Answer to "Preserves fruit" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word QUINCE which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2007.

Preserves fruit crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
QUINCE	50 %	6
KUMQUAT	50 %	7

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Preserves fruit

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• jams
• jellies
• marmalades
• quince
• guava
• kumquat
• preserver
• medlar
• preserve
• tamarind
• loquat
• quandong

Crossword Answer definitions

QUINCE noun

1. The pear-shaped fruit of a small tree of the rose family, Cydonia oblonga.
2. The deciduous tree bearing such fruit, native to Asia.
3. A soft yellow colour, like that of a quince.

More crossword clues leading to the same solutions

Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution

More clues leading to the result QUINCE

• Jelly fruit
• "The Owl and the Pussycat" dinner fare
• Fruit in the etymology of "marmalade"
• Tart applelike fruit.
• Producer of "Pyramus and Thisbe."
• Fruit.
• Shakespearean carpenter.
• Seedy fruit.
• Marmalade fruit
• Preserves fruit

More clues leading to the result KUMQUAT

• Citrus fruit whose peel is eaten
• Orange relative
• Oval-shaped citrus
• Small citrus fruit
• Citrus fruit.
• Chinese fruit.
• Citrus fruit
• Literally, "golden orange”
• Preserves fruit
• *Relative of an orange