| Like unwashed gym clothes | 25 |
| Like edible fruit | 17 |
| Like a red tomato | 17 |
| Like a black olive | 18 |
| In one's prime | 18 |
| Good for eating | 15 |
| Finally good enough to eat | 26 |
| Entirely edible | 15 |
| "Cherry ___," Herrick poem | 36 |
| Yellow, as a banana | 19 |
| What the time is, at times | 26 |
| What an issue must be before a court | 36 |
| Suitable for plucking | 21 |
| Sufficiently aged | 17 |
| Strong-smelling, say | 20 |
| Stinky, as gym clothes | 22 |
| Somewhat smelly | 15 |
| Smelly, as underwear | 20 |
| Smelly, as post-workout clothes | 31 |
| Red, in many cases | 18 |
| Red and juicy | 13 |
| Ready, as a raspberry | 21 |
| Ready to retrieve | 17 |
| Ready on the vine | 17 |
| Ready now | 9 |
| Ready for the harvest | 21 |
| Ready for the farm stand | 24 |
| Ready (for) | 11 |
| Rather smelly | 13 |
| Pickable Ben Lee song? | 22 |
| Old age preceder? | 17 |
| Odoriferous, say | 16 |
| Nubile, in a way | 16 |
| Mature enough to harvest | 24 |
| Like overused gym clothes | 25 |
| Like many old gym socks | 23 |
| Like a soft avocado | 19 |
| Like a golden papaya | 20 |
| Like a black blackberry | 23 |
| Justiciable go-with | 19 |
| In season | 9 |
| Herrick's "Cherry-___" | 36 |
| Herrick's "Cherry ___" | 36 |
| Harvest ready | 13 |
| Good enough to eat, in a way | 28 |
| Fully red, as a raspberry | 25 |
| Fully prepared (for) | 20 |
| Fit for pickin' | 19 |
| Finally edible | 14 |
| Certain olives | 14 |
| Between green and black, say | 28 |
| Band ready for the big time | 27 |
| Auspicious, as time | 19 |
| At its best | 11 |
| An adjective for old age | 24 |
| About to be picked | 18 |
| "Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ___" (Joel) | 63 |
| "Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ___" (Joel 3:13) | 68 |
| "Cherry-___," Herrick poem | 36 |
| "Cherry ___," poem by Herrick | 39 |
| Become harvestable | 18 |
| Become edible, in a way | 23 |
| Become edible | 13 |
| Turn red, as tomatoes | 21 |
| Approach perfection | 19 |
| Turn red, as an apple | 21 |
| Turn red, as a tomato | 21 |
| Lose greenness | 14 |
| Get ready to be picked | 22 |
| Gain succulence | 15 |
| Bring to perfection | 19 |
| Become ready to harvest | 23 |
| Become ready to eat | 19 |
| Age, as cheese | 14 |
| Yellow or redden, perhaps | 25 |
| Turn yellow, maybe | 18 |
| Turn sweet and juicy | 20 |
| Turn color, maybe | 17 |
| Reach perfection | 16 |
| Reach maturity | 14 |
| Mature, as a mango | 18 |
| Mature in the orchard | 21 |
| Go from green to red, often | 27 |
| Get red, perhaps | 16 |
| Get ready to eat? | 17 |
| Become ready to pluck | 21 |
| Become edible, e.g. | 19 |
| Attain maturity | 15 |
| Age on the vine | 15 |
| Age on a vine | 13 |
| Yellow, perhaps | 15 |
| What raw talent needs to do | 27 |
| What flourishing careers do | 27 |
| What burgeoning careers do | 26 |
| Turn yellow, as a banana | 24 |
| Turn red, in some cases | 23 |
| Turn red, as a strawberry | 25 |
| Turn red in some cases | 23 |
| Turn from green to red | 22 |
| To mature, as fruit | 19 |