| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| MATURE | Ripen | |
| ENRIPEN | To ripen. | |
| RIPENED | Of Ripen | |
| RIPENING | Of Ripen | |
| RIPE | To mature; to ripen. | |
| DIGEST | To ripen; to mature. | |
| STRIPE | Most ripen with line inside | |
| ADDLE | To thrive or grow; to ripen. | |
| CONCOCT | To mature or perfect; to ripen. | |
| MATURATE | To bring to ripeness or maturity; to ripen. | |
| KERNEL | To harden or ripen into kernels; to produce kernels. | |
| BANANAS | Name the fruit that glows blue under a black light as they ripen. | |
| RIPEN | To mature; to fit or prepare; to bring to perfection; as, to ripen the judgment. | |
| INSOLATE | To dry in, or to expose to, the sun's rays; to ripen or prepare by such exposure. | |
| SEASON | To fit for any use by time or habit; to habituate; to accustom; to inure; to ripen; to mature; as, to season one to a climate. | |
| HARTFORD | The Hartford grape, a variety of grape first raised at Hartford, Connecticut, from the Northern fox grape. Its large dark-colored berries ripen earlier than those of most other kinds. | |
| WINEBERRY | A peculiar New Zealand shrub (Coriaria ruscifolia), in which the petals ripen and afford an abundant purple juice from which a kind of wine is made. The plant also grows in Chili. | |