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The Clue

Blackthorns (5 letter answer)

The Answer

SLOES

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Notes

The answer SLOES is common and appears about once every 300 puzzles.

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Astringent fruit
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Blackthorn fruits
Blackthorn pickings
Blackthorn shrubs
Fruit of the blackthorn
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Gin flavorers
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Plum relatives
Plumlike fruits
Some plums
Sour fruit
Tart fruits
Tartish plums
Wild plums
Dark purple fruits
Dark-skinned fruit
Prunus spinosa plants
Tart, plumlike fruits
Fruit related to cherry plums

Definition

SLOE as a noun:

1. (Allegheny plum, Alleghany plum, sloe, Prunus alleghaniensis) = wild plum of northeastern United States having dark purple fruits with yellow flesh
2. (blackthorn, sloe, Prunus spinosa) = a thorny Eurasian bush with plumlike fruits
3. small sour dark purple fruit of especially the Allegheny plum bush