with spiced tomato juice and gelatin, served as a salad |
| berries | simple fruit (as a grape, blueberry, tomato, or cucumber) with a pulpy or fleshy pericarp |
