Answer: riper

AnswerCrossword Clue
RIPERMore suitable
RIPERMellower.
RIPERMore mellow.
RIPERFuller, richer.
RIPERApproaching maturity.
RIPERMore mature.
RIPERRedder.
RIPERMore full blown.
RIPERAlmost ready for plucking.
RIPERNot so callow
RIPERMore aged
RIPERRedder, perhaps
RIPERMore ready
RIPERMore auspicious
RIPERCloser to its prime
RIPERRedder, as a tomato
RIPERMore red, maybe
RIPERMore red, as a tomato
RIPERRelatively ready
RIPERYellower, as a banana
RIPERSofter, as a banana
RIPERReadier to pick
riperready
riperone who robs (to steal (to take by theft))
riperfully developed; mature
RIPERMore suitable for eating, perhaps
RIPERMore ready to pick
RIPERNot so green
RIPERMore advanced, in a way
RIPERLike red peppers, vis- -vis green ones
RIPERNot as green
RIPERMore apt to be picked
RIPERMore fleshy, perhaps
RIPERMore mellow
RIPERMore edible, as a fruit
RIPERNot as immature
RIPERLess green, perhaps
RIPERMore mature
RIPERLess green
RIPERMore fully developed