The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word GOOSEBERRY which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 1988.
Fruit for a fool? crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| GOOSEBERRY | 100 % | 10 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Fruit for a fool?
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Crossword Answer definitions
GOOSEBERRY noun- A fruit, Ribes uva-crispa, related to the currant.
- Any other plant or fruit in the subgenus Grossularia, distinguished from currants by bearing spines, including Ribes hirtellum, the American gooseberry.
- Any of several other plants that are not closely related but bear fruit in some way similar:
- (British slang) A chaperone.
- An additional person who is neither necessary nor wanted in a given situation.
- (British slang) A fool.
- (British slang) A fantastic story; a tall tale; a hoax.
- (British slang, usually in the plural) A testicle.
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